Employing people can be stressful but a necessary evil if you want to build up your large marquee hire business. When you start you can call on family and friends for a while but the novelty soon wears off for both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a lot easier if the people working for you are self employed, you don\u2019t need to worry about PAYE etc but the downside is they decide the hours\/days they work, they can turn round and say no to you. I think technically they should supply their own tools and shouldn\u2019t be constantly under your direct supervision but I\u2019m not an expert in these matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you\u2019ve got a lot of bookings and you take time to train up some staff so they don\u2019t need you there all the time your main worry is they\u2019ll leave halfway through the season leaving you in trouble. Our solution, and it worked very well all round, was to offer a substantial bonus to key staff. They received the bonus at the end of the season (mid September) provided they still worked for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few extra points with offering a bonus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-we deducted the cost of any tools broken by them or their team (this reduced breakages immensely!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-although we didn\u2019t, I know a lot of companies offer bonuses for months in which no sick days were used. If it becomes a problem then it\u2019s certainly something to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
University students are ideal labour to recruit as their holidays generally coincide with peak wedding\/party marquee season and if you get a 1st year student it means he\u2019ll come back for the following season or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks for reading<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spencer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spencer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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