What do you guys do? Our work schedule is not steady right now, but when we do work it is a lot of hours. For example we may work two weeks of 80-90 hrs a week and then be off a couple weeks. No set schedule but with bidding on jobs and weather that is how it has been.
I encourage the crew to find odd jobs when we are not working but they have not had much luck.
I have always allowed pay advances because emergencies can happen but now it seems they are taking advantage of it. After one week off the whole crew is calling for advances. I have been doing it, and taking it all out of their next checks but it seems I am creating a bad cycle. When payday rolls around half their checks are gone to repay the advance and then they are broke again and mad that they just worked 15 days straight of 12 hr days and did not get a large check. Just curious how other folks handle this.
Ask them for a work advance. You know. They work for 2 weeks without pay and you give it to them as an advance when they ask for it in the future. See how that goes.
Dont they collect unemployment while they are off? With that and odd jobs, some find that they make just as much and work only half as much.
Do you have Bank of America tattooed on your forehead? Or are you providing a stimulous plan?
I will advance a guy a max. of $ 100.00...after he's finished work for the day and that is it till payday
$ 100.00 allows the guy and his family to eat till payday, I don't care about what other poblems they create for themselves
I got the one that takes the cake. Bout 5 years ago, We not only got paid on Dec 15th, but I also gave them all decent Christmas bonuses. 5 days later, one guy asks me for an advance. I said, "Are you kidding me? you not only got your paycheck, but also a bonus last week." He says " I forgot Christmas was coming and I didn't get gifts yet." I was like, ya know, Christmas is always Dec 25th, EVERY YEAR!!
OK, I'm a softee (sometimes) gave it to him anyway.
I would be willing to bet he was a good hand. :thumbsup:
You would be wrong! Actually, he was one of those guys that we all work with once in a while. Decent talent, at times a hard worker, but just a bunch of crap going on in his life that affects his work life as well. There were many times where I thought he had turned the corner and was getting it all together, but it would never last.