[paul marshall]

what is the average hourly pay for an employee , or do you pay him a percentage of the days takings

[wpclean]

Ethical or Living wage is £8:30 per hour in London, and £7:20 per hour outside London.

[robertphil]

i pay 7 , which is quite generous for 16-18 yr olds .  i pay extra bonus on the tough days

[roundbuilder]

percentage of 25% always goes well as does £7 ph. as long as they work hard and your quids in.

[crystal.clear]

I pay one £15 ph but he's been with me for 10 years now and worth every penny. I have someone new which I pay £8 a hour.

[roundbuilder]

I pay one £15 ph but he's been with me for 10 years now and worth every penny. I have someone new which I pay £8 a hour.

£15 

he must be mustard

[gavinb]

I pay %50 of the job .

[roundbuilder]

I pay %50 of the job .

you cant be makeing much profit at all. 50% is far too high.

[Window Washers]

I pay %50 of the job .

thats madness

[mgba_78]

I pay one £15 ph but he's been with me for 10 years now and worth every penny. I have someone new which I pay £8 a hour.

Good people are hard to find and we always say if you can afford it price them out of another job!
That guy is obviously well worth it, good on him and lucky you having someone like that as an employee!

[gewindows]

I pay a fella whose been window cleaning 20 years trad but screwed things up so lost his work £10.00 an hour.

[gavinb]

sorry i meant i paid myself %50 of what i turn over the rest goes back into savings / business .
so for example today 3 hrs work £110 i will put £55 back into the business and £55 to myself .

other days on average £30 an hr so whatever i make that day %50 goes into business the other goes to me lol .

[steve rix]

Min Wage (£6.19) B alance in cash. 30% of turnover.

[crystal.clear]

The bloke I pay £15 earns around £250 a day from 8.30 - 4.00 with half hour lunch which he doesn't get paid for. So he gets £105 a day and earns me around £145 a day on average so I think that's fair.

[g.brookes]

crystal clear, with a man like that you could just not work.  sounds like a great set up!

[crystal.clear]

Cheers I have to say he has been late maybe twice in 10 years and works bloody hard. If I could find another two like him I would def give up.

[DG Cleaning]

A mate of mine pays 45% of whatever the employee earns which in actual fact is only 22.5% of the total earnings

[paul marshall]

im thinking of paying a third , i dont fancy paying by the hour because he can just coast along all day , and still get paid , so if he earns 200 he gets 66 and i get 134 i would be well happy with that , i dont think i could ever pay the minimum wage though , just doesnt seem fair

[roundbuilder]

The bloke I pay £15 earns around £250 a day from 8.30 - 4.00 with half hour lunch which he doesn't get paid for. So he gets £105 a day and earns me around £145 a day on average so I think that's fair.

Top man. You have your head screwed on there.

[sunshine windows]

When people say 50% is far too great a percentage because of lack of profit. It all depends on the total take for the day/week /month. If you had someone consistantly knocking out £400 a day for you, I'm sure you could run a profitable business and keep one very happy bunny employee.

Not saying that i'm running to these %'s but you get my drift.