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There are pluses and negatives Mick.You have to have a certain mind set to employ. It is much easier on your own-Start and finish when you want.Take time off whenever.You have total control on every job.What you earn you keepLess red tape.But the pluses are-Can go for bigger jobs.The business becomes more of a business and worth more.You earn when your on holiday.Less tired physically.It makes you view what you are doing differently. Try it..
No regrets here - its not a minefield if you research first - do it properly.The biggest advice I can give you is interview well - find the right person - which is the hardest thing, we know have 5 work for us and all are FAB, but we interviewed very well, our initial job description was very informative, also we specified that every applicant as well as sending cv HAD to send a covering letter too - this helped us filter quickly and then we shortlisted to our criteria - probe well at interview and get the right fit, for us the FIT personality wise was one of the most important matches, once we had found the right candidate we invite them out for a trial for up to 2-3 weeks and stress its not jsut about US liking them but about them liking us and its made clear that the trial can end at any time by eitheir party if its not for them/us - after a successful trial period we then offer a contract which has 3 or 6 month probation period.HTH - Mrs Smudger
I'm not sure as I know guys who can sail through any interview but if you really got to know them youwouldn't let then within a hundred miles of your business.The firm I used to work for got stung by them all the time, great interview, great probationary period then aftera certain time the cracks started to appear.By the same token I know other guys who don't sell themselves well at interviews but are loyal hardworking guyswho are keen to learn and would be a asset to any business.I took a fair amount of work from other cleaners and one of the most frequent excuses giving was... he used to doan excellent job but since them new guys started working with him the quality has got really bad.I'm at the 50 mark and would like to employ but I don't want some numpty ruining my reputation and business that to be honest was hard enough to build.
Quote from: SeanK on October 15, 2014, 11:51:35 amI'm not sure as I know guys who can sail through any interview but if you really got to know them youwouldn't let then within a hundred miles of your business.The firm I used to work for got stung by them all the time, great interview, great probationary period then aftera certain time the cracks started to appear.By the same token I know other guys who don't sell themselves well at interviews but are loyal hardworking guyswho are keen to learn and would be a asset to any business.I took a fair amount of work from other cleaners and one of the most frequent excuses giving was... he used to doan excellent job but since them new guys started working with him the quality has got really bad.I'm at the 50 mark and would like to employ but I don't want some numpty ruining my reputation and business that to be honest was hard enough to build.True, there is no perfect interview to weed out the chaff and no matter what you do you'll get wronguns from time to time. I've done many interviews over many years - you decide who you thinks best and stick with your decision, sometimes you get it right some times you don't. That's no reason not to employ though.
Liberace's ex looking to meet well built men for cottaging meets.
Half of my business is add ons, conservatories UPVC gutters etc, and this is where i need to employ for.e.g. Today, i will finish my windows (23 houses) by about 2, i am then off to do a complete UPVC house clean, inc gutters.This is quite a typical day, 6 days a week.Ive built up a really nice round over 10 yrs, 100% WFP, which i can handle on my own.I will have to get another van, but this would give me so much time off the tools allowing me to expand even further.
Matt - yes, i can see you have learned a lot from your posts😃Mick - if your doing that six days a week then you seriously need staff, because you'll be a wreck otherwise, when I reached that point staff became the priority.Matty - agree with most of that, with the exception of 16/17 is too young customers tend to be wary of youngsters of that age but defo take of people who have NEVER done window cleaning as they are better to train Darran
You dont have to broadcast the fact that you're not employing someone because of their age.