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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AuRavelling79 on September 23, 2011, 08:58:03 pm

Title: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: AuRavelling79 on September 23, 2011, 08:58:03 pm
How do you pay and motivate your staff? Incentives - use of vehicle? Bonuses? Hourly rate? Give them some autonomy as to what they do?

Title: Re: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: Mist A Bit on September 23, 2011, 09:23:12 pm
i have a part time worker and i pay him a day rate which rises if he reaches targets and any work he secues for me will encure a bonus. we take it in turns to buy dinner and generally have a good time.
Title: Re: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: Tom White on September 23, 2011, 09:36:23 pm
Job expansion and enlargement.

Get him to reorganise something; if it's already centralised, get him to decentralise it; or vice versa.

Watch this, Gold, it's very good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

In the army (you do a lot of leadership and management courses in the army; I've even got an NVQ 3 in management) we were taught that financial incentives weren't the be-all-and-end-all of good leadership/management (different ends of the same cat).

I would guess teamwork would be a key area in a one-to-one relationship such as yours.  Also, setting achievable targets, and clear instructions would be good too.

I also give Wor Lass sexual incentives if she works well, but I doubt you could (or should) apply that to your own employee.



Title: Re: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: mci services on September 23, 2011, 09:57:23 pm
Job expansion and enlargement.

Get him to reorganise something; if it's already centralised, get him to decentralise it; or vice versa.

Watch this, Gold, it's very good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

In the army (you do a lot of leadership and management courses in the army; I've even got an NVQ 3 in management) we were taught that financial incentives weren't the be-all-and-end-all of good leadership/management (different ends of the same cat).

I would guess teamwork would be a key area in a one-to-one relationship such as yours.  Also, setting achievable targets, and clear instructions would be good too.

I also give Wor Lass sexual incentives if she works well, but I doubt you could (or should) apply that to your own employee.





I have that as well tosh, but what a lot rollocks it is, when dealing with civilians, sounds good though ;D and also biggest pain in the but security guys on commercial are ex army who left after 3 years, and even worse the ones that did 22 years ??? they are so pro active it is a total pain
Title: Re: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: BORBRYCE on September 23, 2011, 10:05:39 pm
On the vid, where does the artist get that wonderful wee pen? It goes bold, fine, red and black all without clicking any buttons, and a fine drawer of things he is too. I am impressed.
Gold...... Just pay them more, it's simple really. Windies will go for that.
Title: Re: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: boshravie on September 23, 2011, 10:29:43 pm
Job expansion and enlargement.

Get him to reorganise something; if it's already centralised, get him to decentralise it; or vice versa.

Watch this, Gold, it's very good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

In the army (you do a lot of leadership and management courses in the army; I've even got an NVQ 3 in management) we were taught that financial incentives weren't the be-all-and-end-all of good leadership/management (different ends of the same cat).

I would guess teamwork would be a key area in a one-to-one relationship such as yours.  Also, setting achievable targets, and clear instructions would be good too.

I also give Wor Lass sexual incentives if she works well, but I doubt you could (or should) apply that to your own employee.





 :)
Title: Re: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: Andy Prittchard on September 23, 2011, 10:34:04 pm
Pay them enough to let them know that they can get their own van and go out on their own and take your custards off you.
Title: Re: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: Tom White on September 23, 2011, 10:36:59 pm
Bosh, you like the 'sexual incentives' bit, don't you?

You're not my type, mate. Sorry.
Title: Re: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: Ian Rochester on September 23, 2011, 10:40:53 pm
Basic pay plus 3 monthly bonus, works for us.  6 window cleaners and they hit bonus every 3 monthly period.
Title: Re: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: STEVE-UK on September 24, 2011, 05:47:14 am
Ian,thought you were franchising?
Title: Re: Paying and motivating staff
Post by: daniel worgan on September 24, 2011, 06:48:48 am
Ian,thought you were franchising?

Ian Lancaster does the franchising....