[Gav Camm lammy 283]

i wud start him on 30 quid a day
rising to say40 ish wen e is ok

[stuart mc]

just pay him or he will return non too chuffed, you asked us Monday it is now Friday/Saturday, if he hasn't been  paid by now I would find another employer

[david68]

just pay him or he will return non too chuffed, you asked us Monday it is now Friday/Saturday, if he hasn't been  paid by now I would find another employer

If is young, give a pound a house..................If any good with the right equipment e.g van system.......All you need to do is get him more work.

Then if he is motivated and learn the trade, he may employ you.

Do something quick, or stu mac might have a new young employee

[combat1]

Its ok guys I paid him after the first few posts, so thanks for your replies and help.
No I'm not saying what I paid him but we were both happy and he wants to do some more so happy days.

[Handyman Window Cleaning Services]

He's 18.
Thanks for the post re employee insurance, makes you think!,
Sean, I normally earn around 130 a day, doing around 13 houses.
Dont start an income thread!! I use a backpaclk for the upstairs and trad downstairs, because i'm still operating out of an estate car and cannot carry enough water to do all the house wfp.
I would dearly love to earn around 200 a day.
Thanks for the posts guys.

my oldman uses a 300litre system in a vauxhall meriva, he can go all day he works by himself. 
But, if you find out your payload or even get a 7 seater (suitable for work and a family car. tank slides out perfect pump unit strapped to tank,  DIs in storage box to catch drips and easy removal and then enough room for 1 reel trad bucket and pole) you can work with no hastle of the back pack filling up and get a worker to do downstairs by hand.

I would never pay more than £6.50 ph at the end of the day your the boss and you need rewarding for all your pride and hard work.  he may work hard but its just a job to him, yeah you need to keep up his moral so.. now and again you could pay for his dinner or chuck a bonus on top. 
but not all the time

[Richard iSparkle]

only pay minimum wage or thereabouts to start off with.  there onwards pay bonuses for good work, reliability, new sales, whatever.

if they want more money they have to take more responsibility on board and prove they're worth it.

its very easy to over pay at the start and then regret it later, as you have no way to add bonuses or responsibilities without them complaining or without increasing their already hi wage.

if they re paid cash in hand they're receiving subsidies off the government in effect anyhow so i'd pay £5 an hour of £30 a day or something.