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I understand about letting your employees have a level of control and responsibility and having systems in place to deal with most situations. Now, having said that. I run a small company with 1 foreman and 2 laborers. With this year being so sporadic sales wise because of the economy and with profit margins getting tighter every year thanks to all the fly by night companies, I WATCH EVERY DIME. My employees sign equipment training and responsibility forms that state the repercussions for abuse and neglect of equipment. I dont tolerate it. As far as decision making, if it falls within their normal course of work they are free to make decisions as they see fit. When it involves anything else such as driving accross town to get one fitting when I can pick it up because I am already going that way or using their truck to pull the skid steer out of a mud hole and damaging a customers yard instead of using the bucket or whatever to push the machine out under its own power. I want to know so maybe i can save myself a couple hundred bucks on a $500.00 job. !!! Yes maybe I micro manage a little bit, but in a small company I think you need to, when gas is 2.25 a gallon and pvc prices are through the roof and customers dont want to pay the price increases I have to be able to control something and that is my overhead and "stupid tax".
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