Employees doing work on the side

**James** · #1 (**permalink**) 05-08-2006, 09:50 AM

Does anyone have employees doing jobs on the side? If so what did you do about it?

Or what are your arrangements do you have?

demobud · #2 (**permalink**) 05-08-2006, 11:42 AM

As long as there is no conflict of interest or the side work doesn't impact our schedule or the employee's performance, I don't have a problem with it. One of my guys does weekend yard work when we're not working and as long as he's ther for me when I need nim I'm cool with it. Mind you, if they were doing weekend demo, that's another thing entirely.

**James** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-09-2006, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by demobud

Mind you, if they were doing weekend demo, that's another thing entirely.

Well that's mainly what I am talking about. Then what?

wawrecker · #4 (**permalink**) 05-09-2006, 01:46 PM

Our policy is employees may help freinds and family only and they replace the fuel.

**James** · #5 (**permalink**) 05-10-2006, 08:34 AM

That is a good policy. Has anybody caught there employees doing some demolition work on the side without your knowledge?

Robert Kulinski · #6 (**permalink**) 05-11-2006, 09:46 AM

One thing you DON"T want to do is let your employees work for any other contractor on site. That is a recipe for disaster.

**James** · #7 (**permalink**) 05-11-2006, 11:42 AM

That reminds me of a story that happened years ago. I was still out in the field and slowly moving into the office. We had a superintendent working on a project that seem to take forever and ever, he was always coming up with a new project that was required at the time and never seemed part of our contract, well after the project was over he went to work for the contractor right after our scope was done. Yep the GC was basically using our labor to help their project along.