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Ed.

  • Posts: 71
Are you always on time with your customers ?
« on: June 26, 2020, 11:06:11 am »
So im always about a week or so behind on my work. Customers are never bothered and never notice. I’m sometimes between 7-10 days behind on my work thats due.

Is anyone else always behind  ? Or are you always on time every month or 2monthly


jo5hm4n

  • Posts: 948
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2020, 11:14:47 am »
I was always on time, for years without fail because i worked in rain or shine.

Covid has messed my schedule up though and my work is all over the place.  I will have it sorted before end of the year though so im not worried and customers have been great.

Generally i dont think customers care if you are 1-2 weeks late.  The ones who do care are the ones who are either fussy or annoying anyway i have found.

harleyman

  • Posts: 432
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2020, 11:40:20 am »
nearly always a few days late on some of my round I don't work in rain only if its light I have had a few comments about
 working in the rain im fed up trying to explain but it falls on deaf ears they think your trying to con them,,

EandM

  • Posts: 2182
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2020, 11:54:21 am »
I'm three months behind with some of mine but all seem happy so far.

NWH

  • Posts: 16952
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2020, 12:08:09 pm »
90% of my work I can do when I want to do it just got to train them,if you are always bang on time you need more work it’s not uncommon for me to be a month late on some stuff.

david mark

  • Posts: 468
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2020, 02:31:36 pm »
If you're 10 days late that's a lot of money lost over the year

Smudger

  • Posts: 13438
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2020, 02:40:03 pm »
I can't say were never late  as you can have rain on the day - but we have never been later than 3 days - we run a tight 4/8 weekly schedule and the customers get a next clean date which we hit 95% of the time

Darran
Never argue with an idiot, they will only bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience

Shrek

  • Posts: 3931
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2020, 02:52:27 pm »
Never late and Iv got monthly/2/3 monthly frequency

Stoots

  • Posts: 6211
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2020, 03:38:29 pm »
Always a week behind, if I take time off that sometimes becomes  2.

Rayleigh Window Cleaning Services

  • Posts: 332
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2020, 03:53:56 pm »
Never

Spruce

  • Posts: 8462
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2020, 04:04:27 pm »
So im always about a week or so behind on my work. Customers are never bothered and never notice. I’m sometimes between 7-10 days behind on my work thats due.

Is anyone else always behind  ? Or are you always on time every month or 2monthly

If you are a new cleaner then you have to keep as close to their scheduled clean as possible. However, many are understanding of the Covid situation.

Once you have become established as their window cleaner then its not such a big deal. But there are some old ones who are always on the phone asking when we are coming.  Its the squeaky wheel that gets the oil so I try to pay a little more attention to these ones.
Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration and 2% attention to detail!

The older I get, the better I was ;)

Richard iSparkle

  • Posts: 2491
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2020, 04:22:49 pm »
we're always on time.

we give our customers our next due date on each visit.

we clean 4 weekly and clean whatever the weather. the only time the weather stops us is if we cant get the van off the drive.

if we are late because equipment has broken down or sickness, we catchup the same week normally
iSparkle Window Cleaning

www.isparklewindowcleaning.uk

lal

  • Posts: 1112
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2020, 05:05:51 pm »

 Yes

NWH

  • Posts: 16952
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2020, 05:32:11 pm »
Larrys always on time for those 300 quid roofs 🤣🤣🤣🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

MrChurchMouse

  • Posts: 69
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2020, 05:46:26 pm »
I'm pretty much always on time for my customers giving them the next date at the end of each clean and sticking to it.  I like to be super organised in that regard.  Occasionally if there is a day where I can't work at all due to really heavy rain or what have you then  I'll always try and go back to those I've missed at some point within the next week. 

dazmond

  • Posts: 23967
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2020, 05:49:48 pm »
Im mostly on time but shift some work about here and there....

What about time off and holidays?none of us can keep to our schedule 100% of the time.......

For instance I've moved some 4 weekly work due next friday afternoon to the week after as I'm having my gas boiler serviced that afternoon....
price higher/work harder!

combat1

  • Posts: 893
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2020, 05:53:48 pm »
I’m trying to juggle as we have to cover childcare until our son goes back to school.
So home schooling in the morning and dashing out at 2pm when my partner gets home from work.
I do get 4 full days a month when she has weekdays off/ working weekend.
Luckily customers been ok so far.

matty72

  • Posts: 568
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #17 on: June 26, 2020, 06:10:44 pm »
about a week to 10 days behind 80% of the time, mainly because im knackered

windowswashed

  • Posts: 2577
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #18 on: June 26, 2020, 06:47:18 pm »
Bang on time for commercial and best work. Remainder as and when I can, but never sweat if a week or two late.

swanson

  • Posts: 602
Re: Are you always on time with your customers ?
« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2020, 07:44:12 pm »
Never on time
Always a week or two behind.
Most of my customers don’t even notice.