WHAT??? Tell them you’ll only pay them by “direct deposit”? They want that jingle in their pocket. Depending on job I’d say $10-15/hr or better yet by the job.
Fair pay for teen age labor?
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WHAT??? Tell them you’ll only pay them by “direct deposit”? They want that jingle in their pocket. Depending on job I’d say $10-15/hr or better yet by the job.
gamer_jim
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Pay by the job, not the hour.
Rich1911
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Make sure they have liability insurance in case they get a boo boo.
Alan3413
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Front and back eh?
I was a teenager not too long ago. I wouldn't pay by the hour if I were you. How much you are willing to pay is really up to you and how much it is worth for you to not be doing the yard work. What you can do is start out with saying one price and if they do good then give them a bit extra.
Whomever is hiring them has no business telling them or their parents what to do with the money.
Pretty close, early 70's
I'm pretty sure she was hot stuff, in the 40's
Hey what can I say, I knew how to be neighborly.
The ironic thing was I ended up buying her house when my wife and I got married. I told my wife one day that I used to get paid to cut this lawn and now I have to cut it for free!
BOOM! You got it right there. Check their work and pay them if to satisfaction.
That's not going to happen with a kid. Land owner need boost HIS insurance if he farms out a lot, its not that expensive.
I needed yard work done and had an ambitious young man up the street eager to work. I paid him by the job, not by the hour. He is enthusiastic about his tasks and I treat him more than fairly, but I think i still save compared to commercial rates. We both make out. Frankly, he is one of the reasons I haven't lost hope in the next generation.
His younger sister is quite the scholar and athlete. Their parents have a photo, taken not that long ago, of the two "kids" (really late teens when the photo was taken) walking hand in hand down our street. Brother and sister really care for each other. It truly warms my heart.
His younger sister is quite the scholar and athlete. Their parents have a photo, taken not that long ago, of the two "kids" (really late teens when the photo was taken) walking hand in hand down our street. Brother and sister really care for each other. It truly warms my heart.
Suggestion was “talk to” not, “tell.”
Reading is your friend ...
Substitute “talk to” for “tell” and my answer still stands
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When I bought my house I expected to have neighborhood kids offering to shovel snow and cut the grass.
Nope. There's one guy who does lawns and shovels snow, and he's in his 40s I think.
I agree with paying by the job.
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Congratulations on the 50 post count.
Suggestion was “talk to” not, “tell.”
Reading is your friend ...
Again, it isn't your business how the kid spends the money he earns from you. If you try and run his life he is not going to work for you, just like businesses you interact with, they don't want you meddling in their financial affairs.
303_enfield
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Set the price of the job. Tried to hire some youths at $15 an hour to dig holes. Work was to hard so they said no. Priced the job at $100 an two old guys had it done in three hours.
Mighty Joboo
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Honestly, age shouldn't matter when it comes to paying an honest wage. Just because they're teenagers doesn't me they should get shirked. I used to do lawn work as a teenager and I knew my worth. No way you'd see me landscaping for hours on end for $20. However, when I'd get properly paid, the customer would get a great service. And often I'd get a repeat customer.
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