Rates of pay for packing staff?

[Leesalad]

We are a small but growing online retailer of sportswear. We are looking to employ someone to pick and pack customer orders. Can anyone who give me an idea of what would be a reasonable hourly rate of pay?

 

[OnCoreCreative]

We are a small but growing online retailer of sportswear. We are looking to employ someone to pick and pack customer orders. Can anyone who give me an idea of what would be a reasonable hourly rate of pay?

National Minimum Wage would be reasonable.

 

[TotallySport]

NMW with bonuses for through put/Accuracy

 

[AndyP]

Blimey...I may have to send this thread to our staff so that they know what a good deal they get with us!

 

[kulture]

It would depend on where you are, what you are packing, and what quality of staff you want.

 

We pay pcs rate rather than an hourly wage etc, also if they are self employed that helps.

If you can find some reliable, responsible retired people you would be surprised how efficiently and with what care they work, again some will do it just to top up their income so will be more than intrested in what would be classified as 'easy' work...as long as you dont get them lifting heavy stuff or expecting alot from them, an ideal way to reduce costs in my eyes, also gives someone a chance to earn a little extra money and get our and about.

And if you can have a few of these lovley people on a rota you wont need full time staff!

 

[TotallySport]

We pay pcs rate rather than an hourly wage etc, also if they are self employed that helps.

its very unlikely they are self employed if they only work for one business

 

[kulture]

its very unlikely they are self employed if they only work for one business

For me the killer point would be the fact a self employed person could substitute someone else to do their work. No way.

 

[owas]

If you want to give them a crap wage, expect as crap performance, bad send out errors, and plenty of staff coming and going, trust me I have seen it. Someone I know, was working for a company that had the above problem on minim wage, they upped the wage to £7.71 and 1% of the company profits split between the staff, they have a 0% error rate, very quick dispatch, and entuastic staff who gone on to do a lot more in the company. Or you could just pay the way, and invest is some sort of expensive warehouse POS system

 

[Daniel.ChannelGrabber]

I have to agree with Owas. Never pay any staff minimum wage regardless of what job you give them. You would be surprised how much just £0.10 an hour more than minimum wage will do to peoples self esteem. No one wants to feel like they are worth the lowest amount legally allowed.

You might need 2 staff at minimum wage that 1 person at 1.5 times minimum wage would do. I am not pro or con when it comes to hiring people of age but you should hire the best person for the job regardless. You are running a business not a charity. If you add something to someone's life then that is great but don't spend too long looking for the perfect combination. If you are really keen to give an older person opportunity to get out and about then just take your Nan for lunch one day It's what I do and that is why I am the favourite Grandson

 

[Fred_the_frog]

This is what i'd do:
(Lets say this person is an adult)

Minimum wage: £6.08

I'd pay £6.50 /hour.

Then when I meet them, i'd ask them what they would want as an incentive to pack the right things. Then if it's reasonable i'd allow them to have that as their incentive.

Obviously, then if they continue to pick the correct items with very very few mistakes, they can go up to £7.00 or something (I wouldn't want to loose a good packer)

 

Then when I meet them, i'd ask them what they would want as an incentive to pack the right things. Then if it's reasonable i'd allow them to have that as their incentive.

Great piece of comedy.

I suspect they are supposed to pack the right things.I doubt they have any control over human error.

 

[SEOExpert404]

The minimum wage in your country, that would do it.

 

[Fred_the_frog]

Great piece of comedy.

I suspect they are supposed to pack the right things.I doubt they have any control over human error.

Yeah, but if they were packing for a straight wage of £x.xx per hour, then it doesn't matter if they make a mistake, they are still being paid.

If they know they get something extra if they pack everything correctly, then they are likely to take more care and double check. I'd rather the right orders go out at 100 per hour than wrong ones go out at 150 per hour

 

[oliversmith]

Salary sacrifice arrangements for employees provide all details you.

 

[smo]

We pay min wage + 15-50p per hour starting and review it after a 6 month probationary period.

My current packing staff are on approx £1 more than min wage.

 

[LeeSon]

hard to earn money nowaday