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Question…….. I’ve got this guy working for us, for the last few months he’s been doing the whirlpool mod. I’ve now moved him onto doing everything else as a trainee engineer. He been doing ok and today he asked for more money, now he’s only been working with us for about 10 weeks and I’ve offer him £18500…….. do people think I’m taking the piss or does this sound ok as a trainee wage?
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The cost to you is more than £18.500 as you have other employee expenses on top.
As a trainee £18.500 is more than fair.
Once he is fully trained who knows he may decide to leave and be competing against you for your customers.
When he starts earning you a profit then is the time to re access his pay.
Fully trained care workers who work shifts and unsociable hours would be glad to earn £18.500
Bob
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I’d be concerned about anyone who takes a job and within 10 weeks is asking for a pay rise.
This is typical of someone who works out how much their work is bringing in but has no idea about business overheads. Now that this has risen it will always be on his mind and the more he gets the more he’ll want.
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They will have been trawling the job market and looking at what other qualified engineers are earning. I stress to the guys that come through my training center that they will have to expect lower wages until they start to add value to a business. You could look at a basic + bonus based on hitting targets. £18.500 is very fair for a trainee.
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Its other engineers at Peterborough training,like franchise owners and employees. The mix and discuss job prices etc.
Turns their head and don’t think of overheads, just how much they make to how much each jobs worth.
Hard part is keeping them after two years or so when they think they don’t need you anymore.
They setup themselves an you make you work pond bigger and indirectly are in competition with yourselves. No protection !!Going through something similar
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James montgomery wrote:Hard part is keeping them after two years or so when they think they don’t need you anymore.
For any employer taking on an apprentice/trainee it is in their interest to get their employee to sign a ‘restrictive covenant to include a non-compete clause’. There’s nothing worse than going through the trial and tribulations of training some guy up over months and years only to find he/she steals your customers and starts up in direct competition. Independent employers beware.
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