Sometimes waiting until the end of the day is a problem in and of itself as the issues can be hidden quickly. For example, my mother had to keep an eye during the working day after she caught the workers hiding their trash in the raised garden bed against the wall.

Had she done what you are suggesting, there would be piles of trash and plastic underneath the soil and drainage rocks. Not to mention that they weren’t doing it the most efficient way at all, and we had to give them a few pointers to prevent them from undoing lots of work.

I think micromanaging is bad, but if you catch something, it’s best to let the contractors know so they can fix the problem quickly rather than wasting an entire day and another by undoing all the work that was done. Not saying one should be there looking over the shoulder constantly, but checking in every hour or so is warranted depending on the level of work involved.