Please don't believe that more apps will magically "solve" this problem. The slow pay situation is the way it is because it works for someone along the way. Long as the people who are last in line don't have negotiating power it'll be viewed as good business practice. Even more so now that excess cash earns over 5% short term. The construction industry knows damn well why things work the way they do. There just isn't the will to fix them. A very common tactic involves using a third party to hire people that should be company employees. The third party gets a large cut of the money, whereas if the company would pay more directly to the people they hire they'd get better quality workers. So the cost to the company's the same, but the actual talent is paid less. Heaven forbid that the company should pay the talent more than their staff makes, though. Better to write the check to a labor contractor. So much of this is about leverage, not inefficient processes.
Please don't believe that more apps will magically "solve" this problem. The slow pay situation is the way it is because it works for someone along the way. Long as the people who are last in line don't have negotiating power it'll be viewed as good business practice. Even more so now that excess cash earns over 5% short term. The construction industry knows damn well why things work the way they do. There just isn't the will to fix them. A very common tactic involves using a third party to hire people that should be company employees. The third party gets a large cut of the money, whereas if the company would pay more directly to the people they hire they'd get better quality workers. So the cost to the company's the same, but the actual talent is paid less. Heaven forbid that the company should pay the talent more than their staff makes, though. Better to write the check to a labor contractor. So much of this is about leverage, not inefficient processes.