Remember, you run a business! It is not a hobby! Nothing is more frustrating than potential team members who intend to treat the business as an easy way to get cash.
Fact: Delivering 1000 leaflets in one day is hard, you can cover 20 miles, up hills, steps and driveways carrying weight. You have to deal with on the spot complaints and dogs. Need the loo? Tough, the nearest one could be five miles away (Android App - Toilets !:))
So, can you expect your team to deliver all day in every area ? Of course not and there are other factors to take into account:
As self employed you cannot enforce a 9-5 workday. What you can do is say:
Here is the area you can work in (the map)
The client requires this to be completed by ....
Can you do it?
They are within their rights to refuse the work as self employed but you are also within your rights to never offer them work again, but dont abuse this right otherwise you will end up with no workers.
Dont be harsh and insist that one person deliveries 1000 in one day (unless terraced), as a rule of thumb we advise our clients that 500 per day is an average per team member. This prevents “burn out” and also gives the team member an opportunity to arrange their own day and how they wish to proceed which is also their right as a self employed person.
For areas that you know to be hard and slow (normally wealthy areas with large detached homes), charge your clients more and pass on a bonus to your delivery team. If they know you are being fair then they will appreciate it.