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Set the dogs on his ass find what he know and find out what he dont,
then maybe pay him a bit, but yeah i think between 7 and 10%
then maybe pay him a bit, but yeah i think between 7 and 10%
One year I hired Lost and Zoeronerer and all they did was sit around smoking dope all day long. I couldn't pay them because they puffed everything up.
Someone mentioned this before, but it wasn't really followed up on. Would have been best to have an arrangement up front. Saves a lot of trouble/awkwardness/dissapointment in the end. Of course, that doesn't really help you now.
Maybe a flat rate would be better this year considering all the up front costs were on you. Something fair, but based mostly upon how much work he did. Next year, if he decides to help you out again, work out a percentage if that's what you want.
I'm always shocked how many people, not just younger people, but guys in there 30's and 40's, get into this thinking it's going to be easy money or quick money. Gotta love the good ol' fashion American "get rich quick" spirit.
LMAO!One year I hired Lost and Zoeronerer and all they did was sit around smoking dope all day long. I couldn't pay them because they puffed everything up.
Add to that age range, into their 50s. Blew me away when a "friend" decided that everything I was growing was just FREE, and she deserved to be the main recipient of all that free weed.I'm always shocked how many people, not just younger people, but guys in there 30's and 40's, get into this thinking it's going to be easy money or quick money. Gotta love the good ol' fashion American "get rich quick" spirit.
Zoeronerer, You just do not know how hard i was laughing about Tobor posting this up! Lol ...My family gets seed lines... and i always hook them up all the time! I treat my fam. real well! I trust them! And i like them! Even though some times they do not work hard enough or get done just exactly what i want done! But end of the day...its what you feel is fair brother! Hope that helps you. AND i got a real hard laugh, too! Thanks , man! monkey5One year I hired Lost and Zoeronerer and all they did was sit around smoking dope all day long. I couldn't pay them because they puffed everything up.
I think 10% is MORE than generous for unskilled labor and the fact that you are the one providing the space, plants, money to fund it, etc. Something closer to 5% for a first time is probably more reasonable. If the kid does good, then bump him up to 8% or 10% next time.
The first grow I helped on I only got 4% that first year for doing the same sort of work you describe. I did well, so for the next two years it got bumped up to 8%. The fourth year it got raised to 12%. Now it's up to 40%, plus I have my own scene.
Of course the increase has been proportional to the amount of work I do too. When I was getting 4% I was only putting in maybe an hour or two a day, 5 days a week, not all that much. I pretty much ended up doing all the menial crap no one else wanted to do. At 12% it was maybe 15-20 hours a week. Now at 40%, it's more or less like a full time job as I have to be there 6 days a week for at least 4-6 hours a day, (or 10-12 hours a day during harvest) and am now doing the work that used to be done by three other people.
Or I'll put it another way. My partner that gets 10% provides the clones, everything we use for pest control, most of the nutrients, and does lab testing for me, among other things. Well worth the 10% IMO, but no way I'd give someone a cut that big for doing unskilled labor.
The land owner, who also does all the soil prep and planting, plus helps with harvest full time, gets 45%. The remaining 5% goes to the people who provide us with med cards and do not do any actual work.