The industry needs to shift from growth in volume to growth in quality, growth in technology, growth in productivity, and growth in profitability. Growth is rewarded. To be fair, a contractor gets positive feedback if his volume increases, and negative if it declines. Conversely, they are generally penalized if the volume declines. What's needed is a list of the most profitable contractors.
Organization is good.
Without increased opportunity, the best young talent may leave the company. This is a difficult dilemma, but creating unprofitable growth to meet these needs can spell disaster for all employees. Overhead is growing. There is a perception by many contractors that the laws of economics dictate overhead expenses will go up every year and definitely cannot be reduced. The reality is that all overhead items are variable and can be adjusted to fit the demands of the marketplace at any point.