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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AuRavelling79 on April 26, 2011, 08:27:35 pm

Title: Do you employ or sub-contract?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on April 26, 2011, 08:27:35 pm

Those of you that are not running an operation with several staff - but say you have one or two others helping on a regular basis - do you employ or do you have them self employed?

What are the pros and cons?

Title: Re: Do you employ or sub-contract?
Post by: JSMC on April 26, 2011, 10:04:12 pm

interested in this also to gather info for the future.

Title: Re: Do you employ or sub-contract?
Post by: edward1 on April 26, 2011, 11:18:08 pm

i use subbys.which works ok.

just make sure correct contracts are drawn up between you and your contractors.and keep an eye on them.

Title: Re: Do you employ or sub-contract?
Post by: JSMC on April 27, 2011, 05:52:15 pm

Quote from: edward1 on April 26, 2011, 11:18:08 pm

i use subbys.which works ok.

just make sure correct contracts are drawn up between you and your contractors.and keep an eye on them.

i reckon this is where the problems could begin. Very wary of this.

Title: Re: Do you employ or sub-contract?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on April 28, 2011, 06:08:10 am

Any of the employers or ex employers? DMSL; Helen; Spearmint Rhino( ;));  etc?

Title: Re: Do you employ or sub-contract?
Post by: Smudger on April 28, 2011, 08:04:48 am

i have a couple of people working for me on sub-contract  we went down this route for 2 reasons

1st - we got to a stage where i could not do all the work on the books BUT not enough to take on some1 full time.
using a reliable person on sub contract allowed us to train then give work on a daily basis and split new work as it comes in this has gone from strength to strength as they now do 2 days a week + the gutter clearing work and best of all big jobs that are hard work and used to be 3 or 4 hours are now shared and can be done a lot quicker and i not cream crackered !

2nd - just a case of keeping the accounts simple as sub con we just pay an invoice without the hassle of wages, employee's insurance holiday/sick pay etc....

As things progress we may take on staff...

Darran