How much does a Carpenter Charge for a days work in your country?
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In my place, the pay for the carpenters vary but their pay is based on the labor law to pay laborers at 500 a day worming from 8 to 4 in the afternoon. And there's no free snacks and lunch. They have to bring their own provision.
We also do the same. The time our flooring was changed to tiles we hired carpenters who can also do the masonry. We offered them free snacks heavy snacks for them to sustain. They're pitiful people.
Well, inflation is very high in many countries and this is why many labours like carpenters usually charge a lot of money. Carpenters who work at huge projects charge even more on daily basis.
Well, they are charging a really good amount of money because they have to deal with many expenses and other things as well. These expenses might be related to work. They may also need to consider fuel expenses as well.
Majority of the carpenters in my country charge money on daily basis. They do not charge salaries rather they charge wages. They are not working as employees. They are rather working as freelancers.
They just sum up the cost of the job and tell you. Most people are moving away from that practice of paying artisans daily. Most times, those guys just stretch the work longer to keep getting pay.
If I tell a carpenter to roof a house for me, he would tell me the cost, we negotiate and agree on a price for the job. I pay him. The number of days he wants to use and complete the work is his problem.
The same thing is is applicable in my place as well because they will not charge you per day, you're going to be charged a job to implement.
This is one of the aspects of African culture I love. The hospitality. If someone comes to work in your house, you must offer the person something to eat even if you are paying the person.
I believe that everything depends on the arrangement that you have with the carpenter that you are going to give the job to do for you because there are some people that would like to agree on daily pay when they are doing that kind of job instead of a general fixed contract price.
