Posted on 02/24/2024 11:32:57 AM PST by nickcarraway
"A toilet so clean, you can lick it."
Rarely, rarely do we eat out or even do take out anymore. Just too expensive and we can often eat meals that are healthier and taste as good, if not better, than most restaurants.
They’ll even pay you while you are trained! 😀
No, you don’t trust that they learned the skill on YouTube. They learn the skill on a video ( doesn’t have to be YouTube). Then when they apply for the job you give them the equipment and watch them do it in real time. Inspect their results. Give constructive criticism and explanation as to why this or that is important - then watch them do it again. Trust, but verify. A small business can succeed in this field. A bigger business will probably have quality controls like supervisors who check in from time to time - necessary because the client will pull the contract if it’s not done right.
It’s not complicated work, but could be hard work to clean an entire building as a full time job. In any case it shouldn’t cost $560 to learn it. And that’s just for toilets. How much does mopping class cost? Sink cleaning? Dusting tables? Safety protocols? $560 to learn to clean toilets - that’s about a weeks pay, at least even here where minimum wage is $16.90 an hour. Pardon the pun but that stinks and smells, like a scam. A certificate course in toilet cleaning. Imagine if the state forced licensing.
It’s well worth it to get that certificate to hang on the wall in your office.
You can use it to check and see if anyone pays any attention to that stuff.
This sounds reasonable which is why you are not allowed to do that any more. At least in the states you are not. You can get sued at best and hauled into court on a variety of charges at worse. Lose your business license.
And the course is for the cleaning of the entire bathroom not just to toilet.
I would not be surprised to see a bathroom cleaning license being required by the government at some point. They make you get one to cut hair.
Are you saying that you have to hire candidates without knowing if they can actually do the job?
Yeah, but that includes the superior instructional capabilities of a drill sergeant whose total pay seems to run $60,000 - $90,000 per year, and there is the added benefit of extra instruction with no additional pay if you can't get it right. So, it's not exactly free to the taxpayer.
Which is why some companies are so big on "must have degree" or use a temp to hire service.
Acquaintance of mine wanted to hire someone for his handyman business. He was told that he could not take him on a job to test his skills because that would be looked at as trying to get free work out of him.
You also can not easily hire them just for the day to test them out. The paperwork is killer.
Sane, sensible solutions are squashed by the government, unions and civil rights lawyers.
Back when I was just starting out I went into a business and offered them one free day of labor to show that I did have the skills even if I did not have the piece of paper. Got the job too. Can't do that anymore.
Apparently, Jocko Willink’s first job upon reporting to his SEAL Team was to clean the toilets.
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