Finding good employees is a never-ending battle for contractors. As frustrating as it can be to find and keep good people, having professional employees is the heart and soul of every contracting business.

Contractors tend to keep bad employees too long. This may be due to many competing emotions and rationales. Possibly, you’re thinking the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t. Maybe you’re busy and just hope the problem employee will miraculously straighten up. Perhaps you’ve gotten emotionally attached to the employee and have bought into the person’s never-ending stream of problems. Regardless, having employees who are underperforming drags down the entire organization. The employee you terminate rarely keeps you up at night.