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Title: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Kinderbueno on March 14, 2023, 03:07:39 pm
2X WINDOW CLEANING SUBCONTRACTORS REQUIRED IN MIDDLESBROUGH 12-20 days per month

Rates of pay: £17.00 - £20.00 per hour

Requirements:
* Must have your own van with a reach and wash system
* Must have a minimum of a 350 litre water tank with a flow controller on board
* Must have a window cleaning pole that reaches up to 45ft
* Must have a plain van with no sign writing
* Must be able to work 12-20 days per calendar month - overtime is welcome
* Must be able to work 8x hours per day cleaning windows
* Must live within a 30 mile radius from Middlesbrough
* Must report to the Middlesbrough office each morning before the shift starts and must also report to the office upon ending shift.

You will be working on commercial and residential properties in the local area.

Interested?  please leave your email address/contact number and we will be in touch.

Thank you
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: KS Cleaning on March 14, 2023, 04:59:47 pm
This is a wind up, right?
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Stoots on March 14, 2023, 05:15:28 pm
This is a wind up, right?

Its grim up north  ;D
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Spruce on March 14, 2023, 05:24:44 pm
Looks very much like Teesside Window Cleaners advert.

The O/P Kinderbueno was sanctioned for promoting Harun's shop, leading to the suspicion that the o/p and Harun are one and the same.
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: p1w1 on March 14, 2023, 06:45:46 pm
I suppose that would be good money if it was 1985  ;D
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Splash & dash on March 14, 2023, 06:47:58 pm
Use your own kit for £17-20 per hour lol what planet  is this guy on 😂😂😂😂😂
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: SB Cleaning on March 14, 2023, 06:56:55 pm
Im sure his inbox will be flooded with interest  ;D
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Slacky on March 14, 2023, 07:44:39 pm
Jesus H. Imagine living 30 miles from Middlesborough and you have to drive to the office at the start and end of the day before you go home. Basically you'd be better off on the dole after you've paid for your vehicle, fuel, insurance, kit etc...

Phuck that.
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Splash & dash on March 14, 2023, 08:33:33 pm
Jesus H. Imagine living 30 miles from Middlesborough and you have to drive to the office at the start and end of the day before you go home. Basically you'd be better off on the dole after you've paid for your vehicle, fuel, insurance, kit etc...

Phuck that.


And I expect they are £6 or £7 houses 😂😂
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Slacky on March 14, 2023, 09:06:01 pm
Do people really spend up to 25K for a vehicle and kit and aspire to work for minimum wage these days?
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Smudger on March 14, 2023, 11:29:51 pm
maybe they do...... this caught my eye in the supermarket today...

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1678836564_advert.jpg)
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: zesty on March 15, 2023, 06:34:56 am
Plenty of blokes out there would swap their job for £160 a day shining windows, i suppose the caveat is owning your own van and system, seems a bit odd that you wouldn’t already have your own round if you’ve got that far!
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Spruce on March 15, 2023, 07:07:39 am
Jesus H. Imagine living 30 miles from Middlesborough and you have to drive to the office at the start and end of the day before you go home. Basically you'd be better off on the dole after you've paid for your vehicle, fuel, insurance, kit etc...

Phuck that.


And I expect they are £6 or £7 houses 😂😂

Unfortunately we aren't able to get the prices for window cleaning you guys command down south.
£10 for a 3 bed semi in most areas I've found is about the limit, and yes, he will still want his cut.

So if you want to earn a decent living then you have to have a compact round and run a splash and dash policy. I lost a 3 bed 1940's semi on the main road into our town to someone cheaper. I was charging £8. This was 2 years ago.

If this advert is from who we think it is, then he was thinking about starting a franchise window cleaning business to run along side his current employee/employer business. I'm pretty sure this is a 'test the water' advert with a franchise twist.

He did advise on Facebook that they were reducing the number of vans on the road by one due to the economic downturn late last year. He has lost another this year as well as an employee in that accident.

Last year he advertised for an experienced window cleaner paying from £10 (minimum wage area) to_£14 an hour who will clean windows in the rain and also serve in the shop.

Showing up at the unit before and after the days work just shows a level of distrust, especially when a tracker can do a similar job imo.
He wants all the benefits of an employee but none of the costs.
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Jay Le Huray on March 15, 2023, 07:27:45 am
do the OP realize that we are now in 2023 NOT 1950
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Spruce on March 15, 2023, 07:44:56 am
Plenty of blokes out there would swap their job for £160 a day shining windows, i suppose the caveat is owning your own van and system, seems a bit odd that you wouldn’t already have your own round if you’ve got that far!

The concept doesn't make sense to me.
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: dazmond on March 15, 2023, 07:57:16 am
It's amazing what some window cleaners will work for....i bumped into another shiner yesterday cleaning a 4 bed house I dumped years ago and he was charging £15!I was charging £20 10 years ago and then I thought it was underpriced as it had a large conny on the back....

I've had guys trying to undercut some of my jobs by charging half price...idiots! ::)roll
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: dazmond on March 15, 2023, 08:06:19 am
Plenty of blokes out there would swap their job for £160 a day shining windows, i suppose the caveat is owning your own van and system, seems a bit odd that you wouldn’t already have your own round if you’ve got that far!

I agree.they probably would but not if they had to buy their own van and system...

30-35k a year is considered a good full time job here in Salford
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Kev TWC on March 15, 2023, 01:07:10 pm
This has  nothing to do with my company which is  TYNESIDE WINDOW CLEANING .CO
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Steven Biggs on March 17, 2023, 09:17:52 pm
I think it sounds bang on . I ticked all the boxes and was gunna reply until I noticed the last one . Totally gutted I live 31 miles outside Middlesbrough. Oh well the dream was nice while it lasted .
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Bungle on March 17, 2023, 09:31:51 pm
Who's supplying the water?
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Gringo on March 17, 2023, 10:31:43 pm
After much consideration and it's been a very difficult decision as I was near to relocating to 29 miles to Middleborough to take up this exciting and very lucrative position, but alas with a heavy heart it's sadly a no, but I'm sure this vacany will be filled in no time, cheers for asked ng though
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: johnny bravo on March 19, 2023, 02:09:03 pm
theres a Spotless station on his premises doorstep.  maybe thats why he needs you to start and finish at his office       So he can fill your 500 litre water tank for the next days work  up via his Spotless water Fob
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Spruce on March 20, 2023, 04:10:10 pm
theres a Spotless station on his premises doorstep.  maybe thats why he needs you to start and finish at his office       So he can fill your 500 litre water tank for the next days work  up via his Spotless water Fob

He's been processing his own water for years using resin only.
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: deeege on March 20, 2023, 04:22:04 pm
theres a Spotless station on his premises doorstep.  maybe thats why he needs you to start and finish at his office       So he can fill your 500 litre water tank for the next days work  up via his Spotless water Fob

He's been processing his own water for years using resin only.

Assuming the water is purified fully is there a problem with using resin only?
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Bungle on March 20, 2023, 05:41:35 pm
theres a Spotless station on his premises doorstep.  maybe thats why he needs you to start and finish at his office       So he can fill your 500 litre water tank for the next days work  up via his Spotless water Fob

He's been processing his own water for years using resin only.

Assuming the water is purified fully is there a problem with using resin only?

Ask Dazmond, I think he uses DI only. Might not answer though cuz I think he's gone somewhere for 11 days. Not sure but pretty sure he said he was going somewhere for 11 days. It was 11 days wasn't it? 11 days seems to ring a bell. Come to think of it it was 11 days.
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: DJW on March 20, 2023, 06:09:15 pm
Really? He never mentioned it.
Title: Re: Subcontractors required in Middlesbrough
Post by: Spruce on March 21, 2023, 05:52:23 pm
theres a Spotless station on his premises doorstep.  maybe thats why he needs you to start and finish at his office       So he can fill your 500 litre water tank for the next days work  up via his Spotless water Fob

He's been processing his own water for years using resin only.

Assuming the water is purified fully is there a problem with using resin only?

No problem. However, our water is 132 to 147ppm and he has (had) 8 vans on the road a while back. So to me, purifying water with resin only doesn't make sense on that scale.