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I'm not thinking window cleaning is a bad move by any stretch of the imagination. I left a 40k a year job in April 2018 and I already earn more than that. I set myself some targets at the beginning of the year and I've already achieved them. This is a growing industry where you can earn a lot of money.I think the guy runs both his business that way he also runs a garden maintenance side for me IL get my round and it's all done on percentages so gives you motivation to crack on and more money for him aswell not only that but once your finished you go home if your employed most will make you work till your hours are up as I said I hope IV made the right decision jus have to wait and see
You've got a positive attitude and that's a good start. Depending on what percentage he's offering it could be a good little earner for you and a springboard into the industry. A franchisee usually takes 80% of the gross takings for example, for some that percentage would decrease as the earnings went up so as to accommodate wages for an employee. The thing is they would require a 10k buy in and you supply your own van. This is truly self employed and you're running your own business. If you're not expected to find the customers or pay for fuel 60% would be fair IMO. If you're expected to find them yourself then 70-75% maybe. There's also the issue that he's actually employing you full time and basically ducking out of paying NI contributions, holiday pay, sick pay etc. HMRC are cracking down on this quite hard and he may well find himself being forced to declare you an employee if you're there long enough to submit a tax return etc.
On a much more cheery note... Make sure you're getting a good percentage of the takings and invest some of what you make in equipment for yourself, start on your own as soon as you can. Once you have enough for your own stuff offer to continue working for this guy for a higher percentage of the takings using your equipment while you build your own round!