16 years
Maybe they were either in deep shit or were looking an extremely qualified person to deal with everything...
It was a new hostel so I think they were looking for someone qualified...
glimpse at wages for hostel staff
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Hey this is my first time posting here. It has been good to read through the archives. I didn't see anything that could help me budget for the staff costs. What is a good general manager wage, cleaner, receptionist, (do we pay night reception different?), assistent manager wages? I know that throughout the world wages are different but just something to go on. There are websites that help me figure out differences in standard of living.
Thanks.
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16 years
It was a new hostel so I think they were looking for someone qualified...
I reckon they were looking for someone who [successfully] manages another hostel right now. I think 95k is a bit much but if you really find an experienced lad it can pay off quickly.
A good example is Munich´s "4you" hostel, which has stolen the manager of another hostel with a big carrot like that. The hostel is owned by a charity organization where nobody has a clue about hostels [I wonder how they ended up owning one in the first place] so they obviously needed a well-qualified person. He really got things going there and is well worth his big salary.
The one you posted recently offered GBP 17-18k a year which is about USD27000...
I saw that one and it made me wonder... that job description leaves the hostel manager in charge of... the cleaning staff, nothing else. Either that manager is a lazy douchebag who doesn´t care to have such an all-powerful reception/booking manager "under" him [then fire him, please], or there´ll be endless cockfights between the two. If there´s one thing the hostel manager should be in direct charge of, under any circumstances, it´s the reception crew.
16 years
That said, back to enjoyyourstay´s original question: If you open a new hostel, the general manager should be you, so you don´t have to wonder about his/her salary. If you have other things to do, you will find someone in your reception crew very soon who can do some (or all) of your work. There´s always a bright head who plans to stick around a while anyway.
As for receptionists / cleaners wages: indeed, that´s different everywhere, but be generous, it always pays off.
16 years
In which country are you going to run your hostel?
I hope our hostel managers won´t read your remark about $95k being "low"! That´s about twice as much as they get - and these are big hostels!
Hi Klaus... we need to talk!;)
16 years
The curse of public information! :D
I have no problem to sort that guy out in public - because I´ll win! :D
16 years
I have no problem to sort that guy out in public - because I´ll win! :D
That's what happens 90% of the cases when a boss and an employee have any kind of argument! :rolleyes:
16 years
That's what happens 90% of the cases when a boss and an employee have any kind of argument! :rolleyes:
There´s nothing wrong with that - as long as I´m the boss!
16 years
STAY WYSE recently launched the first ever benchmark study of the youth travel accommodation industry. The research also covered staff salaries and this is what's written in the report on salaries:
"In general salaries in Oceania, North America and Western Europe do not differ greatly. THe Eastern European average is much lower, but full time salaries in this region range widely from EUR500 a month in Poland to EUR 1307 in Slovenia"
A graph shows that staff in oceania earns an average of over EUR1600 a month, in North America and Western Europe over EUR1400 a month.
I hope this indicator helps.
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