[jonnyald]

in my town are one of these , have about 6 vans  and uniforms   and 2 men per van.  i imagine its hard work running such an outfit.  they set the standard  and do you guys have one similar near you ? or maybe you run one like this?

 last summer i had an interesting chat with a trad guy who had been going a few years and had built up to 3vans but then the most loyal workers left and he then had 2 years of finding new workers and they loved it at first but always left after realising the workload was megga . he wanted to shift a few hundred customers onto me, but i only want to stay a 1 man set-up .

[Davie T]

Look at the overall image, not only window cleaning.

Some people working from home opt for a PO Box to avoid callers at their home, in some cases a more professional address and prevent competitors from knowing more than they should! It is more common than you think

 

[jonnyald]

just now im happy enough on my own,. but i know im probably going to have  opportunitys in future to take on others work .to do that i would have to employ
 
is it likely theres much reward in running a trad firm of any size? or is it just constant grief



 

[robbie72]

yes jonny we know who your talking about have you ever spoke to any of them

[jonnyald]

i havent .   (robbie im takin you arent trad? are u priced higher or lower than ?)+ wot dyou drive,will look out for yer and giv you a toot !

was only curious about how that sort of thing works , so when im offered big chunks of work whether its worth taking on staff

[robbie72]

i do both give us a call and i will tell you how they do it

[jonnyald]

def will call you up /cheers

[james44]

i do both give us a call and i will tell you how they do it

cant you explain on here? i am interested myself how they build it up like that

[robbie72]

employ people on low money then set them a daliy target i belive its 220 per 2 people a lot of staff come and go set up on there own