Wages

[Gary Prentice]

They were open by the time I got up And the thick plottens

 

Bob

 

Did you ask her to ring a taxi? Or could ya remember where you were?

[benedmonds]

Bricklayers on £24/hour.

 

Assuming they do an 8hr day that is nearly £50,000 a year.

[eggsarascal]

Assuming they do an 8hr day that is nearly £50,000 a year.

 

What! A self employed subbie running his own kit/van on £1k/week top line. Whatever next!!!

 

Ben, I've asked you before and I'll ask you again....... What should a good subbie earn a day?

[inthewoods]

How dare you suggest that you could earn a days money and be in the pub by 2pm..... I ask ya!

 

Guilty! Well it was 2.15pm today, I had to stop for milk :-)

[benedmonds]

What! A self employed subbie running his own kit/van on £1k/week top line. Whatever next!!!

 

Ben, I've asked you before and I'll ask you again....... What should a good subbie earn a day?

 

Whatever the market will pay, but it is not £50k a year in my experience.

[csservices]

Hold on Edam.

You took the job knowing the pay.

When you've proved yourself you sit down and renegotiate if you feel undervalued.

Arb is a totally undervalued industry, if you don't like it leave.

I'm not trying to be harsh, but the money is irrelevant for the job we do, we aren't really in it for the money.

I've never gone skiing.

 

 

 

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Song as old as time, no money in tree work and still to many undervalued college leavers piling in to prop it up.

 

P.s I've left was on £90 a day a self employed groundie/team leader/tractor driver 20 years experience on saws felling/hedge laying and firewood, not specifically tree surgery apart from odd days at it over the years and no tickets, can get £120 a day gardening and other jobs I do less stress, less hassle, although to be fair the gardening/landscaping job is just as saturated as tree work.

 

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[Ian Leach]

Song as old as time, no money in tree work and still to many undervalued college leavers piling in to prop it up.

 

P.s I've left was on £90 a day a self employed groundie/team leader/tractor driver 20 years experience on saws felling/hedge laying and firewood, not specifically tree surgery apart from odd days at it over the years and no tickets, can get £120 a day gardening and other jobs I do less stress, less hassle, although to be fair the gardening/landscaping job is just as saturated as tree work.

 

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Tell me about it I was landscaping about a month back and some guy said " I do that, I charge £30 a day".

I said how do you manage that

 

Oh I'm on the dole and get everything paid for.

 

Me feck off.

[csservices]

Tell me about it I was landscaping about a month back and some guy said " I do that, I charge £30 a day".

I said how do you manage that

 

Oh I'm on the dole and get everything paid for.

 

Me feck off.

Two of the best I've seen on local selling pages on Facebook this year No.1 Lawns cut from £5 if I can plug my mower in somewhere

No.2 was advertising gardening from £10 an hour with a picture proudly displayed of a lawn he'd edge and borders dug, fair play looked tidy, unfortunately had'nt weeded along the kerbs on the drive side, when someone pulled him up on it he sid he had'nt been asked to do that, even after that he got offered some work but said he could'nt do it as couldnt get there on the bus!

 

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[Marc]

What! A self employed subbie running his own kit/van on £1k/week top line. Whatever next!!!

 

Ben, I've asked you before and I'll ask you again....... What should a good subbie earn a day?

 

I would expect a good labour only contractor to earn 40k plus a year, but you got to be good to get that.

[Richard 1234]

Two of the best I've seen on local selling pages on Facebook this year No.1 Lawns cut from £5 if I can plug my mower in somewhere

No.2 was advertising gardening from £10 an hour with a picture proudly displayed of a lawn he'd edge and borders dug, fair play looked tidy, unfortunately had'nt weeded along the kerbs on the drive side, when someone pulled him up on it he sid he had'nt been asked to do that, even after that he got offered some work but said he could'nt do it as couldnt get there on the bus!

 

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Loads round here doing "gardening" for £10-£12 an hour always pop up in may.

Just working out of cars some do a reasonable job but they all disappear by about September.

Don't bother trying to compete just do my own thing