Finding Good Employee’s
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Topic: Finding Good Employee’s
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Subject: Finding Good Employee’s
Date Posted: 19/October/2004 at 11:39pm
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I'm looking to get away from the everyday grind of Carpet Cleaning, and I'm looking for some reliable employees. People that will come to work everyday and do a great job everytime.... should I pay them in percentage??? how much??? hourly???? Basically How do you keep employees happy??? drug plan... benefits??? If you're are an employee or an employer what works best for you? |
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Posted By: splash_$$$_dash
Date Posted: 20/October/2004 at 5:40am
| pay them at least $16.00/hour |
Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 20/October/2004 at 6:36am
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start them out at $10.00 per hour plus 25% comm. see how it works out. ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 20/October/2004 at 8:20am
Mr. Steamer: Personaly I think a strait hourly thing in this business is wrong. There is no insentive if they get paid the same for fighting as they do for marching. Hourly + commission based on what they can do. Any redoes is done at their expense, and they must redo them. With just hourly you may not always get what you pay for. Just commission is good if all the jobs are a good size. You know yourself what a day of piddle jobs can make someone. I better quit. Wht the hell does a man in a one horse town know about hireing a few good men. (Sorry Diva or Women.) ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Steaminpile
Date Posted: 20/October/2004 at 12:10pm
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greg has the right idea,people like the idea of a guaranteed income.
I've been considering hiring someone but having a heckuva hard time finding the right person. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 20/October/2004 at 12:20pm
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Greg: If you are going to pay strait hourly then be prepared to pay overtime for weekends and night calls. Be prepared for the coffee shop syndrome, everyone is entitled to break, mabe even having a coffee and muffin at the customers home after the job. Just a few things to consider when going hourly. Like I said that is one of the pit falls when you get paid the same for marching as you do for fighting. Since there is no sentive to make extra money, why bother doing the extra couch or bedroom while I am here. I migth just as well have a coffee it's almost quiten time? Or maybe I will just do it for cash??????? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: carpetologist
Date Posted: 20/October/2004 at 2:06pm
Steamer, From where I sit it appears it will never work. Even if money motivates them. No one wants to tell their friends or mother-in-law they are cleaners. Yuk. Most employees I see steal your business and start their own show. Fortunately for you most fail. Most people I know get out because of an employee problem. Enough negativity from an old fart. Let's hear from a positive young up-start. Just how do they overcome this problem and meet it as a challenge. ------------- Kleen Kuip Supply Mart Inc. http://www.kleenkuip.com - New & Used Professional Carpet Cleaning Machines, Restoration Equipment, Training, Service and Supplies |
MR. STEAMER wrote:Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 20/October/2004 at 5:01pm
Ted now you know why small stays small...
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Posted By: splash_$$$_dash
Date Posted: 20/October/2004 at 9:23pm
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Hey at ServiceMaster (not going to say which one) they get 34% and there's guys who have been there 10+ years. There is a job for everybody you just have to be patient and you'll find guys who want to work for chump change. Just because YOU wouldnt work for $15.00/hour does not mean somebody else wont. I see people working at Tim Hortons for years and they start at $7.00/hour. If you want to get rich, you have to pay people a wage that you yourself would never work for. I have a friend who owns 27 stores...he his a multi millionaire and he has about 200 employees who all make less than $9.00/hour IN TORONTO! |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 20/October/2004 at 10:39pm
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I think I finally understand.... hire no one... forget hiring... because I've tried all this... carpet cleaning is a demanding profession... it takes a lot to stick with it.... no matter how much you pay a guy on friday... you might not see him saturday morning |
Posted By: splash_$$$_dash
Date Posted: 20/October/2004 at 11:11pm
| Imagine if Bill Gates never hired anybody? |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 21/October/2004 at 12:31pm
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Splash: Whcih would you choose: Cleaning carpet for $7.00 or wearing a head set and asking "will that be all." ?? Lets go apples to apples. ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 21/October/2004 at 1:14pm
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Different line of business Splash..... Carpet cleaning attracts scum....lol..bums alcoholics....drugggies.... |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 21/October/2004 at 3:43pm
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Mr. Steamer: You forgot wine ohs, they work cheaper. After all it isn't as much for a bottle of buck five come alive. ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 21/October/2004 at 5:52pm
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I already lost one guy drinking and driving..... the bad thing he was doing it in my truck
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 21/October/2004 at 7:27pm
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Mr. Steamer: By the sounds of things you should join AA. Then you can meet some new employee prospects. A graduate, then you can drive him to drink again. You can offer incentives to graduates and to AA as long as you hire them they will be back. Kind of job security for the shrinks. ------------- Just My opinion |