whats the goin rate for trimmers this year?

[baba G]

A lot of those family farms end up with a few or more people working around the clock for a couple months...

 

[baba G]

with that kind of motivation why are they trimmers lol....those are my hours being a business owner but then again my work takes thinking

They have no responsibility, and keep the growers happy!

 

[paulycali]

$200 a lb or $20 a hour

Paying by the gram seems kinda crazy but i could see it producing better manicured buds

I still like $200 a lb or $20 a hour :)

 

[dankworth]

$6000 a month would be $25 an hour / 8hr a day for 30 days straight with no days off...damn thats a lot of trimming

That's like a version of hell in Big Trouble in Little China.
The Chinese have a lot of hells.

 

[baba G]

That's like a version of hell in Big Trouble in Little China.
The Chinese have a lot of hells.

You could spend 6 days a week picking peaches from 6am to 1-2pm, for 8 weeks straight and make less....many folks are happy to do that..

 

[dankworth]

You could spend 6 days a week picking peaches from 6am to 1-2pm, for 8 weeks straight and make less....many folks are happy to do that..

Trimming 16# indoors while getting progressively sicker helped shape my opinion haha.
I would rather grow than trim.
I am amazed by how some people can trim for so long like that.
Not easy work to do for so long in my opinion.

But fuck yeah, better than picking peaches.

 

[baba G]

I'll agree, I can't sit for that long and trim...allergies and my body wouldn't allow it. But, I'm glad people do perform the task:)​

Good trimmers are a rare breed :D​

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[baba G]

these guys must have trimmed for the mexican mafia....

No tunes is inhumane...lol
The human body can easily go a week or two no food, but no music...lol

 

[kolah]

depends on the music. :)

 

[L-Immortal]

You could spend 6 days a week picking peaches from 6am to 1-2pm, for 8 weeks straight and make less....many folks are happy to do that..

That would be hell, and those arnt even documented workers, you couldnt get anyone else to do it the work sucks

 

[baba G]

are your trimmers documented?

Back in the day many workers were not but nowadays you would be shocked how many are. And they work 6 days a week, 6am to as long as they can...

 

[L-Immortal]

are your trimmers documented?

Back in the day many workers were not but nowadays you would be shocked how many are. And they work 6 days a week, 6am to as long as they can...

No mine are documemted, around here most are not, hard workers but all that money leaves the country tax free. I have to pay plenty of taxes as a business owner payroll taxes are a bitch

And I was referring to the "peach pickers" to be clear

 

[baba G]

That's part of the joy of owning a business:)

 

[baba G]

No mine are documemted, around here most are not, hard workers but all that money leaves the country tax free. I have to pay plenty of taxes as a business owner payroll taxes are a bitch

And I was referring to the "peach pickers" to be clear

What kind of hours do they work?

 

[L-Immortal]

What kind of hours do they work?

0 dark thirty until late afternoon, long days

 

[baba G]

That would be hell, and those arnt even documented workers, you couldnt get anyone else to do it the work sucks

We agree you can get documented workers to do it :)

 

[fuzzy]

Trimming just plain sucks!Especially after doing it for so many years.And, i do everything myself.I just feel a lot safer that way.A Lot of work,but im picky and its only for a couple of people.Wish i could afford a good machine to try out, it would be nice.peace,fuzzy

 

[Blaze]

The good trimmers will be in demand, but these groups of transients sitting around looking for trim work will be screwed due to the new tech savvy trim machines.

Exactly. ANd this is why they should get paid by the weight not the hour IMO. If they are good, then they will make $30+ an hour. Besides it's really not fair to the trimmers to be paying two people the same rate when one is doing twice the work of the other, which is what almost always happens when they get paid by the hour. One's wage should reflect their abilities and skills IMO.

 

[outwest]

Exactly. ANd this is why they should get paid by the weight not the hour IMO. If they are good, then they will make $30+ an hour. Besides it's really not fair to the trimmers to be paying two people the same rate when one is doing twice the work of the other, which is what almost always happens when they get paid by the hour. One's wage should reflect their abilities and skills IMO.

It forces accountability on the trimmer too. If they are not efficient, it costs them, not you.

Not to say the grower is not accountable either. Someone had mentioned evenly dividing the piles so one trimmer does not get stuck with all he larf, etc. . .They got to pay up too. I've heard some stories in that regard. :(

 

[Medusa]

I have a group of 15 I call from. This last year? Sour-D, great dense pheno outdoor/greenhouse, $200 per lb. hand trim, pre-bucked. 3 meals fed and housed! You want it going to the [quality] shops?? Gotta pay to hand trim!! Take care of your trimmers and they take care of you!! I got a crew of five that does 35 lbs. in 4 days, quality! :character0029: Have sheers will travel:)

Find a bunch of hairdressers ,been doing hair long time fastest trimmer in the west born with scissors in my hands . It really does make a dif i can trim my harvest pretty fast.