Thick Farmer
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- Location
- West Wales
Economies of scale 10/hour margin isn't much, but if you had 5 gangs you could clear 500/day
Also, I agree with you if you are seen to be simply a middle man adding a margin everyone will think you are just ripping them off. Impossible situation. Can't you charge per job / per metre etc instead of per hour? Not many people have ever got rich charging by the hour.
Tried it, but 5 gangs = 5 x the grief!
Charging by the metre is excellent when I do the job myself, but employed staff don't have the same incentive to get the job finished as due to employment law I couldn't pay them by the metre.
I use subcontractors now and the do work on a payment per metre basis, so now I have a known margin rather than just hoping that the staff have a good day!
Costs are known and everyone is happy (apart from all the guys I sacked!)