Sack em and keep work for myself?

[TREELINE]

Opinions needed on my subbies. Bit of broken guttering when I turned up on site today:thumbdown:; small hand held (60mm diam) dropped onto gutter which was on the building under the tree. We've all done something like that i'm sure at one time or other but the worst of it was that there was a dismantling rope in place (unused for this mere twig) and no pulley or capstan in place either. Weve recently had a discussion about how I want things done (including a rescue rope etc) and all the gear was there for use. Response was that it was too small for the rope (weight wise) and that I would have done the same (hopefully not the gutter though).

I've got lots of work on at the mo (and lots pending) but am increasingly becoming a manager of sorts which is not what I envisaged. Should I keep the work for myself or take it like a man and just kick arse.

Wage bill currently 1200+ per week and everyone wants a job cos business is brisk. Sometimes feel like thats 1200 I could spend on other stuff and if the future work doesn't come in it could be a waste.

 

Be as nasty as you want it might cheer me up:mad1:

[Mike Hill]

He's your subbie,so the damage it his problem.

 

Explain that to him,inform the client of his mistake and that he will fix it.Then call back to check that its been done.

 

Delegation and Management.

[slasherscot]

breakages are spread over the year not on 1 single job, unless theres been a spate of them, a length of guttering wont break the camels back,but he may take the HUMP though LMAO

[TREELINE]

its all fixed and the client wasn't too bothered by all accounts; perhaps its just me overreacting

[High Scale]

He's your subbie,so the damage is his problem

 

Really?

[Dean Lofthouse]

I say the bloke who bust it pays for it

[High Scale]

Blimey, I would be skint.

[Steve Bullman]

i take responsibility for my climbing but make a few exceptions where i will state the work is at the companies risk......drainpipe wouldnt be in that......asbestos roofing would for example

[Mike Hill]

Yup.If sombody is hired to perform a service,in this case climbing and fail to do it properly then its their problem not mine.

 

Just as I would be expected to pay for or replace any damage to a subbies gear or job.

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

I say the bloke who bust it pays for it

 

yeah i have bust a couple of things before as a subbie..just because i was under pressure to complete jobs in impossible time ( don't work for that guy anymore...but i did go back and fix things as it is the subbies responsibility.