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Title: argos stores
Post by: tacky on August 09, 2008, 09:01:46 pm
hi  is their anyone here .who is subcontracted out to argos stores .and have been asked to decrease thier charge by 40%. or is it just the company i work for .plus one clean per week instead of 2. thanks guys hope u dont mind me asking . tacky in south wales
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Post by: JSMC on August 09, 2008, 09:36:51 pm
gf's dad does one and they just moved to new store but not heard anything like that mate
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Post by: tacky on August 09, 2008, 09:42:22 pm
thanks only had letter today .the company i sub contract to .said it came from argos head office
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Post by: ned on August 09, 2008, 09:43:37 pm
I do Treliske in Cornwall sub to Scott and Sons havent heard nothing as yet  Ned
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Post by: Mike_G on August 10, 2008, 11:44:30 am
I do a few and as yet have not heard anything regards cutting back. Who do you sub for? I know they use at least 2 companies for the window cleaning.
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Post by: tacky on August 10, 2008, 09:48:59 pm
trafford park cleaning .manchester
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Post by: Mike_G on August 10, 2008, 10:01:46 pm
I dont do mine for them but if I hear anything I will let you know.
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Post by: tacky on August 10, 2008, 10:11:25 pm
thanks mike ,n .ned .n. jsmc .
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Post by: stevekennedy on August 10, 2008, 11:19:18 pm
not heard anything from Traffords
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Post by: tacky on August 11, 2008, 09:55:58 pm
hi steve.do u clean for trafford .iv got to give them a yes or no answer by 1st of sept .
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Post by: JSMC on August 13, 2008, 02:56:39 pm
her dad receive dletter aksing to take 40% cut also
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Post by: stevieg on August 13, 2008, 04:12:01 pm
good news, just been in argos and EVERYTHING has been reduced by 40 percent.
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Post by: Mike_G on August 13, 2008, 06:16:57 pm
I have just done a couple and they are in the process of being re tendered so I guess we will all find out soon what is happening. I think Argos are cutting back so the money and frequency of cleans will go down.
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Post by: MNWC on August 13, 2008, 07:21:28 pm
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I have just done a couple and they are in the process of being re tendered so I guess we will all find out soon what is happening. I think Argos are cutting back so the money and frequency of cleans will go down.

My point exactly

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Post by: davidpitts on August 13, 2008, 08:37:48 pm
My mate in Leeds has had the same .
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Post by: markybop on August 15, 2008, 06:08:23 pm
Just recieved the letter this morning from Trafford Park advising that from the 1st Sept to only clean the Argos store once a week and reduce the bill by 40% 'due to the current economic climate'!
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Post by: Mike_G on August 15, 2008, 06:09:37 pm
How many times do you do it at the moment Mark?
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Post by: seandyer2003 on August 15, 2008, 06:10:19 pm
anyone do co operative stores, do they do their own contracting locally or is it national, theres one about 100m from me.
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Post by: markybop on August 15, 2008, 08:10:56 pm
Mike G, I currently clean the store twice a week outside and once a week inside, and I haven't asked for a price increase for 2 years either....... >:(
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Post by: tacky on August 15, 2008, 09:58:41 pm
i do the same as markeybop .iv had no increase in 8 yrs .i mentioned this to trafford park in a e mail .like said earlier they must b ready to put in a new quote .n paying us 40% less to put in cheaper price
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Post by: stevekennedy on August 15, 2008, 10:52:24 pm
Just got the letter. It only applies to those stores which are done twice a week. They are cutting it to one clean per week and reducing the funding by 40%. I am going to accept as it means the same money per hour.
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Post by: markybop on August 16, 2008, 05:36:50 pm
Me too, im geting more per hr just doin the 1 clean per week than I was before.....
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Post by: tacky on August 16, 2008, 11:16:58 pm
sorry im a bit thick with maths .but if say im doing out side windows of stores for £ 10 , n they want to decrease my wage by 40% how am i better off .
Title: Re: argos stores
Post by: Mike_G on August 17, 2008, 09:04:49 am
Tacky. It works like this.

At the moment £10.00 per clean twice a week equals £20.00 per week they now want just one clean per week for a 40% reduction, so that means the one clean per week is now worth £12.00. So although the amount recieved per week is less than before the money per clean has actually increased.