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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: aztec on June 08, 2007, 10:27:06 pm

Title: staff problems
Post by: aztec on June 08, 2007, 10:27:06 pm

i NEED SOME RELIABLE STAFF!!! too many times have i been let down by 21 yr old layabout druggies and need some staff who have some responsibility in life but they are like rocking horse poop..... non existant!! where should i advertise and please dont say job centre

Title: Re: staff problems
Post by: Ian Rochester on June 08, 2007, 10:34:11 pm

Poland!

Title: Re: staff problems
Post by: aztec on June 08, 2007, 11:06:40 pm

you are so right i had one with me but went back for familt issues but what a grafter and stayed out till 6pm most nights without a winge!

Title: Re: staff problems
Post by: eddie d on June 09, 2007, 12:35:22 am

staff problems seem to be the biggest difficulty in this game .i have always had a problem .i dont know what the answer is ???
i dont think it is simply about the pay .
one of my customers said to me "what do you expect ,its the nature of the job" .i think they have a point .

Title: Re: staff problems
Post by: Londoner on June 09, 2007, 07:28:14 am

Staff problems are not just resticted to this trade. Every business has the same problems and its getting worse.
People today don't expect to have to work for a living! They never worked at school, their mates don't work so why should they have to now?

Title: Re: staff problems
Post by: Ian Rochester on June 09, 2007, 04:16:19 pm

I am seriously considering taking up my own suggestion and looking to the Polish workforce to help me out, we pay well and the staff I have work hard and are very diligent, however, some of the new ones I have tried out have been rubbish.

Title: Re: staff problems
Post by: DASERVICES on June 09, 2007, 11:55:39 pm

Going down that route with Polish workers but one to consider if you have a local university and have a couple on the go with flexi time.

Title: Re: staff problems
Post by: aztec on June 09, 2007, 11:59:50 pm

i am biting the bullett and giving tomak a chance from next week, what he lacks in window cleaning experience he makes up for in enthusiasum got to be better than the shower of poop i have employed lately! (and he is cheaper!)

Title: Re: staff problems
Post by: Dave hook on June 10, 2007, 09:36:26 pm

Dont employ the polish! Give it a couple of months n they'll relise how much money your making and start under cutting you. Wont be long before they start taking over are trade like they did with builders if we all start going down that route.

Title: Re: staff problems
Post by: Lakes and Pennine on June 10, 2007, 11:15:33 pm

I agree with that we'll all be on a fiver a house

Title: Re: staff problems
Post by: LSB on June 11, 2007, 07:31:46 pm

i have to agree , go polish !
the english scooter boys / druggies etc are not interested in doing any real work , they just want £30 odd quid as quick as they can !
i have had enough of both over the years, and paid correctly and looked after polish workers are much more reliable !