Finding out average earnings for a particular job?

[twobears]

I am trying to find out the average rate of pay for a particular job but am getting nowhere by Googling. Does anyone know if there is a website that might provide this sort of information? The job involves sewing/piecework and the person would work from home but I can't even find any ads for a similar job where the earnings are actually disclosed

[DoogyRev]

http://www.payscale.com/rcsearch.aspx?category=Job&str=sewing&CountryName=United+Kingdom&SourceId=Country

 

5 result in google search

 

 

[twobears]

Thanks for that but, unfortunately, that is the rate for a factory worker and I am trying to find out the rates for a homeworker. It's made even more difficult really as they are normally paid piecework rates but unless I know a rough hourly rate I can't work out how much they would earn per piece, if that makes sense? I have estimated between £7 and £12 per hour and this may be a good enough guess to be honest. I am rubbish at making these kinds of decisions though and would much prefer someone to just tell me what to do

[Chris`I]

Find others that do it and ask them for a ballpark quote

[twobears]

Thanks Chris'l That is the best idea, better than a website but the trouble is, I don't know anyone doing similar work The only person I can think of retired years ago and was probably paid in shillings!

[ATTAK Z]

u mite gerra hansa on pistanheds lotts off obsquor stuf on thier

[twobears]

Quick, someone fetch ATTAKZ a new keyboard. His seems to be malfunctioning

[ATTAK Z]

Quick, someone fetch ATTAKZ a new keyboard. His seems to be malfunctioning

 

gettin daahn wit unedukated innit

[stuarty]

Thanks for that but, unfortunately, that is the rate for a factory worker and I am trying to find out the rates for a homeworker. It's made even more difficult really as they are normally paid piecework rates but unless I know a rough hourly rate I can't work out how much they would earn per piece, if that makes sense? I have estimated between £7 and £12 per hour and this may be a good enough guess to be honest. I am rubbish at making these kinds of decisions though and would much prefer someone to just tell me what to do

Bring in a few imigrants, pay them minimum wage, then charge them £100 a week to sleep on the workshop floor!

[ioneabee]

Quick, someone fetch ATTAKZ a new keyboard. His seems to be malfunctioning

 

gettin daahn wit unedukated innit

:lol: :lol: I love keyboard warriors (unless aimed at me of course)

[ATTAK Z]

:lol: :lol: I love keyboard warriors (unless aimed at me of course)

 

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[Wasso]

Quick, someone fetch ATTAKZ a new keyboard. His seems to be malfunctioning

 

gettin daahn wit unedukated innit

 

Good on ya Hugh

[choptop]

Try LinkedIn. I personally hate it but it may put you in touch with similar workers. Just an idea.

[Squee]

I've done a similar thing Annie, I have an outsourced worker who prints for me. Just work out how long the task takes you, add about 10% of time as they'll be slower than you, and divide an hour over how many items processed/sewn in that hour. I don't think you actually have to pay home workers minimum wage but don't quote me on that! For what it's worth, I pay my worker 70p per item which, if she concentrated on the task rather than dicking about on FaceBook/W.O.W whilst on the job, would work out as about £7ph...which I think is good going for a 17 year old! If yours is for more skilled work then I guess you'd be wanting to pay more and be more selective over staff

 

S.

Edited April 30, 2013 by Squee

[twobears]

Thanks Sarah, good advice

 

I was hoping for a more mature lady who had machinist experience but was now looking to work part time. I already have one teenager (my own) to control so don't think I could cope with another

[Squee]

Haha yep don't blame you! It's actually a family member I employ but next person I take on will be an oldie (or 'mature lady' as you more delicately put it )

 

Good luck with the staff hunt!

 

s.

[rtbiscuit]

Ask my friend she's a seamstress also runs her own laundrette amongst other skills. She's very talented. https://www.facebook.com/laundry.bird?fref=ts if you send her a private message, tell her Richard aka bob told you to contact her and she should help you out.

[twobears]

Thanks Mr Biscuit I will message your friend tomorrow.

[ATTAK Z]

Ask my friend she's a seamstress also runs her own laundrette amongst other skills. She's very talented. https://www.facebook...ry.bird?fref=ts if you send her a private message, tell her Richard aka bob told you to contact her and she should help you out.

 

aka phreekin' bob ? where in the name of all that's proliferous did that come from ?

 

:lol:

Edited April 30, 2013 by ATTAK Z

[rtbiscuit]

Actually its bobinda, from memory it was a black adder reference. I called her bob, so she called me bobinda. Its kinda stuck.

[rtbiscuit]

[ATTAK Z]

 

love it ha ha

[twobears]

That's weird, I bought an audio book today and it is narrated by the actress who played Bob

[AJRFulton]

That payscale site shows my job earning around 1/3rd of what is actually the norm.

[Chris`I]

That payscale site shows my job earning around 1/3rd of what is actually the norm.

They cant even find mine cos I'm speshul