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Re: Recruiting
« Reply #40 on: November 19, 2008, 12:15:04 am »
As well as doing window cleaning i am also a forensic psychiatric nursing assistant. For those who dont know forensic means dealing with serious criminals and it only pays £7.38ph

seandyer2003

Re: Recruiting
« Reply #41 on: November 19, 2008, 09:51:38 am »
exactly. i was recently looking through jobs because i am doing courses in book keeping etc, and wondered what it pays working for someone - it is not alot! £7 is standard when starting out, dont get me wrong if your work is extremely well paid and you want to keep a member of staff then great, but day to day work i cant see it is possible to justify the effort of employing if you are giving them 15 an hour!! Because by the time you pay for holidays, fuel, insurance, equipment, tax and ni, marketing etc the list goes on, you will be lucky to get minimum wage for yourself !!! :)

dave0123

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Re: Recruiting
« Reply #42 on: November 19, 2008, 06:18:20 pm »
Maybe its the other parts of the country but ive never seen a window cleaning job advertised between 12 and £15.00 in my life, personaly if i did  i wud give it up and go and work for them  ::) 600 a week without the headache come home and do nothing untill i go in again would do me :).

job centre most i have seen is around min wage to £8.00 per hour! jesus at 15.00 your talking managers wages for large companies!


dave
Dave.

CLEANGLASSUK

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Re: Recruiting
« Reply #43 on: November 19, 2008, 06:20:08 pm »
Maybe its the other parts of the country but ive never seen a window cleaning job advertised between 12 and £15.00 in my life, personaly if i did  i wud give it up and go and work for them  ::) 600 a week without the headache come home and do nothing untill i go in again would do me :).

job centre most i have seen is around min wage to £8.00 per hour! jesus at 15.00 your talking managers wages for large companies!


dave
I used to earn between £600-£1200 a week for my old boss and that wasnt enough in my eyes.

Re: Recruiting
« Reply #44 on: November 19, 2008, 06:54:33 pm »
Maybe its the other parts of the country but ive never seen a window cleaning job advertised between 12 and £15.00 in my life, personaly if i did  i wud give it up and go and work for them  ::) 600 a week without the headache come home and do nothing untill i go in again would do me :).

job centre most i have seen is around min wage to £8.00 per hour! jesus at 15.00 your talking managers wages for large companies!


dave
I used to earn between £600-£1200 a week for my old boss and that wasnt enough in my eyes.

Well, if that's what you use to earn when you worked with someone.

And I take it you must have had at least a tiny bit of advancement on those wages as thats the reaon why we work for ourselves, but not the only reason.

So I have to assume that you own an yaucht, an apartment or two in nightbridge (London), and possibly your own island. And a house or two with a swimmingpool and stables.

Maybe you could write a business plan for my business, the bank will purchase shares straight away. Infact why have you not floated your company on the stock market, it should easy get in the top 100 bluechip list.


I would welcome the advice from such a successful person/

Dave

weetot

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Re: Recruiting
« Reply #45 on: November 19, 2008, 07:16:54 pm »
I,m actually an eccentric millionaire and have always wanted to clean windows in the snow, frost, ice and freezing rain..........NOT!
Never take financial advice from people who have no money!

AuRavelling79

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Re: Recruiting
« Reply #46 on: November 20, 2008, 03:59:14 pm »
As well as doing window cleaning i am also a forensic psychiatric nursing assistant. For those who dont know forensic means dealing with serious criminals and it only pays £7.38ph

OK now add pension, holidays, sick pay(and shift allowance?) uniform and it's like being on £10/12 an hour s/employed IMO...
It's a game of three halves!

Re: Recruiting
« Reply #47 on: November 20, 2008, 04:28:52 pm »
As well as doing window cleaning i am also a forensic psychiatric nursing assistant. For those who dont know forensic means dealing with serious criminals and it only pays £7.38ph

OK now add pension, holidays, sick pay(and shift allowance?) uniform and it's like being on £10/12 an hour s/employed IMO...

OK,

Add all of that, but not every company gives a pension. Not every company gives sick pay. Not every company especially window cleaners and cleaner get a shift allowence.

As with regards to Holiday pay, thats in a persons standard lets say annual pay any ways.


Its not extra, that you get. If an employee goes on holiday his 2 weeks off his wages dont increase for 2 weeks. And a company does not lose out they just pay the same staff, and just ask them to cover or manage with out them

Dave

NWH

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Re: Recruiting
« Reply #48 on: November 20, 2008, 04:30:54 pm »
I`d love to and willingly pay someone £7 an hour,anyone want a job lol. ;D ;D ;D

Re: Recruiting
« Reply #49 on: November 20, 2008, 05:19:00 pm »
If you lot look at window cleaners, London on the jobcentre they some barely make £8.00 an hours

If you dont believe the www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk site, well then there is no proving it.

Its about time people were realistic.


Yes if you can afford to pay £12 - 15 ph then thats down to you, but I very much actually doubt you pay an employee that. Especially in window cleaning and especially in the financial climate.



Dave