Secretary wages?

[SteveB]

Thinking of taking on a secretary to handle the phone, take messages, sort out advertising, wages, take details of jobs and so on - just a small crew, not a huge business.

 

I'm wondering how much would be a fair daily/weekly wage for such work?

 

I've tried leaving my dog to deal with it and she's OK with dealing with salesmen but stuff all else ...

 

If it's not breaking any confidences, what would you pay (a rough figure would be fine of course) such a person?

 

Thanks

[doobin]

You could sub it out to a virtual secretary. Plenty of companies offer such services.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

That's a forward thinking option!

[biggarlogs]

A minimum of a tenner an hour .the more useull she is the more money she is worth.lake

[Ian C]

Depends how fit she is.

[Peter]

Don't forget she could be a he....

 

Your probably wanting someone to work on their own a lot of the time too, i think £18-20k pa is what you would need to pay to get someone useful.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

So, is it reasonable to pay a doris to sit on her arris and answer the phone more than you might be willing to pay a grafter, out in all weather dragging brash and burning calories?

 

A cheeky nod to the concession that the doris might be a geezer, but the same question applies..... In fact, it would probably be worse if doris was a geezer sitting in the office.

[Billy]

Minimum wage but that's still about £16k for full time, can one gang support one full time office worker?

[agg221]

You could try taking one on through a temp agency on a short-term basis to start with. This is what we do when we have gaps between secretaries. They are generally very good, start quickly and if it works out they may want to stay on, if it doesn't work for you (either the principle or the individual) then terminating the contract is easy. The agency will also know exactly what they expect to be paid.

 

Alec

[SteveB]

Thanks for your thoughts, folks. It's given me some more to think about.

 

Not sure about a virtual secretary though ... sounds a bit modern for this old boy :-)