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TIL hiring a full-time employee beat using contractors for my agency...
I was against it for like two years. Kept using freelancers and part-timers to keep overhead low. Finally hired one guy full-time back in October 2024, and my throughput jumped about 30% in three months. The training time was rough, but now I don't have to chase people down for revisions. Has anyone else switched from contractors to employees and felt it was worth the risk?
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mitchell.shane9d agoMost Upvoted
My buddy runs a landscaping crew and went full-time with two guys last spring, now he's actually taking weekends off instead of scrambling to cover shifts. There's something about having people on the books that makes the whole operation feel less like a juggling act.
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kim.hannah9d ago
My dad always said "employees are just headaches waiting to happen" so I bought into that mindset for years. But watching how my neighbor's pressure washing business changed after he hired two part timers vs always working solo... its like night and day. He actually went on vacation last month for the first time in 4 years. You got me rethinking my whole approach honestly.
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