Painting Company here: Employees or Subs?
My Texas painting company has been operating with employees since we started. We offer benefits, WC, of course pay taxes, etc. Employees are expensive. Strangely enough, I have also found employee...
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We try and educate our customers on the importance of hiring a licensed contractor that carries the proper insurance. We provide the link for the CLSB so they can verify for themselves. We also say we will match or beat competitors pricing when comparing apples to apples. 9 times out of 10 the bid that is cheaper than ours is unlicensed or listed as having no employees therefore exempt from WC. We use that opportunity to tell they why they are cheaper and how it puts them at risk. Some customers care about being protected and some just want the cheapest price.
