As a small business owner I get the pleasure of doing both the physical and the management jobs. The funny part is there are days I don’t make it to the job site because I’m dealing with pricing, design, or another managerial duties. The guys will tease me about hiding from the real work. When in fact there is nothing I like more than a day busting out a ceramic floor or some other form of demolition work,
Filling the trailer for a dump run, picking up and delivering 80 sheets drywall without my phone buzzing out of my pocket.
I started as a helper 25 years ago, worked my way to management and then back on tools. Because hard work was more satisfying and paid the same as the job I had management. I started my own company 7 years ago for 1 reason to find away to make more money. If it wasn’t for the money I would gladly take the physical labour position in any company especially mine.