[Lee Burbidge]

From past experience, fit trackers (telling your staff you don't trust them) and moral goes out of the window. If you doubt them that much, then they don't belong in your team, get rid of them.

You know by the figures if they do well or not, spend the money differently, if they do well, give them a bonus which in turn motivates them even further.

I dont agree. Tracking helps gather labour hours spent. In the peak time All Counites Window Cleaning has 60 employees. They use this sort of system to pay the staff with. I would rather do it that way than work through 60 timesheets. So you see, it has its place

[Lee Burbidge]

lol I've got barely enough time to do all the work without collecting aswell. GPS trackers might help a little but personally I doubt it. and it WILL p**s your staff off.

I paid the money on the vans. If I want tracking on the vans then I do that for all the business benefits it gives. Who is running the business you or your staff. Take control, I tust every one of my staff and we have a great laugh. A nice family and they respect me as a boss. I have told them that I will be putting tracking devices in the vans. I am looking at GPS to help with my payroll system and save down time.

[Lee Burbidge]

3 vans, 2 fitted with trackers.We got them for exactly this reason-stop unauthorised use of the vehicles(I pay the fuel and costs-it's not a perk,it's a tool of the job)
www.satmo.co.uk speak to Fiona and say I said Hi

Regards Roy

Roy thats really good. You can pay upfront and nothing else to pay?? What about the software is it online and you log in or something?

[Shiners Express Ltd.]

Lee I can see where you're coming from and to a point I agree with you, based on the fact that you pay for the vans and fuel and so on. All i'm saying is just be careful to think about it from your staffs point of view, many people I know (including myself!) have been on the receiving end of the "GPS question" and from experience, it does nothing to help motivation/moral. Now I know you're not fitting it to increase motivation/moral, however, these are important things to consider when weighing up the pro's and con's.

That said, if you get it fitted, good luck and I hope it works for you.

[Lee Burbidge]

Lee I can see where you're coming from and to a point I agree with you, based on the fact that you pay for the vans and fuel and so on. All i'm saying is just be careful to think about it from your staffs point of view, many people I know (including myself!) have been on the receiving end of the "GPS question" and from experience, it does nothing to help motivation/moral. Now I know you're not fitting it to increase motivation/moral, however, these are important things to consider when weighing up the pro's and con's.

That said, if you get it fitted, good luck and I hope it works for you.

I understand. I take my lads out for all expenses paid curry nites and beer regularly, we are pretty close. I involve them in every business decision I make and give them pros and cons. They are the most loyal and motivated crew I know. They get excited just like me when the new poles turned up. It depends on your relationship. Im fair and a good boss, I look after them.

[Roy Cauldery]

3 vans, 2 fitted with trackers.We got them for exactly this reason-stop unauthorised use of the vehicles(I pay the fuel and costs-it's not a perk,it's a tool of the job)
www.satmo.co.uk speak to Fiona and say I said Hi

Regards Roy

Roy thats really good. You can pay upfront and nothing else to pay?? What about the software is it online and you log in or something?

Lee,Give me a bell tomorrow 07500 862 571

Regards Roy

p.s you spoken to Lee at Pryors recently?

[Lee Burbidge]

3 vans, 2 fitted with trackers.We got them for exactly this reason-stop unauthorised use of the vehicles(I pay the fuel and costs-it's not a perk,it's a tool of the job)
www.satmo.co.uk speak to Fiona and say I said Hi

Regards Roy

Roy thats really good. You can pay upfront and nothing else to pay?? What about the software is it online and you log in or something?

Lee,Give me a bell tomorrow 07500 862 571

Regards Roy

p.s you spoken to Lee at Pryors recently?

Ok Roy. Last time we spoke was a couple of weeks ago.

[j.v. price ltd]

Navman wireless

2 way communication with the vans, sat Nav and daily inspection sign off

Great can check them from any pc or phone anywhere

Get email reports of when the vans leave the yard and return

[mikecam]

I paid the money on the vans. If I want tracking on the vans then I do that for all the business benefits it gives. Who is running the business you or your staff. Take control, I tust every one of my staff and we have a great laugh. A nice family and they respect me as a boss. I have told them that I will be putting tracking devices in the vans. I am looking at GPS to help with my payroll system and save down time.

You've gotta be off your rocker if you think a GPS in a van is gonna help your payroll. Where to start......
GPS tracking in itself is a great idea, saves ringing up asking where are they. Google latitude do this for free by the way if anyone has Android phone. Great, you can see where your van is.
 How does that help your payroll or hours list?  And can you expand any further upon how you think a GPS device will save you "down time" ?
 My belief is that it will not help you at all, it will just confirm (or deny) what your staff have told you. So its a check on their honesty, even though they're all part of the 'family'. Oh, and it also won't help one iota with saving "down time".

[DMC Window Cleaners Ltd]

also think of the saftey side of it one of my vans the drivers battery died on his phone and and his team mate didnt have his phone on him, I couldnt get hold of that van alday didnt know where it was, he was due back at 5 didnt get back till 7.


its for the employees benefit as well as the employers
if i had tracking at this point i could have just looked online.

if you have a very small team its not worth it but when you start getting a few vans and empoyees starting early before the office opens, its a great tool also helps if you get a customer say you didnt clean my house you can show them a print out we were there at this time

[Gary nee]

Track m8 good price.

[Rogue Trader]

i am considering getting a tracking system for my vans but all of these companies seem to want a pretty hefty up front payment / deposit. The pricing for navman isnt obvious but i guess this will be be the most. What is the true cost of these packages?

[George P]

i spoke to these guys a while ago, cant remember the price but it was a good deal at the time, ask for vicky or geoff, good company to deal with,


http://www.blueskyconnections.co.uk/tracking-devices-east-midlands.html

[Lee Burbidge]

I paid the money on the vans. If I want tracking on the vans then I do that for all the business benefits it gives. Who is running the business you or your staff. Take control, I tust every one of my staff and we have a great laugh. A nice family and they respect me as a boss. I have told them that I will be putting tracking devices in the vans. I am looking at GPS to help with my payroll system and save down time.

You've gotta be off your rocker if you think a GPS in a van is gonna help your payroll. Where to start......
GPS tracking in itself is a great idea, saves ringing up asking where are they. Google latitude do this for free by the way if anyone has Android phone. Great, you can see where your van is.
 How does that help your payroll or hours list?  And can you expand any further upon how you think a GPS device will save you "down time" ?
 My belief is that it will not help you at all, it will just confirm (or deny) what your staff have told you. So its a check on their honesty, even though they're all part of the 'family'. Oh, and it also won't help one iota with saving "down time".

I don't have problem with it, neither does my staff. A lot of people have made a lot of good points with reference to benefits in this topic, if its not for you, thats fine . Down time relates to the current time it takes to calculate time sheets.

[Rogue Trader]

seems that approx cost is £20 per van per month , which is a bit steep for me when looking at what i will actually get out of it other than to satisfy my need for control (some call me a control freak!)