subject: Choosing an Alternative Painting Contractor to Paint Your House in Baton Rouge, La [print this page] Choosing an Alternative Painting Contractor to Paint Your House in Baton Rouge, La
Here in Baton Rouge, La., there are a few really large painting contractors that employ anywhere from sixty to one hundred painters as part of their workforce and for the most part they are responsible for all the high rise buildings (commercial) as well as shopping malls and even industrial plants being painted. Some of these painting contractors are the second and third generation (family business) of painting contractors and their company's name is well established throughout the region as well as the whole state for that matter.
Year in and year out you can see these painting contractors' names on trucks and vans moving personnel as well as paint and material from one job site to another. Although commercial and industrial growth in the Baton Rouge region has also fallen victim to a sluggish economy there is still much work for these mammoth painting contractors to keep much of their crews busy even in uncertain economic times like today.
However, I can recall just a decade ago when these same giant painting contractors were hiring painters practically every day of the week. Their workload was unbelievable and they couldn't find enough painters to fill all the positions that were available; boy have times change. But make no mistake about it these mega painting contractors are still going strong and their presence is still felt far and wide.
With the downturn of economic activity in this region as well as around the country many large painting contractors have had to search out new and unusual territory to just stay afloat and to keep from having to lay off some of their better painters. Yes, times have certainly changed and one thing for sure it hasn't changed for the better some would argue.
Large painting companies that worked exclusively on multi million dollar projects are now beginning to invade the small single dwelling homes that they once turned up their nose at metaphorically speaking. With the commercial and industrial work cut drastically and the new home building market down almost 66% in neighboring communities it's no wonder that mega painting contractors are now competing with the little guy who's been here all the time.
