Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: combat1 on November 07, 2011, 09:51:23 pm
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Took a customers son out for a days work today. He picked up tradding the downstairs straight away and worked hard all day.
We worked from 8.30 until around 3pm and earned £232.
( no comments on earnings thanks!)
Wondering what would be a right amount to pay him. I want to keep him interested as I would like to use him more often.
I have not worked with anyone before and need some help
Thanks guys.
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Took a customers son out for a days work today. He picked up tradding the downstairs straight away and worked hard all day.
We worked from 8.30 until around 3pm and earned £232.
( no comments on earnings thanks!)
Wondering what would be a right amount to pay him. I want to keep him interested as I would like to use him more often.
I have not worked with anyone before and need some help
Thanks guys.
£8 a hour!
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i pay Nat minimum wage rounded up to the nearest pound. + bonuses + cheese n pickle mighty white
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MIGHTY WHITE! :o ;D
Can you still get that Bobby or have you had a few loaves in the chest freezer for a decade or so?
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depends on age, prob about £75
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25%
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How old is he?
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A mate of mine pays his staff 45% of what they earn which in this case is £52.20. Seems to keep his staff motivated they really go for it most days
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It's obvious this is a cash in hand job.if he s a young lad then 40 quid a day.be careful though.is he signing on or at college?
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get employee insurance , its not pricey to get cover and then you wont worry so much if he trips or whatever. i know of a guy who tripped on a bit of bark and ripped his shoulder on a post on the way down .
now he cant raise his hand up past the 1/2 way mark to squeegee properly . if hed been a worker that would cost many thousands in compo
as it happens he wasnt working for me.
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my mate took on a bloke/ business partner a few weeks ago, and pays him 50% of the takings after van expense for the day, his power steering pumps has gone and neither of them has the money to get it fixed,
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depends on age, prob about £75
why so much , i would do 232 - 75 on my own easy so would then feel why bother taking him , if he is young start him on minimum wage and see how consistent he is.... plus i presume you dont have enough work for 5 days a week for 2 of you?
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He's 18.
Thanks for the post re employee insurance, makes you think!,
Sean, I normally earn around 130 a day, doing around 13 houses.
Dont start an income thread!! I use a backpaclk for the upstairs and trad downstairs, because i'm still operating out of an estate car and cannot carry enough water to do all the house wfp.
I would dearly love to earn around 200 a day.
Thanks for the posts guys.
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minimum wage for now, you cant afford to pay him any more, by your figures he has added about another 100 a day, you cant really give him more than £50, if this arrangement was to continue officially, with other costs etc, he would need to be on minimum wage, with a promise of better money as your company grows, incentivise him too for new customers etc
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50Quid plus bonus at end of week to keep him interested
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He's 18.
Thanks for the post re employee insurance, makes you think!,
Sean, I normally earn around 130 a day, doing around 13 houses.
Dont start an income thread!! I use a backpaclk for the upstairs and trad downstairs, because i'm still operating out of an estate car and cannot carry enough water to do all the house wfp.
I would dearly love to earn around 200 a day.
Thanks for the posts guys.
think what your earnings would be solo if you had a van mount tank? instead of back pack
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£40 in the winter and £50 in the summer
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Get him to pay you,
You are treating him to such a lovely experience in window cleaning.
Dean.
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Get him to pay you,
You are treating him to such a lovely experience in window cleaning.
Dean.
I thought it was very distressing at times ;D
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At times it can be very distressing stu and it can often lead to drinking. :P
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i wud start him on 30 quid a day
rising to say40 ish wen e is ok ;) ;)
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just pay him or he will return non too chuffed, you asked us Monday it is now Friday/Saturday, if he hasn't been paid by now I would find another employer
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just pay him or he will return non too chuffed, you asked us Monday it is now Friday/Saturday, if he hasn't been paid by now I would find another employer
If is young, give a pound a house..................If any good with the right equipment e.g van system.......All you need to do is get him more work.
Then if he is motivated and learn the trade, he may employ you.
Do something quick, or stu mac might have a new young employee
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Its ok guys I paid him after the first few posts, so thanks for your replies and help.
No I'm not saying what I paid him but we were both happy and he wants to do some more so happy days.
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He's 18.
Thanks for the post re employee insurance, makes you think!,
Sean, I normally earn around 130 a day, doing around 13 houses.
Dont start an income thread!! I use a backpaclk for the upstairs and trad downstairs, because i'm still operating out of an estate car and cannot carry enough water to do all the house wfp.
I would dearly love to earn around 200 a day.
Thanks for the posts guys.
my oldman uses a 300litre system in a vauxhall meriva, he can go all day he works by himself.
But, if you find out your payload or even get a 7 seater (suitable for work and a family car. tank slides out perfect pump unit strapped to tank, DIs in storage box to catch drips and easy removal and then enough room for 1 reel trad bucket and pole) you can work with no hastle of the back pack filling up and get a worker to do downstairs by hand.
I would never pay more than £6.50 ph at the end of the day your the boss and you need rewarding for all your pride and hard work. he may work hard but its just a job to him, yeah you need to keep up his moral so.. now and again you could pay for his dinner or chuck a bonus on top.
but not all the time
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only pay minimum wage or thereabouts to start off with. there onwards pay bonuses for good work, reliability, new sales, whatever.
if they want more money they have to take more responsibility on board and prove they're worth it.
its very easy to over pay at the start and then regret it later, as you have no way to add bonuses or responsibilities without them complaining or without increasing their already hi wage.
if they re paid cash in hand they're receiving subsidies off the government in effect anyhow so i'd pay £5 an hour of £30 a day or something.