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LadyScrapper I would be careful using day labor !

If you have them use a broom they may break it from leaning on it all day!

The agent charges like old dude mentioned but the worker gets about $30.00 for the day.
Trust me they are not very motivated, well for work that is!


PS; I forgot to say I hope you and the children get well soon.

Originally Posted by LadyScrappers

Thanks guys - olddude, that's a great idea! I think I will try that too. Picked up the cans and satellite - turned out to be a truckload full of cans so that was nice, and the satellite is aluminum, so about $30 for 10 minutes of work about 5 minutes from our house. The 19 degree weather felt good on my sinuses, so worked out for today. George, how much do you pay around there for labor from an agency?

It depends on what they be doing really. For my area, some jobs pay them minimum wage which is $7.25 and depending on their tax situation, an 8 hour day can clear them almost $60.

The highest jobs pay them $15 bucks an hour, and if you are hired as a skilled laborer, you get a decent wage.

For me, I mainly use them when I have clean outs (foreclosures) to do. I don't get them through the actual agency myself. I just go up there, talk to a few guys and ask them if they like to work...I offer them between $8 to $9 bucks an hour, sometimes more depending on what I am being paid.

If I went through the agency, I would be paying closing to $20 bucks per hour.

If you do decide to hire day laborers, just let management know that you are NOT looking for slackers, but workers, and that if they slack and won't work, you will cut them loose.

Originally Posted by injunjoe

LadyScrapper I would be careful using day labor !

If you have them use a broom they may break it from leaning on it all day!

The agent charges like old dude mentioned but the worker gets about $30.00 for the day.
Trust me they are not very motivated, well for work that is!


PS; I forgot to say I hope you and the children get well soon.

$30 would be for 4 hours of work at $7.25/hour depending on their tax situation. If they work 8 or more hours per day, it is more