Looking for some friendly advice on pay...

[Joe]

At least your not cutting grass for it Joe

 

lol exactly i'm doing some thing that i enjoy and getting what i think is a fair wage out of it.

Edited June 7, 2009 by Joe
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[Mesterh]

again cheers for caring mate, i absolutley love my job and i would work for free for the experience if it wasn't a proper job (i hope he dosent read this lol). but again like i've said i feel i get paid fairly.

 

You have an excellent attitude and will make a top employee/employer/worker IMO.

[Joe]

You sound exactly like me joe, same posistion and everything

 

Properjob

 

glad your enjoying your work as well tom, i think when the suns out it is just the best job there could ever be, and i still enjoy it even when its pouring with rain

[Joe]

You have an excellent attitude and will make a top employee/employer/worker IMO.

 

cheers

[desired_affect]

All the Gear No Idea = £10 per hour rising to £12 once supervision drops off.

 

Experienced £15 per hour; Fast and Safe £20 per hour.

 

Roughly.

 

Now that's let the cat out of the bag!!

 

god i wana work with some of you guys, My boss has me on £7 a hour and i have all my own kit *PPE,climbing kit,saws* and pay for all its inspections and maintenance and moans at me because i cant afford to learn to drive.

[Rupe]

17 years ago I got £27.50 a day as a climber, I had no tickets to start with but then no one else did either. Beer then was about £2.00 a pint as I remember, so do the maths, thats like £45/day now.

[Stephen Blair]

joe and tom, you guys will go far, you are grounded and appreciate what you have. we could all sit in the house thinking we are worth more. but in the last year with the way things have went with the country it is survival time. some weeks i dont make any money, some weeks it costs me. i have only ever taken 200quid a week as a wage for the last 10 years, and i have went months without wages to keep lads on due to crap payers. the rest is invested in kit,property and pensions(the latter isnt doing too well) my wife can feed the family for under 50quid a week because she is an amazing cook and doesnt waste anything, i dont go out at weekends, havent for 12 years. maybe about 6 times a year and maybe a outdoor show here and there. we live on a budget and have a good lifestyle and a nice home but arent extravagant. its not so much how much you make but how much you spend. imo

Edited June 7, 2009 by Stephen Blair

[Will Ayers]

joe and tom, you guys will go far, you are grounded and appreciate what you have. we could all sit in the house thinking we are worth more. but in the last year with the way things have went with the country it is survival time. some weeks i dont make any money, some weeks it costs me. i have only ever taken 200quid a week as a wage for the last 10 years, and i have went months without wages to keep lads on due to crap payers. the rest is invested in kit,property and pensions(the latter isnt doing too well) my wife can feed the family for under 50quid a week because she is an amazing cook and doesnt waste anything, i dont go out at weekends, havent for 12 years. maybe about 6 times a year and maybe a outdoor show here and there. we live on a budget and have a good lifestyle and a nice home but arent extravagant. its not so much how much you make but how much you spend. imo

 

ahh but are you happy wee shreky boy. i certainly am and im currentlty in a worse position than you. mortgage going out and nothing coming in but im realy excited when big jobs come up and never dread going to work. i love coming home knackered and just spending time with the missus and the cat. more money would be nice but i'd rather be happy than rich. hope thats what you mean, living on a shoestring can be great as long as you are happy

[Stephen Blair]

ahh but are you happy wee shreky boy. i certainly am and im currentlty in a worse position than you. mortgage going out and nothing coming in but im realy excited when big jobs come up and never dread going to work. i love coming home knackered and just spending time with the missus and the cat. more money would be nice but i'd rather be happy than rich. hope thats what you mean, living on a shoestring can be great as long as you are happy

 

happy as a pig in glabber. i do worry sometimes but hey who doesnt. i have 2 amazing wee boys and a great wife. i could take more money for myself but it would just get wasted on crap, so i like to save and invest. i would love to buy a campervan in the next few years for family hols, and take the boys to disney world when they are older. money cant buy your health, if you have that everything else is a bonus.

[Will Ayers]

fair play to thee