Rates of pay

[WillTimberlake]

Flippin heck Will.

 

Haha what???

[oldwoodcutter]

Seems a little on the low side for what you're doing,maybe time for a quiet word or three with your boss.

[benedmonds]

Seems a little on the low side for what you're doing,maybe time for a quiet word or three with your boss.

 

I don't think that is bad if he is PAYE with training, holidays, sick pay ect..

[WillTimberlake]

I don't think that is bad if he is PAYE with training, holidays, sick pay ect..

 

Self employed!

[Boaty]

Agreed as long as your boots on the ground and bit having to drive trucks (all the time) then that's quite good really for a groundie round here

[swinny]

I'm 18, with nearly two years experience. CS30 & 38, and first aid at work plus own PPE and driving licence. I'm on £65 a day - that includes dragging brash, operating chainsaws, pole saws, hedge trimmers, Chippers etc and am the main rigging/lowering man.

 

You see i think with that level of experiance and if you are what you say etc youd be worth 80-90 a day working for me.

[oldwoodcutter]

Yes thats what i was thinking Swinny.

[eggsarascal]

It's a funny one this.

 

I do some work for a bloke who as got a young lad on. He's nineteen/twenty. I take him out with me now and again, some days he's worth a Oner all day long, other days he walks around with his head up his arse and ain't worth fifty quid.

 

Makes it easier, for me to see why day rates are, what they are.

[Joe Newton]

Yes thats what i was thinking Swinny.

 

 

It depends on what you think you are worth. Simple as. If you're content with it, fine. If not, you can try and change it, but it can go one of two ways. I'm an employed 2nd climber, 2 years experience. I'm on a similar wage to Will.

 

I'm still learning, my employer pays for my courses, and kit (for the most part), holiday, and I don't have to look for work.

 

Do I think I'm worth more? Probably. But I appreciate the experience, enjoy my job, and won't consider myself fully fledged until I have another 3 years under my belt.

 

Don't get me wrong. I think I'm good enough at my job, and love a challenge, but my boss has shown me loyalty by taking me on with little experience, taking the time to train me, and paid for courses. In return I work hard to earn the company money, and prove that I'm worth my keep.

 

Money isn't everything to someone getting a foothold in the industry.

[tree_kid_ni]

im on 65 a day as a cs30,31,38,39 first aid, health and safety, heavy trailer licence at 18 with 2 years experience i think its very reasonable compared to some companies here in NI

 

 

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