[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

We undertook a slightly amusing calculation today.

We took our weekly turnover and divided it by the number of hours we worked from leaving base in the morning to returning to base in the evening. This obviously gave is an hourly rate for income generated.

The next calculation was to work our how many hours we had spent travelling between jobs over the course of the week.

Then we recalculated the hourly rate using the same t/o figure but divided this time by the number of hours actually spent on the job (Total hours less travel hours).

Finally we took the difference between the two hourly rates and divided by the number of hours spent travelling.

The resultant figure gave us a very nice feeling that we were "earning" a good hourly rate simply driving between jobs.

Anybody else ever some this or similar calculations?

Rog

[Warren Aldridge]

Then you should multiply the working hour rate by the driving hours to see the potential earning rate lost.

Because after all, travelling time is down time

[Mike Halliday]

You could use the same formula to argue how much do you 'earn' while sleeping or taking a dump

I think I will take this topic in the wrong argumentative direction but.....

How much an hour is the most misrepresented quotation used on here, moan about the price of something and you get some cleverclogs telling you "ask the £100/hr carpet cleaners"

On domestics We average £120/ hr which to me is how much I earn from pulling into the drive to pulling out. To me that's the most important figure, from this I can aim to create a situation that allows me to maximise the time I have to put me in people's homes earning that £120.

In an hour 2 of us can clean an average living room & HSL. I don't think £120 is an  exorbitant  amount of Money.

I only make money when parked in people's drives not when I'm driving so I need to work my diary to cut down on driving time and make my marketing bring in bigger, higher end work that is close to my home

[garry22]

Lawyers charge travelling time at the same rate as seeing you in their office.

[ian harper]

more interesting number is calls made to you and the connection rates, mobiles networks are very unreliable. that's missed opportunity. we have been trying to nail this one

[wynne jones]

Here's a trick. It can be very productive time.

Write on a card 'See the cleaning opportunity', tape it on the dashboard somewhere where it's in your peripheral vision all the time.

You will be gobsmacked what you notice now.

 

[neil 47]

yeah ian rang u twice and u never answered and when she did i wish i hadnt bothered 

[ian harper]

thats because I dont talk to anyone on the phone far to busy to chat on the phone. Tina is a great gate keeper. need to chat G+

I think the kids have it right text and facebook  (or in my case G+) forget the phone. ever tried to call a customer and they will not pick up? text them and you get a response right away, I blame the old answer phone where you could screen all your calls.

Did you also know that employers will always interview on the phone first now because young people dont have the social skills anymore on the phone? could be said of some the old ones as well -)



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[mark_roberts]

Im convinced the iphone is a great personal computer but a very poor phone.  Im also convinced Im losing calls from it.  All calls are directed to it but how many are lost/not connected?   Who knows.  The old phones seemed to have better reception and Ive been with the same provider 12 years.

And whats the solution.  Pay someone to answer the landline

Mark