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03-26-06, 10:40
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eric77 is offline
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Newport Beach, CA Posts: 228 | hiring a friend?
After detailing this beast today http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=69006 I started thinking that it might be nice to hire a friend and train them how to do the work as well. I could buy another pc and then we could both polish at the same time cutting down my overal time by a lot. I ussually do at least 1 full detail every saturday and sunday and it is tough work and tiring. I would probably pay $10-15 an hour and it seems like it would be easier and more enjoyable to work with a friend. Id probably only use him when Im tired or know I have a real tough job. Anyone ever done this or have any comments? | |
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03-27-06, 05:01
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jfelbab is offline
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI - Cape Coral, FL Posts: 1,033 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by eric77 After detailing this beast today http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=69006 I started thinking that it might be nice to hire a friend and train them how to do the work as well. I could buy another pc and then we could both polish at the same time cutting down my overal time by a lot. I ussually do at least 1 full detail every saturday and sunday and it is tough work and tiring. I would probably pay $10-15 an hour and it seems like it would be easier and more enjoyable to work with a friend. Id probably only use him when Im tired or know I have a real tough job. Anyone ever done this or have any comments? | Surest way to lose a friend is to hire him or loan him money. JMHO. | |
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03-27-06, 05:24
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mirrorfinishman is offline
Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,561 | Maybe you should give some thought to what other options are available in order to make the work easier and more enjoyable. | |
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03-27-06, 09:11
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Accumulator is offline
Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 20,766 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by jfelbab Surest way to lose a friend is to hire him or loan him money. JMHO. |
Absolutely true on both counts, in my (very unfortunate) experience. I'll *never* do either with/for any friend again as long as I live. | |
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03-27-06, 09:17
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Danase is offline
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,946 | My ex business partner is a friend of mine and we broke up the business on good terms. I could of seen it get ugly if we did not break up the partership though. Maybe instead of hiring your friend you just ask him to help when you need it and pay him for it? When we first started off we would detail two per. It was more trouble than it was worth because you always get in eachother's way. I would do the exterior on most of them while he worked on the interior. It sucked because if I was to a door that he needed open I would have to skip it and come back later and it just ruined my rhythm and was not as effienct as you would think. Now what I do if I need help on a bigger job is just hire this guy to help and give him the easy stuff to do.
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04-08-06, 03:03
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jvriii1942 is offline
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 104 | [b]don"t[/b]do Notdon't
__________________ Quality is a habit, not an act. - Aristotle Mobile detailer in Charlotte, NC  | |
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04-08-06, 03:57
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| | Buffaluffagus
jvriii1942 is offline
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 104 | Sorry for the text error. In January I lost what I considered a good friend and another so called friend due to "it's just business". "Prosperety breeds friendships and adversity tries them". Imho business costs them.
__________________ Quality is a habit, not an act. - Aristotle Mobile detailer in Charlotte, NC | |
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04-11-06, 05:31
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HomicidalSloth is offline
Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 237 | Never go into business with a friend. Only bad things can come from it. Hire someone else if you need help. | |
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04-11-06, 06:30
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cj99si is offline
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 679 | If your only doing a 1 or 2 a weekend how is that even cost effective? plus like others have said when he sees he worked just as hard and only made 20% of what you did........ | |
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04-12-06, 07:26
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Skotter is offline
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Washington Posts: 60 | DON'T!!! My friend had NO concept of overhead and what it actually cost me, even though i gave him 25% of the detail he didn't care. We stopped speaking and haven't heard from him in over a year... | |
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04-13-06, 03:50
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| | Buffaluffagus
jvriii1942 is offline
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 104 | It's a shame!
__________________ Quality is a habit, not an act. - Aristotle Mobile detailer in Charlotte, NC | |
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04-13-06, 06:59
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BradUF is offline
Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 345 | Yeah I agree I think he would want to know why you are getting 30 an hour while he gets 10 an hour. | |
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