How much to charge for a days work

[Clutchy]

1 hour ago, pleasant said:

'and may then be inclined to up their prices in line'

 

So someone may not need to, but will do so simply because they think they can?

 

I don't like this practice..it is unjust, immoral and stinks of corporate cartels. Work to the profit margin you require given your costs....if you can reach that target without having to effectively fix prices by charging what others are, then good on you and good on your customers.

 

Are you having a laugh! God forbid someone, who as you say are already charging below market rate increases their prices by 30%, which alone would allow them to work less. 

This isn't exactly an easy job

[Mick Dempsey]

5 minutes ago, Clutchy said:

 

Are you having a laugh! God forbid someone, who as you say are already charging below market rate increases their prices by 30%, which alone would allow them to work less. 

This isn't exactly an easy job

It ain’t that hard though is it?

 

It’s not life or death stuff.

[Clutchy]

7 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

It ain’t that hard though is it?

 

It’s not life or death stuff.

 

It really is, as an employee or owner, this game is a hell of a lot of effort compared to others for the same money. 

Someone who mastics windows who I mewp for has his staff on £220 a day, 6 hr days. 

 

My breezy 40k office job I had before starting this business was a a lot easier in comparison. Not to mention we are all swapping money for long term damage to our bodies. 

 

Don't tell me it doesn't damage your body, bored of hearing that inaccurate argument. There is no denying that we swap low wages (if you're not an owner) in exchange for long term damage, compared to other industries. 

 

And it most definitely is life and death stuff. Working at height in any industry gets you a big bump in pay just because a lot of people are scared of heights and that's before you add in the fact that we are often secured to unknown weight bearing structures, wielding chainsaws and heavy plant! 

 

Edited November 12, 2022 by Clutchy

[Mick Dempsey]

I’ve never understood the “such and such trade gets this money” Well do that then.

 

 

You get what you get, it’s a free market economy.

 

[Clutchy]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

 

You get what you get, it’s a free market economy.

 

 

Perhaps I'm just too young and naïve, but I hate the idea of 'that's how its always been so we will always do it that way' 

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

2 minutes ago, Clutchy said:

 

Perhaps I'm just too young and naïve, but I hate the idea of 'that's how its always been so we will always do it that way' 

 

 

Where did I say that?

 

 

[Clutchy]

3 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Where did I say that?

 

 

"You get what you get" - ok why?

 

Why can't we challenge the norm? 

 

Comparison of other trades is very relevant and rather than the mindset of well go do that then, I'd like to think, probably in vein that we could maybe try and do something so that we can just pay people in the industry correctly for the skill, risk and hard work involved. 

Edited November 12, 2022 by Clutchy

[Mick Dempsey]

22 minutes ago, Clutchy said:

"You get what you get" - ok why?

 

Why can't we challenge the norm? 

 

Comparison of other trades is very relevant and rather than the mindset of well go do that then, I'd like to think, probably in vein that we could maybe try and do something so that we can just pay people in the industry correctly for the skill, risk and hard work involved. 

You challenge the norm by doing what the guys who fork out for tree grabs, cranes and other gear that does the job more efficiently do, you put your balls on the block.

 

Edited November 12, 2022 by Mick Dempsey

[Ty Korrigan]

1 hour ago, Clutchy said:

 

 that we are often secured to unknown weight bearing structures, wielding chainsaws and heavy plant! 

 

 

When climbing, I've never had the minerals to wield much more than a 441 let alone heavy plant...

[Clutchy]

1 minute ago, Ty Korrigan said:

 

When climbing, I've never had the minerals to wield much more than a 441 let alone heavy plant...

You mean you don't take the chipper up with you?