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Quote from: richywilts on April 05, 2012, 11:56:57 pmwhilst my so called great staff member was on honeymoon i went out working and recieved six complaints about standards of work and now iv had two cancel thru website about pure water streaking,been having a few problems last few months with this guys attitude and im wanting to really make a go of things this year and draw a line under last years crap what are your views sit down talk and try and retrain or move on do work myself and try some one else out part time until i have enough work for two of us againRitchy...i would just like to thank you as i know bank holidays can be a bore sometimes....but knowing that you are going to get some right stick over this may just brighten it up a bit.... My views on you running your business are very basic really....1).....give up and go and get another job...(although i wouldn't become a business advisor if i was you..as they are commission based)2).....Get off your arse and go and do the work yourself and stop trying to be something that you are clearly not capable of being....just be happy with running a small business that supports itself without all the drama that you seem to incur/cause...You are probably a really nice chap but clearly a snag short of a barbie...
whilst my so called great staff member was on honeymoon i went out working and recieved six complaints about standards of work and now iv had two cancel thru website about pure water streaking,been having a few problems last few months with this guys attitude and im wanting to really make a go of things this year and draw a line under last years crap what are your views sit down talk and try and retrain or move on do work myself and try some one else out part time until i have enough work for two of us again
this is what happens when you get greedy expecting him to clean £300 plus a day. problems will happen full stop...
IMO I think you should all get off his back, he is trying to do something a little different in the way he runs his business. DO YOU want to be on the glass till you retire?What happens when you retire, sell up for a bit of cash or let others run it and still take a wage? (what richy is trying in my eyes)I personally think you are trying to do this a little to early richy. For you to make a nice living from others working the glass for you will certainly take more than 1 van. The lad working for you will be fed up of doing all this work to hand the majority over to you. Not taking his time to clean properly because he is fed up and also trying to earn as much as he can if he is on a bonus scheme??Spend a day away from everything and have a real good think of where you want to take your business write it down on paper and put a date on when you want to achieve it. Then work out all the little steps you are going to have to take to reach it. Rome wasnt built in a day!I have a goal for mine that is as far ahead as 2015 and some that are for this sunday.IMO If your lad is as good as you say you should try and keep him, I would give him less work to do for the same money. Results = He is happier and his standard of work can be raised with your help. BUT it means you will have to be back on the glass more.Hope this helps OR I might of got the situation all wrong.
Not having a go, but in all honesty do you really expect to rely on this guy doing all your work until the end of time, for less than a third of what he is bringing in, without the penny dropping sooner or later that he is losing £200 every day because he is working to line your pockets?
Quote from: Johnny B on April 06, 2012, 05:41:09 pmNot having a go, but in all honesty do you really expect to rely on this guy doing all your work until the end of time, for less than a third of what he is bringing in, without the penny dropping sooner or later that he is losing £200 every day because he is working to line your pockets?I was an employee for a long time and thats just they way it is if you work for someone else, you're working to line your bosses pockets. If the £300/day employee was managed correctly, given incentives to succeed, fined or given penalties for failure (complaints), given feedback and challenged, I reckon, although he may not go on to the end of time working for you, the time he is working with you could be more rewarding for you both. You've got the systems and skills needed to enable you to clean windows, all you need now is to learn some staff managment stuff (or pay an external HR company) and you're sorted
Its a bit out of order this I've known rich since we were kids everything he's posted on this site is true the majority of u knock him for trying to better him self he's paying this lad 8 pound an hour to do a job go find that in the job centre it doesn't matter if he's 300 pound or 3 pound a day it should be done properly I'd be sacking him the amount of complaints he's had
Quote from: Rawhide on April 06, 2012, 07:26:27 pmQuote from: Johnny B on April 06, 2012, 05:41:09 pmNot having a go, but in all honesty do you really expect to rely on this guy doing all your work until the end of time, for less than a third of what he is bringing in, without the penny dropping sooner or later that he is losing £200 every day because he is working to line your pockets?I was an employee for a long time and thats just they way it is if you work for someone else, you're working to line your bosses pockets. If the £300/day employee was managed correctly, given incentives to succeed, fined or given penalties for failure (complaints), given feedback and challenged, I reckon, although he may not go on to the end of time working for you, the time he is working with you could be more rewarding for you both. You've got the systems and skills needed to enable you to clean windows, all you need now is to learn some staff managment stuff (or pay an external HR company) and you're sorted I agree with you, but in this game the real rewards are there for those who are willing to be their own boss. I have had helpers in the past and always led from the front, never expecting from others what I wouldn't or hadn't done myself. Maybe Richie could do this or I feel that sooner or later he will become the chief without the indian.John
Sorry,I can't resist,Thanks to gav lammy and dave morris for their input.http://bit.ly/HnL8BgI've also got issues with my business like we all have but its a weekend off so let's all chill and enjoy it.Dean.
Quote from: lee fitzsimons on April 06, 2012, 07:43:35 pmIts a bit out of order this I've known rich since we were kids everything he's posted on this site is true the majority of u knock him for trying to better him self he's paying this lad 8 pound an hour to do a job go find that in the job centre it doesn't matter if he's 300 pound or 3 pound a day it should be done properly I'd be sacking him the amount of complaints he's had I'm certainly not dissing richy,I know the score myself about how things can go wrong.I reckon that you are richy anyway so its all good fun.Windows can be very distressing at times.Dean.