A mobile car wash business is an excellent business. It is simple; no inventory, no location and for the most part a cash business too. However, with all its simplicity, one has to ask the obvious question; How the heck do you stop the workers at your mobile car wash business from stealing your cash when you’re not there? Well, actually, the human level of integrity makes one wonder sometimes, how do you give someone a job and then they go and rob you? It’s a pretty sad state of affairs, isn’t it? But don’t let this get you down, as there is a way to prevent employees from stealing your daily cash.
The best way to solve this problem of lost dollars is to use the innate characteristics of humans to prevent them from stealing. For example; He leads a crew of two; a truck boss and a worker. Offer your team a $10.00 bonus for signing up a car wash customer with a credit card for 12 washes in advance. Then deliver the first wash on the spot to the customer for free. This will mean that you have the money up front, so there will be less actual trading hands in cash, therefore it cannot be stolen. The team will want to sign up a lot of customers on a prepaid to get the bonus each week.
Next you need to pay the man who rides the shotgun, the worker $8-10 an hour, and the crew leader (truck manager) a salary plus commission on what that unit makes. If the gang leader starts stealing money, the $8-10 an hour man will turn it in so he can get a better job after he fires the truck manager for stealing. The gang leader would not allow the $8-10 an hour worker to steal because he would get out of his perceived entitlement, the bonus? The bonus can be as little as 15% for this to work. Also change equipment a lot so every $8-10 an hour worker learns the routes and isn’t afraid to fire cheaters, liars or thieves.
Hi my name is Lance Winslow and I am the founder of Car Wash Guys, this is what we do and it works. If you are concerned or having problems with your cash being stolen by your employees, please think about this.