Good morning, all. Long time lurker, first time poster (created my account a week or so ago?) - Just as some background info, I live in South Jersey and have owned and operated my own powerwashing company for quite some time. I was an attorney for a while (worked at a big law firm in Atlantic city, then owned and operated my own private practice), realized it sucked butt cheeks, and now own some investment properties and run a fairly successful PW company. I still have my law license and have exactly 2 clients (myself, and my dad’s businesses i.e. free legal work for life)
With that said, I’ve done some searching, with regards to this question, and haven’t found anything on point, per se. I’ve recently been fortunate enough to hire on a couple guys - with that said, i’m having an EXTREMELY hard time delegating duties to them. Just as a pretext, they’re local guys who have powerwashed in the past for other local PW companies so they “know what they’re doing.” I’ve trained them pretty thoroughly to what my companies standards are and have found, despite my training, that i’m basically micromanaging them out on jobs. They aren’t doing poor jobs, just not doing it the way i would do it - I’m not sure if it’s because i’ve owned my own businesses for the past 10+ years and am having a hard time adjusting OR if this is how it is with employees. For you guys with employees can you give me some advice? Do you guys get wigged out with every detail when your employees are on a job? Do you train them and just have faith that they’re doing it correct? Do you only let your employees do certain duties?
TLDR: I hired some guys, i’m not used to delegating duties, i’m basically a dictator VIA Kim Jong Un (minus death and internment camps)
