We just hired our first employee and I have to say that its been very easy to calculate costs and expenses because we can forecast the jobs well. We had the choice to start out with hiring contractors, but ultimately decided to go with a w2 hourly employee instead. We control the interview, skills, workmanship, supplies, training, job timing and scheduling. Along with that insurances, payroll, taxes, and time off. These are definitely Pros.
I guess the only Cons would be financial items like taxes and expenses. But aside from that, job profitability is very high, around %65 to %70 average. So if we can iron out training and onboarding, as leads come in, it makes it much easier to grow and scale.
Hope this helps.
The constant onboarding and training eats at profit! This is such a high turnover business like restaurant/fast food. No one wants to make a career of it! But sub contracting absolutely does not work for me as if I have not trained u there’s no way u will meet my standards or my clients
