How much to address, stuff and post envelopes?

[davidd]

As the title would suggest we need 25 per week (for the rest of time!) hand addressing, stuffing (one item, card just under A4 size) a stamp sticking on then shoving in the letterbox. We will provide everything..

I know who I am going to get to do this I just have no idea how much to pay them.

Thoughts?

D

[Pot Bellied Fool]

Find out how long it takes to do and then pay minimum wage for that period. Perhaps round it up a bit if you're feeling generous & want them to hoof it to the post office etc.

I'd have thought an hour a week would be ample?

Edited to say, perhaps an hour & a half as it's hand addressing. (Are they always to the same addresses? Can you not provide computer printed address labels to speed it up a bit or is the hand written approach deliberate to get past junk-mail-phobia?)

Edited by Pot Bellied Fool on Wednesday 18th March 12:12

[Mr POD]

Some years ago when I did my MTM1 training, one of the exam pieces for a video of someone filling an envelope and sealing it. We had to give it a British Standard 100 time. It was interesting to analyse as it was so far different from normal work study.

Can I suggest you get 10 envelopes and video yourself doing it at a fair and raesonable pace. If you plot the times as a moving average, you should see this come down a bit with practice.

That is the 100 time - multiply it by 20% and then decide what that time is worth to you.

[JustinP1]

We had similar problems ourselves.

Get around it by setting up a mail merge which prints the name and address on the document you are posting, and make sure this aligns with the window on the envelope.

I did this for about 200 last week and it took me less than an hour including printing.

[davidd]

We want them handwritten for that 'this looks interesting please open' impact

D

[Mr POD]

My 15 year old son works all saturday in a Plant Nursery for £20.

I'm gussing that a 15 year old girl could do 20 to 30 an hour, so get her to do 100 for £8. Put a note in the nearest newsagent.

[Martial Arts Man]

davidd said:

We want them handwritten for that 'this looks interesting please open' impact

D

I'd be looking at retired folks. Or perhaps female students. You must know some old folk who are scratching for something to do....

You need care and attention combined with legible, mature script. I saw female students, because girls' writing seems much better these days amongst the younguns.

[davidd]

Cheers folks

[JustinP1]

davidd said:

We want them handwritten for that 'this looks interesting please open' impact

D

If you want to do that, then you will get the same response if not better by adding some interesting text to the envelope.

If you have ten blank envelopes and one which says "This letter will not self-destruct on opening" which would you want to open first!?