[Lee Burbidge]

Looks like the low pressure is with us for the next few days. Much of us will be in for a soaking.

What do you tell your workers? How do you pay your staff when its interupted by bad weather?

What schemes or arrangements do you run?  after all if the work cant be done because of poor weather no one gets paid.

[Sean Dyer]

Work in the rain? 

[Wc Solutions]

as we have a lot of commercial work, including cleaning.

we would pull the guys off houses in heavy rain and get them on other jobs where pos.

a good 8/10 times they just take a lunch break and wait for the rain to stop

[simon w]

Hi Lee.

I have been employing pretty much ever since I first went into the window cleaning business and have never stopped working because of the rain, in fact there has only been a few of occasions over the years where the weather has effected us such that we couldn't work.

You dont need any schemes or arrangements for your staff, just make sure they keep some good quality wet weather clothes in the van they are working from, if of course they dont like working in the rain for personal reasons, then I guess you will have to consider whether they are suitable for doing an outdoor job.

Hope this helps

[Paddy Woods]

Just be a 1 man van 
No faces looking at you in the rain Or @ -10 etc !

[JSMC]

fact is loads of people are not happy paying for windows to be cleaned in the rain.

Would you pay to have yer car washed in the rain ?

[bobplum]

must admit its got to me today decided to take the day off
 are you sure this is july?

[Wc Solutions]

must admit its got to me today decided to take the day off
 are you sure this is july?

we keep a record of staff working hours and we include a rain record on it to.

guess which month since 2005 has had the most rain on our records?

[Lee Burbidge]

this month??

[Wc Solutions]

yes july seems to have more rain in my area than any other month according to our records.

[GB Window Cleaning]

fact is loads of people are not happy paying for windows to be cleaned in the rain.

Would you pay to have yer car washed in the rain ?

yes

[TomCrowther]

Theres a big difference between washing a car in the rain and a house's windows?
I sometimes stop and wait for the rain to ease off but today I just carried on regardless and it was tipping it down. Customers didn't mind and I told the ones that were in about the rain guarantee etc. It's up to each wc to decide but I am taking a tougher stance these days and just getting on with it. Need some decent boots though 

[Frankybadboy]

had day off,getting wet isnt for me anymore

thats cause you are already wet between the ears

[Richard iSparkle]

Personally we always work in the rain.  One customer out of 30 insisted he miss the clean despite not calling me to cancel, and despite me explaining our satisfaction guarentee, so i cancelled him as we clean every 4 weeks whatever the weather.

if we cannot work because of weather my staff have to take a day's holiday.  can't pay people for not working!