Meter Readers...

skysky69

Hi,

This job has been advertised in our paper this week and I just wondered whether anyone knew anything about it, they are saying that it is to be your own boss and therefore you are a franchisee. Work about 40 hours a week and wages about £350 - £450 per week.

It just seems a bit easy - is it some kind of con?

Emmzi

You will get paid per number of readings done. The leccy compnaies allow about 2 mins per reading for their on-payroll staff.. see how that compares to what is on offer!

So more pay if you work when people are home.. (evenings, weekends) ... then you have to revisit streets to get people who were out. Dull work, good exercise!

skysky69

Does sound a bit dull but I suppose gets you meeting lots of people and is something that could be done out of "normal" work hours so OH could have our daughter, therefore eliminating the need for childcare expenses so the wages would be all mine, not half the childminders.

Astaroth

Dont know about this specifically but for self employed couriers my previous employers used to pay £X per SUCCESSFUL delivery (or in this case reading). If you attempted to make delivery/ a reading and the person wasnt in etc then you dont get any money for it. Worth checking all the terms

shameless-about-money

"franchisees" usually have to put in a lump sum payment before employment , you need to check this

peter999

skysky69 wrote:

...they are saying that it is to be your own boss and therefore you are a franchisee. Work about 40 hours a week and wages about £350 - £450 per week.

It just seems a bit easy - is it some kind of con?

Way for holding company to contract out work/overheads & not employ anybody.
I doubt if it's easy money.

peter999

skysky69

No I don't mean that it is easy money as such for doing nothing, but for somebody who is a qualified legal secretary I don't get paid this much and this job seems like a job that pretty much monkeys could do - knock doors, ask to read meter, take reading and relay information - yet they get paid a rather attractive wage? I just thought that there must be a catch. Have looked through the website and they say that I have to be able to do on average 40 hours and I have to pay £750.00 for the franchise?

peter999

peter999 wrote:

...I doubt if it's easy money.

£350/week = £18200/year
£450/week = £23400/year

When I say easy money, I mean I'd be surprised if you actually get paid this type of salary for that type of job. There are a number of contract companies advertising for Meter Readers in my local paper.

But certainly check things out if you're interested in the job.

Good luck
peter999

saintjanet

My meter reader came yesterday,i would have asked him if you had posted before!!:D Perhaps there is someone on here who does the job and could give you the facts.