The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Roxy on August 18, 2012, 02:16:52 pm
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My neighbour mentioned yesterday her 14year old son wanted to earn some spending money. I suggested he could do a few hours ragworting for me, with gloves etc. provided, as well as a ragfork!!
Do not want a big wage bill,but want to be fair to the lad - so how much per hour would you give him? Would not expect him to do more than an hour a day, as ragwort is not nice to deal with.
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pay by results i.e. per sack full or wheel barrow which ever is more appropriate.
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I would say it depends on how hard he works, whether he keeps at it solidly for an hour or does two minutes then rests for three. If the former then, say, £5 per hour is plenty for a boy of his age, if the latter £2 and tell him why. If he works really well you can always give him a bonus now and then.
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I may not be there when he is picking, but I thought if he was given an allocated place to start, I can see how much he has done ......and if he puts it in the big builders sack, I can see. I think he genuinly wants to earn money, so hopefully will work hard, in the hope of getting more work from me. If it works out, it would be ideal, as I am on my a lot, and some heavy lifting is beyond me on my own.
Although he is a big strapping boy, I have to take into consideration he is only young, so cannot work him hard :)
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My lad is nearly 14 and would be very happy with £5 per hour. His friend helps out washing dishes at a local pub and gets £2.50 per hour. My lad recently did a few jobs for a neighbour ...... jet washing and painting a couple of gates and was given £10 as a thank you. As Sylvia says it depends a lot on what kind of a lad he is ..... mine works his socks off and probably gets more done in a certain time than a lot of men would.
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a minimum wage for a modern apprentice is just over 3.00 per hour so 4-5.00 per hour should be ok.
Although .............. if he's 14 makes sure he hasnt got three kids to support :innocent:
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My lad is only 10. This summer due to his hard work on our garden/allotment, neighbours asked if he could help them. He started at £2 per law mowed. This has gone to £5 due to his hard work and good standards :thumbsup: ( which he is over the moon with at this age). He also adds a bit of bird feeder filling and rubbish removal while he is there but it's less than an hour per place and he only does them once a week.
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a minimum wage for a modern apprentice is just over 3.00 per hour so 4-5.00 per hour should be ok.
Although .............. if he's 14 makes sure he hasnt got three kids to support :innocent:
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Wouldn't pay anyone less than a fiver.
I get this with some beating I do - young teens want to beat and they seem to get a tenner less than everyone else, but they did the same work??
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I've been paying £3.50 per hour to a 13 year old and a 15 year old. I was told by a 16 year old that that was what most 15 year olds get. The 13 year old works harder than his brother.
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If he is only working for an hour give him a fiver and thank you lucky star that you have a young person who is interested in doing some physical work a bit like hens teeth now a days/ When I was a lad I worked Friday after school till sunday night and just for a few pounds, The farm was on a small scale and the farmer supplemented his earnings buy working as a security guard at night and after the morning milking he slept till the afternoon milking and I did every think that needed to be done during that time, it was hard work . I stayed they all weekend and was treated as one of the family. The farmers wife was a fantastic cook and baker and her fair was to die for. Fond memories
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I agree with the earlier post pay by result agree an amount per bag - a fantastic lesson that hard work pays!
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Oh how I miss "bob a job" week!!!
Ive got loads of wood to be stacked in the barn, and so much weeding to do. There's never a boy scout around when you want one! :innocent: :roflanim:
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10p a plant, if he knows how much it is per plant he will be counting up as he goes - a good insentive - make sure he takes them out properly though!
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My first ever job was weeding sugar beet which was wet as it'd been raining, I got shilling a row and the rows were that long you couldn't see the end of them.
From that job I earned the money to buy my first bike. It taught me a valuable lesson, that you don't get anything without working for it.
Also because I persevered I got a regular job out of it and what's more, got to drive a tractor, a Fordson Major with sacking on the metal seat, which was soaking wet. But it didn't matter I'd driven something.
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They should make a film about you Moleskins, or at least a tv special. ;)
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Pay what you regard the job is worth to you. Its quite hard work and if he does a good job then he is worth more than a lad who would only do it half hearted. Also it might make him keen enough to help you with other jobs as they come up. Wish I had someone keen to help me. !!!
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If you're paying by results make sure you clarify what you expect for how much.
I'm not suggesting you would do this but my kids and all the others in the village were offered £1 a bin bag for clearing sheep poo from the golf course. There was so much that my son filled a bag in no time. The owner promptly said it was £1 per hour. Suddenly he had no one to clear his golf course!
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I now have a 16 year old help me with childminding (so I can work) and soap wrapping when I'm very busy. Compared to the speed the former help (my age) worked at, I'm tempted to pay this girl double!!! She's keen, enthusiastic, professional, fantastic with my children who adore her and I'll miss her when she starts college!
She has a 14 year old brother who doesn't go to school anymore and I'm tempted to take him on for outdoor jobs too, he's currently fully booked locally due to how hard he works. From what I can gather he gets paid for the job rather than hourly?
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They should make a film about you Moleskins, or at least a tv special. ;)
You're probably more right than you'll ever know. I keep saying I should write it all down for my daughter / granddaughter.
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I now have a 16 year old help me with childminding (so I can work) and soap wrapping when I'm very busy. Compared to the speed the former help (my age) worked at, I'm tempted to pay this girl double!!! She's keen, enthusiastic, professional, fantastic with my children who adore her and I'll miss her when she starts college!
She has a 14 year old brother who doesn't go to school anymore and I'm tempted to take him on for outdoor jobs too, he's currently fully booked locally due to how hard he works. From what I can gather he gets paid for the job rather than hourly?
Of the two brothers who have done gardening for me, I would rather have the 13 year old. Every time I look out, the 15 year old is looking at his phone or texting. Mind you, I've had an adult who does that. Just like adults, you'll get some youngsters who will work their butts off and others who sill do as little as possible with most somewhere in between.
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Aww how kind..i would pay him £5 hour ..i do pay my girls to help me..trouble is if you dont pay him enough he will lose interest and then wont do the work..at least he will k.ow he getyin a good pay at the end of it..why not add a box of maltesers too to treat at end of week with wages xx :farmer: