Over worked and under payed

[Steven P]

Well, what d'you know, in Edinburgh and getting London rates, but only asked to supply man + saw. Not man + 100k worth of kit.

 

 

 

[steve@black]

On 13/01/2024 at 23:59, Puffingbilly413 said:

Er - enough to make a reasonable, and ok only reasonable, living based on what we do.  If you can't have a decent take home freelance climbing on 40-48k a year gross then you're getting it wrong .

 

 

Exactly the sort of money my subbies are getting , I supply the saws and fuel as I'm bored of lads turning up with broken saws so I think they are doing pretty well . On this there are those that completely take the piss for this type of return also . 

[Mr. Squirrel]

UK wages are crap but that's been done to death plenty of times on here. 

 

Wildest part is Cain going through a chain a week. 

 

 

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, Mr. Squirrel said:

UK wages are crap but that's been done to death plenty of times on here. 

Of course if wages were higher it would mean everything we buy would cost more.  So, sadly the benefit of high wages largely gets lost!

 

The only thing that really works is to personally have high wages when most people have low wages.

[Dan Maynard]

6 hours ago, Mr. Squirrel said:

Wildest part is Cain going through a chain a week.

He's going some to get 5 litres a day through a topper so no wonder the chains don't last.

[Stere]

I remember chatting to  someone  who was out on a job yrs ago, & him saying he  just binned all his chains once blunt,  said he couldn't  be bothered with the hassle sharpening them & it wasn't worth his time to do so. 🤔

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 15, 2024 by Stere

[Doug Tait]

8 minutes ago, Stere said:

I rememeber chatting to  someone  who was out on a job yrs ago, & him saying he  just binned all his chains once blunt,  said he couldn't  be bothered with the hassle sharpening them & it wasn't worth his time to do so. 🤔

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've heard a few say that too, all weekenders. One guy has 2 chains for his saw, when they're both blunt he stops for the week and sends his gardener to the dealer to get them sharpened.

Edited January 15, 2024 by Doug Tait

[5thelement]

33 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

 

I've heard a few say that too, all weekenders. One guy has 2 chains for his saw, when they're both blunt he stops for the week and sends his gardener to the dealer to get them sharpened.

Maybe the OP has 100 grands worth  of used chains? 

[Donnie]

58 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

 

I've heard a few say that too, all weekenders. One guy has 2 chains for his saw, when they're both blunt he stops for the week and sends his gardener to the dealer to get them sharpened.

Send him my way I'll sharpen them 😂
 

 

@Stere I've heard of a cutter that goes brashing and bins his chain when it's dull/never hand files. 
 

Or tries to sell them on for cheap. 

Edited January 15, 2024 by Donnie

[steve@black]

If people don't like the wages learn to type and leave the industry . All this talk of everyone else getting all this money is as bad as farmers . I've lads on decent money leave because they can get double elsewhere just to bounce around from job to job for years after . Usually the ones with this talk aren't even a week in hand with payments and hassling for payment within minutes of finishing the job . If I could lay bricks maybe I would but I know it wouldn't be straight and I would want to live in a house I'd built as I've not the eye for it .  I've enjoyed tree work and couldn't imagine doing anything else . As for a short career as a subbie climber I agree but it longer than it was . A lot of the big stuff is done mechanically and lifting equipment with avant and diggers makes bigger work just fun now.  

Edited January 16, 2024 by steve@black