Mrs1885
Loving the herd life
Looking for input of paying for farm help.
I'm in a very rural area of middle TN. Most people here make federal minimum wage. $10 an hour is considered good pay for hourly labor workers.
We needed someone to clean the sheep, goat and pig stalls. They have winter bedding so it's definitely the hardest time to clean with straw piled a couple feet high.
Pens are 8x10. We provide everything needed. The ad I placed offered $100. When we do it, it takes a few hours. So basically $33 an hour.
Girl got here this morning and is doing a good job but it's very slow going. Hubby just checked on her, took her a bottle of water and said she's complaining that she didn't know it would be this much work and isn't happy with pay. There is hay that has to come out of the fenced goat yard as well to be fair. But even with it in there, it really should only be 4 hours max. She's close to done and has been working about 5 hours.
I got $120 from the bank for her because she sat in our driveway for an hour. Said she knocked but we didn't hear her and the dogs didn't bark. She called my phone but it was on the charger downstairs so I didn't hear it. That hour was ENTIRELY my fault and I feel she should be compensated.
So my question is what would you pay? Should I do more? Or is what I'm paying ($120) fair? Don't want anyone to feel we shorted them but even at 5 hours work and one hour sitting in the driveway, she's making $20 an hour tax free. Hell, it's more than I make before taxes and what I make around here is considered upper income level.
Thoughts?
I'm in a very rural area of middle TN. Most people here make federal minimum wage. $10 an hour is considered good pay for hourly labor workers.
We needed someone to clean the sheep, goat and pig stalls. They have winter bedding so it's definitely the hardest time to clean with straw piled a couple feet high.
Pens are 8x10. We provide everything needed. The ad I placed offered $100. When we do it, it takes a few hours. So basically $33 an hour.
Girl got here this morning and is doing a good job but it's very slow going. Hubby just checked on her, took her a bottle of water and said she's complaining that she didn't know it would be this much work and isn't happy with pay. There is hay that has to come out of the fenced goat yard as well to be fair. But even with it in there, it really should only be 4 hours max. She's close to done and has been working about 5 hours.
I got $120 from the bank for her because she sat in our driveway for an hour. Said she knocked but we didn't hear her and the dogs didn't bark. She called my phone but it was on the charger downstairs so I didn't hear it. That hour was ENTIRELY my fault and I feel she should be compensated.
So my question is what would you pay? Should I do more? Or is what I'm paying ($120) fair? Don't want anyone to feel we shorted them but even at 5 hours work and one hour sitting in the driveway, she's making $20 an hour tax free. Hell, it's more than I make before taxes and what I make around here is considered upper income level.
Thoughts?
