Trying to keep framers motivated to
produce, conscious of quality, and
committed to staying with you for
more than a few paychecks is what
makes life interesting for framing
contractors. Or a nightmare. I carry
between 40 and 50 full-time framers
on my payroll these days, and over
time I've discovered a few things that
work, and a lot that don't.
Perhaps most important is realizing
what service you're selling. About
70% of my company's work is custom
residential framing; the balance is
light commercial and multifamily. But
overall, more than two-thirds of our
total volume of $1.5 million is in
labor only contracts.
That means our primary product is
labor, and labor is nothing more than
people. How my