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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: paul marshall on October 31, 2012, 06:55:47 pm

Title: what wage to pay
Post by: paul marshall on October 31, 2012, 06:55:47 pm
what is the average hourly pay for an employee , or do you pay him a percentage of the days takings
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: wpclean on October 31, 2012, 07:02:59 pm
Ethical or Living wage is £8:30 per hour in London, and £7:20 per hour outside London.
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: robertphil on October 31, 2012, 07:05:34 pm
i pay 7 , which is quite generous for 16-18 yr olds .  i pay extra bonus on the tough days
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: roundbuilder on October 31, 2012, 07:06:55 pm
percentage of 25% always goes well as does £7 ph. as long as they work hard and your quids in.
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: crystal.clear on October 31, 2012, 08:13:59 pm
I pay one £15 ph but he's been with me for 10 years now and worth every penny. I have someone new which I pay £8 a hour.
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: roundbuilder on October 31, 2012, 08:21:56 pm
I pay one £15 ph but he's been with me for 10 years now and worth every penny. I have someone new which I pay £8 a hour.

£15  :o :o

he must be mustard
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: gavinb on October 31, 2012, 08:25:36 pm
I pay %50 of the job .
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: roundbuilder on October 31, 2012, 08:39:36 pm
I pay %50 of the job .

you cant be makeing much profit at all. 50% is far too high.???
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: Window Washers on October 31, 2012, 09:18:14 pm
I pay %50 of the job .
thats madness
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: mgba_78 on October 31, 2012, 09:40:22 pm
I pay one £15 ph but he's been with me for 10 years now and worth every penny. I have someone new which I pay £8 a hour.

Good people are hard to find and we always say if you can afford it price them out of another job!
That guy is obviously well worth it, good on him and lucky you having someone like that as an employee!
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: gewindows on October 31, 2012, 09:45:02 pm
I pay a fella whose been window cleaning 20 years trad but screwed things up so lost his work £10.00 an hour.
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: gavinb on October 31, 2012, 11:06:16 pm
sorry i meant i paid myself %50 of what i turn over the rest goes back into savings / business .
so for example today 3 hrs work £110 i will put £55 back into the business and £55 to myself .

other days on average £30 an hr so whatever i make that day %50 goes into business the other goes to me lol .
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: steve rix on November 01, 2012, 12:15:10 am
Min Wage (£6.19) B alance in cash. 30% of turnover.
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: crystal.clear on November 01, 2012, 06:28:04 pm
The bloke I pay £15 earns around £250 a day from 8.30 - 4.00 with half hour lunch which he doesn't get paid for. So he gets £105 a day and earns me around £145 a day on average so I think that's fair.
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: g.brookes on November 01, 2012, 06:32:32 pm
crystal clear, with a man like that you could just not work.  sounds like a great set up!
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: crystal.clear on November 01, 2012, 06:39:03 pm
Cheers I have to say he has been late maybe twice in 10 years and works bloody hard. If I could find another two like him I would def give up.
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: DG Cleaning on November 01, 2012, 08:34:36 pm
A mate of mine pays 45% of whatever the employee earns which in actual fact is only 22.5% of the total earnings
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: paul marshall on November 01, 2012, 09:20:50 pm
im thinking of paying a third , i dont fancy paying by the hour because he can just coast along all day , and still get paid , so if he earns 200 he gets 66 and i get 134 i would be well happy with that , i dont think i could ever pay the minimum wage though , just doesnt seem fair
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: roundbuilder on November 01, 2012, 10:18:16 pm
The bloke I pay £15 earns around £250 a day from 8.30 - 4.00 with half hour lunch which he doesn't get paid for. So he gets £105 a day and earns me around £145 a day on average so I think that's fair.

Top man. You have your head screwed on there.
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: sunshine windows on November 01, 2012, 10:58:19 pm
When people say 50% is far too great a percentage because of lack of profit. It all depends on the total take for the day/week /month. If you had someone consistantly knocking out £400 a day for you, I'm sure you could run a profitable business and keep one very happy bunny employee.

Not saying that i'm running to these %'s but you get my drift.
Title: Re: what wage to pay
Post by: Sean Dyer on November 03, 2012, 11:30:30 am
When people say 50% is far too great a percentage because of lack of profit. It all depends on the total take for the day/week /month. If you had someone consistantly knocking out £400 a day for you, I'm sure you could run a profitable business and keep one very happy bunny employee.

Not saying that i'm running to these %'s but you get my drift.

I think the majority of people would be chuffed with an employee who consistently knocked out half that 5 days a week