[mk1]

yesterday took the plunge and used 2 agency staff and the results

fantastic two young girls from slovakia wanted to work and do the job spot on. no moaning just got the job done.

picked them up from our office off we went got to the job 5 bed post tennant clean (bad in a bit of a state) showed the girls what we wanted them to do and they just did it fantastic.

this is posted for those who have worrys about using agency staff as we have had  : : wish we had done it years ago the stress of finding good staff is always a nightmare hopefully that nightmare has turned to a dream. 

[richyvezy]

mk1

At what cost to you financialy though ? Interested to know how much the agency charged you per girl, per hour ? Of that charge, how much goes to the girls and how much do the agency take ?

Richy

[mk1]

hi richy the cost to us is £9.56 inclusive of vat per person per hour.

the agency we use is barker ross what they pay there poeple is there business but i would guess nat min wage.

[glenda hollis]

Glad you are pleased. Let us know how things are going in 3 months time.

[richyvezy]

mk1

I think it may be ok if your desperate as a last resort on one-off jobs but how can you promote it as a solution to finding staff as an employer ??
I've been approached by a local agency and quoted similar prices but there's no way I could survive for long paying out those fee's on a regular basis. How much do you pay your staff cleaners ?

Sorry but can't agree that it's a solution

Richy

[J. Deans]

We pay our staff £7.30 p/h, so £9.56 is not a great deal of difference, especially when you take into account all the other costs involved with having your own employees. Not to mention the stress of making sure they always have enough work.

As a ball-park-figure, we tender for contracts based on an estimate of the cleaner hours required x £15 p/h. So if a large one-off contract comes along and we need temporary staff to cover it, I would definately be interested in using an agency.

I have not done it yet, so I am pleased to now have a bit more info, and I am glad MK1 had a good experience

[mk1]

mk1

I think it may be ok if your desperate as a last resort on one-off jobs but how can you promote it as a solution to finding staff as an employer ??
I've been approached by a local agency and quoted similar prices but there's no way I could survive for long paying out those fee's on a regular basis. How much do you pay your staff cleaners ?

Sorry but can't agree that it's a solution

Richy

our staff cleaners are on £6.00ph the market here in lincolnshire is cut throat to say the least....most of the cleaning jobs advertised are minimum wage.

we do try & work on quality not price but try telling a new customer that  : : it may not be a long term solution unless its a top priced contract.

our work tends to be peaks and troughs so its very difficult to employ full time staff........take this week flat out more work than we can manage worked booked solid included sat/sun.......but nothing much in for next week apart from regular contracts (bread & butter) so the agency workers are a perfect solution.

We pay our staff £7.30 p/h, so £9.56 is not a great deal of difference, especially when you take into account all the other costs involved with having your own employees. Not to mention the stress of making sure they always have enough work.

As a ball-park-figure, we tender for contracts based on an estimate of the cleaner hours required x £15 p/h. So if a large one-off contract comes along and we need temporary staff to cover it, I would definately be interested in using an agency.

I have not done it yet, so I am pleased to now have a bit more info, and I am glad MK1 had a good experience

we try to use x £12.50ph for regular contracts but you are lucky to get the contract at that. it really is tough at the minute the big boys have been  trying to sqeeze us for quite a while but we will not be defeated............................. we hope