Wages

[Scott Walker]

Good attitude mate. I was lucky started on £90 when on ground and £115 climbing, when working for other companys asked for £120 a day climbing now 6 years on im on £150 a day climbing.

 

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[Rick2517]

Good attitude mate. I was lucky started on £90 when on ground and £115 climbing, when working for other companys asked for £120 a day climbing now 6 years on im on £150 a day climbing.

 

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Are we talking sub-contractor rates here? If not then I would say you are very lucky indeed (or climb like superman on speed)

[kentjames]

I like to pay my part time labourers (brash pullers, clearer up'ers, material umper lumpers) £10 per hour. At this rate everyone is happy and they happily turn up on crappy wet days and work like pack horses when required. My theory is that you pay peanuts you get monkeys.

 

Me, myself and I on the other hand, work an 8 hour day for £160, this includes all aspects of my business which is landscape gardening & maintenance, landscape construction, tree surgery and removals and hedge cutting (plus the odd shed build and all sorts in between)

 

BUT I am the boss of me and I have ALL the responsibility involved in being self employed.

Including: Finding work, securing work, quoting, following up, organising, doing the work, running around getting stuff, invoicing, advertising, websites, accounts... The list is somewhat endless.

[Salix Tree & Countryside]

I like to pay my part time labourers (brash pullers, clearer up'ers, material umper lumpers) £10 per hour. At this rate everyone is happy and they happily turn up on crappy wet days and work like pack horses when required. My theory is that you pay peanuts you get monkeys.

 

Me, myself and I on the other hand, work an 8 hour day for £160, this includes all aspects of my business which is landscape gardening & maintenance, landscape construction, tree surgery and removals and hedge cutting (plus the odd shed build and all sorts in between)

 

BUT I am the boss of me and I have ALL the responsibility involved in being self employed.

Including: Finding work, securing work, quoting, following up, organising, doing the work, running around getting stuff, invoicing, advertising, websites, accounts... The list is somewhat endless.

 

This is pretty much what i do as well, i will happily pay a good groundie a ton, but they must be good, and need to know what to do with out me shooting instructions from above. I pay my 16 year old nephew £60 a day for labouring. I believe in paying people what they are worth to me, an even at 16 he can out perform many an older lad, and go the extra mile if i ask him. In my last job i was payed £60 a day, and swore i would always pay what people are worth, it makes me feel right as well, i know what its like to struggle......