Posted by kyhayman on April 15, 2014 at 22:26:02 from (172.243.36.146):
In Reply to: Contractor no-show posted by MarkB_MI on April 15, 2014 at 03:33:35:
I think you are spot on. When they were hugary and work was slow they jumped in, now things are hopping.
More and more I've found myself being lead into contracting. There are just too many harem scarem shiesters in the business. Lots of good points from lots of people on here too.
But, I told a lady yesterday on a fence on a simple one day in and out job with a 5 man crew. Im expensive, I'm slow, my target date to get there would be 90 days out plus rain days and add ons on exisiting jobs but an estimated date is just that, estimated. No job gets left until its right.
Crazy thing is, if you do good work right, you've got more than you can say grace over. I use good subs, that are as particular as I am and they are as backed up as I am. Been waiting since December for a tunnel bore under a driveway for a water line.
For all this gloom and doom about the economy, I sure haven't seen it since about mid way through 2009. Yet 90 percent of the guys I know in the business are hurting for work.
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