Stop working for 30%

Guys listen to me.

You can not make money by working for 30% of the job. Your own equipment and chemicals, your van, your insurance, your gas. HIS PROFIT.

Stop making him RICH and you poor! Look at his house then look at yours, look at your car and his....his wife car and yours....you get the picture???

 

Slavery was abolished in Canada in 1834.

 

If everybody refuses 30% then he will have to pay more or he can do the damn job himself if he even knows how!

 

NON FARETE ALCUNI SOLDI SE STIATE LAVORANDO PER 30%

VOCÊ NÃO FARÁ NENHUM DINHEIRO SE VOCÊ ESTÁ TRABALHANDO PARA 30%

 

USTED NO HARÁ NINGÚN DINERO SI USTED ESTÁ TRABAJANDO PARA EL 30%

당신은 당신이 30%를 위해 일하는 경우에 어떤 돈도 벌지 않을 것이다

demonsperm wrote: My average tech earns 27% and i supply the truck jobs and supplys.

Could he make more working at Walmart?

I telemarket the residential & commercial jobs , and I give it out to 3 different guys with their own truckmounts, their products.....but my company name and phone number on the trucks, invoices are under my company, I collect the taxes and there is NO CASH JOBS..........I then sub to them and pay 70% of the contract ( any upsell work is theirs to keep.....how they arrange payment is not my concern .

I pay 50%. That's fair. They supply their chemicals and gas, I spend hours upon end marketing for jobs and keeping everything in order. It's six one way, half a dozen another. Either put up with the BS of doing the work, or put up with the BS of getting the work, or do both, as I did for about 4 years.

I think a lot of people fail to see what goes on behind the scenes. I spent 12 hours last night updating the website, re-doing the keywords etc. etc. to get better placement. This morning I'm going out and doing three flood reinstalls without collecting any money and I still have to pay my helper. I'm the one with a head ache when things go to hell, I'm the one who works 20 hours when things aren't right to fix it and make sure my guys have jobs on the board.

50% is more than fair. I want my guys to stay with me and live comfortably. I'd pay 20% if I supplied the gas, van and chemicals and 30% on add ons.

I've spent 15 years of my life in the industry and I'm only 30 years old so that tells you something right there. I started telemarketing, then answering calls then working in the field. I'd work for $50/day $100/day, then $200, then $300 and so on and so forth. It's a progession. Everyone thinks they are entitled to more money because they see a large sum coming in but they don't account for the years it takes to build a successful business and a good clientele base. But still, I pay 50% because I want my guys staying with me.

Just some words to consider.


Edited by Atlantis - 14/July/2009 at 12:41pm

Nightrider;

Jack may I buy you a cold "50"?

I just got back from a customer this morning.....my appointment with him was at 5:00am  took an hour to visit most of the 80,000 sq. feet of carpet to be cleaned.....after I took 97 pictures we went to his office where he showed me an estimate another company gave him a week ago...........are you sitting down.........take a sip of coffee..................... The quote was 3.5 cents / sq foot...................he wanted me to do better..............I thanked him for the tour, the coffee & danish as well for his time ..... and politely said  " I understand the tough economic times we are all facing , and the quote you showed me reflects the hardships and desperation that some companies are experiencing to lower their companies name and employees efforts to zero in order to appease large conglomerates like yourselves just to satisfy your bottom line .