The dreaded day work rate debate, I don't like paying dayworks, as I see a reduction in output across the board, but sometimes it has to be done. Some of you have hit the nail on the head, you can easily price yourself out of the job, by quoting what you may have been quoting 4 years ago. What are you going to do...sit at home? fine if you can afford to sit indoors, or are you going to sit and stew about being knocked £30.00 a day? You have to be realistic about the climate at the moment, its bad out there, I am upfront at the start of every contract with the lads, if theres good margins in the job then the rates are adjusted, if there isent they are all told beforehand, that way they are given the opportunity to either do the contract or go down the road to the next stone company. What I cannot bear is moaning, you men do my head in sometimes, your worse than us women....moan moan moan. I snapped big time a few weeks ago, when it started raining and three of them said they couldn't work outside, but there were 25 bathrooms to finish of on the inside, which they could have jumped on. So then it kicked off, like I have asked them to commit murder! I came out of the meeting and low and behold the three muskateers are still standing outside the site on the eternal *** break. I had just been ripped apart for lagging behind on the programme, and it was a rag flag moment. Some peoples attitude stinks when it comes to day works....spin the days out, because your still getting paid, its a nightmare to keep checking where everyone is and what they are doing.
Things will get better, no one likes reduced day work rates, but you still have to put bread on the table at the end of the week.
Lynn
