Over worked and under payed

[AHPP]

[Puffingbilly413]

13 hours ago, Cain said:

A professional working like an athlete well some of us anyway

Found your new career then 

[Doug Tait]

Chuntering away at an Olympic level?

[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 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 by Doug Tait