Well Paid work... Where is it???

[grumpydavesmith]

sorry mate it means £100.000 a year not £100 a day

[josharb87]

But you can make your own luck IMO

 

 

 

 

 

 

you have the wrong attitude to be on the books imo, i think youve the attitude, not to mention list of quals and (yet unproved) skill of a self employed guy, thats meant as a compliment by the way!

[Frank]

Isn't there some jobs going in Sweden Josh?

[ad15]

Yeah thats fair enough mate and very true.. im just trying to sell my ability..

 

sorry but so far you're doing a very good job of selling your attitude....

 

I'm all for earning top dollar,, and i have earnt silly money for years,,, i've come to the tree industry to enjoy myself and if i can cover the bills,,, then bonus...i haven't even been here one year,, let alone five,, so what does that make me??

 

get your backside out of bed and go hunt the work,, it's out there, it's not going to get handed on a plate,,

[chris cnc]

sorry but so far you're doing a very good job of selling your attitude....

 

get your backside out of bed and go hunt the work,, it's out there, it's not going to get handed on a plate,,

 

 

anything is better than nothing, if you do infact love this job. if you dont love it, maybe do something else.

 

one of the first things our course leader at arb college told us when we started is, you'll never get rich doing tree work.

[Tree cutter Stu]

i think you are kidding yourself wanting between £100-£130 full time, thats £650 a week, over £30k a year. you would need to be 20 years in a good company to demand that salary. This job may of been unique 10 years ago but its flooded just now and most of the time its easy domestic work that can be polished up with a blower and a hedge trimmer.

 

I duno I know climbers on 30k a year if you want to climb everyday doing street trees you can earn that money.

[mendiplogs]

HI YES mate MS at BATH £12/50 HRS but the cost of b.b is £75 a night:001_huh: owell jon SOMERSET

[ben lightfoot]

Try complete tree care another agency who will try and find you a job but probably join the que

[Bald Monkey]

 

I CANT AND WONT WORK FOR A LOW WAGE.

 

 

I will definitely get up and work for a low wage at the moment. I came into this industry a year ago aged 33 after spending 12 years in a office environment. When I went to college the tutor was selling the Arb industry big time "there's plenty of work, you'll get a full time job no problem etc'.....

Well a year on I haven't got a full time job (out of 14 people on my course only one person that I know of has a full time on the books position, the others are in similar situations to me).

 

I'm self employed with several companies and i'm currently pulling in a couple of days a week if I'm lucky earning between 65 to 80 pounds a day depending on the company I'm working for. So would I get out of bed for fifty quid a day at the moment to drag brash all day or sweep up? Damn right I would because money is money and Ive got a mortgage and bills to pay. When I'm not working I'm volunteering with the Wildlife Trust because I refuse to sit on my arse doing sod all. Plus this adds extra skills to the CV and gives me a feel good factor at the same time.

 

I personally feel that I wont have a full time future in this industry because work is so scarce and with the number of new students coming out of colleges its going to get even worse. So I'm currently looking into other areas of work within the countryside industry and if I find anything suitable I will take the post no matter what the wage because I feel once I have the foot in the door and prove myself the rewards will follow!

 

So Brodie my advice is if you want to stick with this industry, get a job on a low wage prove yourself to them and if the company is worth anything they will reward you with a better wage in the future.

[Stephen Blair]

now theres a man that knows the score, good luck mate, your attitude will be recognised and rewarded one day:thumbup1: