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Is it time for the Plumbing Gasfitting and Drainlaying industry to take a reality check?
What's "Cash" jobs doing to the industry? Who takes the risks and who actually benefits?
This may shock you as most take it that it is a given right to do "Cashies"
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A really interesting newsletter and one that will cause a bit of food for thought. I think most tradies have done cashies in their time - but it is a form of theft - and it does serve to drive down prices in the long run. No one will pay the full going rate on a Monday if they can get someone to do it for half price on a Saturday - and what pisses me off is that often it is someone who is pinching the materials from their employer, and using their tools and vehicle to boot. It's all shits and giggles until someone giggles and shits so to speak i.e. when the job goes well it's all ok, but if something goes wrong the homeowner will forget they were paying you "cheap" rates and will want the full cover that insurance etc would provide - except that it doesn't if you haven't got any - and if you are doing a cashie and aren't covered for public liability then you won't have any. Cheap suddenly isn't cheap any more. I've seen this happen to apprentices before and it isn't good.
What do others think?
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I'm one of those people who has done a "Cashie" and didn't even think that I was working longer house to get a little bit of cash to screw myself over because if there wasn't a "Cashie" market I would have got that money during the week as part of my 40 hours. More money for less hours has got to be better than taking risks in the weekend.