[kkawindows]

hi i am looking to place a job for canvassers via the jobcentre i have today signed up to do this, now this is for the tricky bit what kind of wage would you give?
a: pay them per job they get? if so how much?
b: pay them an hourly rate
the problem i find is if i paid them an hourly wage they would sit on there arses all day instead of being out canvassing so the top one would be better.
any advice would greatly be appreciated
thanks

[The Bear]

Didn't you put a wage on the advert?

[George-Reid]

Hi
We pay our canvassers minimum wage plus comission.
We are a wheelie bin cleaning company we charge £3 per clean and take a minimum of £15 for the first five cleans then the prefered method of payment is by direct debit.

The comission to the canvassers is £2 per customer that pays the £15 and an additional £1 for every direct debit signed.

We have the canvassers leave leaflets at all houses they put their initials on them and if a new customer phones in once they have paid whoevers initials are on the leaflet they get their comission.

So on average hourly rate plus between 6 to 8 customers per day works out ok for students through the summer months.

Hope this helps

george

[AuRavelling79]

Yeah - small basic to get 'em out of bed - plus decent commission once the customer has paid!

[s.hughes]

Its a good idea. I've noticed small compaines advertise to do leaflet drops. Of course this is probable expensive and at the end of the day how do you know they have really done the job.
Yup commission on every new customer is a good idea.

Steveyboy

[simbag]

I would say that if you pay commission then pay them a percentage the cleaning charge. Say around 10-15%, then they would make an effort to increase their earning, rather than going for low priced jobs they would try to get the best price possible for each job. Which is what would happen if you paid a fixed price per job. Maybe you could also offer a incentive as a bonus for any jobs of £20 and over, say 20%?

You would still have the ultimate say in the type of jobs you require, and the pricing structure. Anything that doesn't meet the specifications that you set out, you can refuse to pay, because it is not what you asked for.

[pjulk]

Tell the job centre you only want people on the new deal scheme.
That way the social or whoever pays it pays you about £75 per week for taking them on not sure how long the payments last though.

Paul