Contractor & Subcontractor Management

Contractors don't get a different standard — they get the same one. Execution variance costs the same regardless of who's on the job card.

A Spaid engineer pulls contractor job data from your FSM, applies the same performance monitoring used for employees, and surfaces the margin, callback, and documentation gaps before they compound.

Where Contractor Performance Diverges

The hidden cost of a separate contractor standard.

Most operators track contractor performance less rigorously than employee performance — different invoicing, different systems, different oversight. The outcome variance shows up in the same P&L regardless of who generated it.

Callback Rate Blind Spots

Contractor callbacks rarely get logged the same way employee callbacks do. Without consistent tracking, the pattern is invisible until a commercial customer escalates or the re-dispatch cost shows up as a line item nobody can explain.

2–3× higher callback rate on undocumented contractor jobs

Documentation & Billing Inconsistency

Contractors use different documentation standards, different parts sourcing, different scope confirmation practices. Billing disputes on contractor work average 2–3× higher than on employee work because the documentation standard was never made explicit.

2–3× higher billing dispute rate on contractor jobs

No Shared Knowledge Standard

The operational knowledge graph that guides your best employee techs doesn't reach contractors. They execute based on their own standards — which may be fine, or may be generating callbacks and low-margin outcomes your FSM is recording but nobody is reviewing.

Contractor GM variance 8–15 pts vs. comparable employee jobs
Why Existing Solutions Fail

One performance standard for the whole job card.

Contractors don't need special tools or special treatment — they need the same visibility and the same standards as your employee workforce.

What you've tried before

Separate contractor tracking

Contractor performance monitored in different spreadsheets or not at all. Inconsistent with employee data, impossible to compare.

Contractor-specific agreements

Standards defined in the contract, not in the operational system. No mechanism to monitor compliance in real time.

Manual review of contractor invoices

Batch reconciliation weekly or monthly. Catches billing problems after the fact, doesn't prevent them.

Escalation-driven management

Contractor performance issues surface when customers escalate or costs spike. No proactive monitoring.

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What forward-deployed looks like

FSM API connector pulls contractor job data identically to employee data

GM per job, callback rate, work order completion — tracked for every worker on the job card, employee or contractor.

Operational knowledge graph applies to all field workers

The job execution standards built from your top employee performers are surfaced to contractor techs via FSM job card. Same pre-job briefing, same documentation standard.

Drift detection monitors contractor performance alongside employees

No separate system. Contractor performance metrics run in the same drift detection layer — flags surface when contractor GM or callback rate diverges from baseline.

Pre-job briefing layer surfaces to contractor techs via FSM job card

Same job-specific context, same documentation prompt, same parts checklist. Contractors see the standard before they arrive.

Engineer + Software

How the engineer and software manage contractor performance.

Every contractor on your job card runs through the same operational layer as your employee workforce.

FSM API Connector

Contractor performance data pulled identically to employees

Pulls job records, GM, callback flags, and work order completion for every job card — employee or contractor. No separate process, no separate report. Contractor performance sits alongside employee performance in the same operational view.

Operational Knowledge Graph

One standard for the whole workforce

Job execution standards built from your top employee performers — diagnostic logic, documentation requirements, pricing standards — surfaced to contractor techs via FSM job card. Same pre-job briefing layer, same checklist, same expectations regardless of employment status.

Drift Detection Engine

Contractor metrics in the same layer as employees

Callback rate, GM per job, documentation completion — all monitored daily. No separate contractor dashboard. Flags surface when any worker's performance diverges from baseline — employee or contractor — with enough lead time to address before it compounds.

Pre-Job Briefing Layer

Same context for every tech on the job card

Contractor techs see the same job-specific context via the FSM job card as employee techs — parts checklist, address history, callback risk flag, documentation requirements. One standard, consistently applied.

Measured Outcomes

What closing the contractor performance gap produces.

Field
40–60
% Reduction
Contractor Callback Rate
Consistent pre-job briefing and documentation standards close the contractor-employee performance gap.
Field
2–3×
Reduction
Contractor Billing Disputes
Documentation standards applied to contractor work cut dispute rates to near-employee levels.
Field
8–15
Pts GM
Contractor Performance Gap
Average GM differential between contractor and employee work before the standard is applied.
Field
Zero
Separate Systems
For Contractor Tracking
Contractor performance monitored in the same operational layer as employee performance.
Related Problems

Operators tightening contractor management also address:

The Measured Pilot Guarantee

If we don't identify $200K, you pay nothing.

Our Full-Operation Audit (Days 1–30) maps every revenue leak — field and back of house. If we don't identify at least $200,000 in recoverable annual revenue, we refund Phase 1 in full. You keep all audit deliverables.

After kickoff, we ask for about 30 minutes a week of your ops leader's time.

Zero risk. Full-operation visibility. Founding customer pricing: 40% below standard rates.
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45 minutes. Your data.
No commitment.

We'll start with a recent export or sample call data from your FSM and call system, show you the biggest leaks, and scope the engagement. Full access happens only if you proceed to the audit.

Accepting 2–3 founding operators · $20M–$100M revenue · 40–120 techs · On a modern FSM