main contractors discount?
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simplybesty
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some firms take it mate, braddons are only paying about 2.80 anyway from what i hear.
wel they told me £3 go there and they said it was £2.40 did the job reluctantly and then when we have been paid we have had 35% deductions now thats a lot considerin i dnt ever remember workin for so little per m anyway and we paid digs n all that. gues its just another way of them gaining money . whats it for anyway. cos they alredy take a big chunk for retansion which you never get backsimplybesty said:
skimmin2day
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Its not worth working for that amount of money is it?
youd be better of stacking shelves at tesco.
Once you paid ur digs travel costs etc i feel for ya mate it's hard times out there.
I freind of mine as just given the game up after 16 years in the game
youd be better of stacking shelves at tesco.
Once you paid ur digs travel costs etc i feel for ya mate it's hard times out there.
I freind of mine as just given the game up after 16 years in the game
nickelarse
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main contractors discount is what certain companies think they havea right to charge. if they are telling u the meterage they shouldnt charge it. we work for some people that charge it but we give our own price, so we make the price worth while.
its basically their drink for giving u the work, even tho they are making a load anyway
with things like retention u wanna have it all in writing first as to what their requirements are. they shouldnt be able to pull u unless ur work is rough
its basically their drink for giving u the work, even tho they are making a load anyway
with things like retention u wanna have it all in writing first as to what their requirements are. they shouldnt be able to pull u unless ur work is rough
plasterjfe
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12% retention for a subbie is a joke should be no more than 5%tops in fact there should be no retention, work should be inspected snagged if need bee and then ticked off then paid in full
nickelarse
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i dont get retention on plastering. i do on structural work but i think as plasterjfe just said it should be looked at, and if its fine paid for.
we have to pay 5%, which we get half back after completion, then the other half a yr later. think its a bit stupid really. and if they go bust, i lose it
we have to pay 5%, which we get half back after completion, then the other half a yr later. think its a bit stupid really. and if they go bust, i lose it
simplybesty
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spunky, the retention is there just in case you dont come back to put anything right but they must give you the chance to put things right. they cant tell you they had to pay out to get snagging done when you claim the retenton back. most firms will take 5% and pay 2.5% after 3 months or what ever they state and the rest when the contract is complete and handed over.
Rossi46
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You should have been told about this before so you can incorporate it into your price. Proper companies would have been straight about this! But as they've got you on they're own m2age and not told you previously then they've pretty much shafted you. Main contractors discount is what the contractors been asked to give when they've priced the job so it generally just gets passed on but absorbed in a slightly raised Subcontractors price.
TonyM
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Here's what you do. Find another job, but tell them that you want a week off. Get paid for your last week, then come in after your 'week off' lay up 10 bags of multi with your wrong hand, then pick your kit up and (french word) off.
Also, make up some hooker flyers with this Braddon characters phone number on and fill up the local phone boxes.
Also, make up some hooker flyers with this Braddon characters phone number on and fill up the local phone boxes.
Render Systems
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plasplugs went into recievership last year but the owner has set up under a different nameflynnyman said:
craigpalmer18
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you ever done anything for plasterplus steve?
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