pedrobedro
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Thats because the company can claim that it is teaching no skills to ex-cons to make them more employable,
Pardon ? No skills and getting paid for it
Thats because the company can claim that it is teaching no skills to ex-cons to make them more employable,
My views exactly.....
I left a £50k year job to go on my own and I have to wait 3 months to get my first payments coming through from the clients I now weld for! I was up until 11pm last night pricing a job at the other end of the country for a new client but up again at 4:15am this morning just so I can get the only bit if ‘me time’ and go to the gym. I’m off to Liverpool today to repair a diggers leaking hydraulic pipe and finish fitting a new floor to a scissor lift deck. I’ll be dirty, sweaty, achy, hungry and everything in between but I’ll be driving home knowing I’ve done a proper days graft and enjoyed it.
Each person works for their own means and needs, some a little easier than other but that must suit them. I know I can earn what I was in employment but it’s going to take a lot more blood sweat and tears in doing so but at least I can go home and say I loved doing it.
The money can be good in some jobs but if you don’t like the job it can make you as miserable as sin!!!
Fair play to you!I was asked to price some work recently, they told me I had to supply all the materials (£10k+ for phase 1) then invoice month end and wait 30 days for payment
I told them to find another installer
The building is in the same state 3 months later
My views exactly.....
I left a £50k year job to go on my own and I have to wait 3 months to get my first payments coming through from the clients I now weld for! I was up until 11pm last night pricing a job at the other end of the country for a new client but up again at 4:15am this morning just so I can get the only bit if ‘me time’ and go to the gym. I’m off to Liverpool today to repair a diggers leaking hydraulic pipe and finish fitting a new floor to a scissor lift deck. I’ll be dirty, sweaty, achy, hungry and everything in between but I’ll be driving home knowing I’ve done a proper days graft and enjoyed it.
Each person works for their own means and needs, some a little easier than other but that must suit them. I know I can earn what I was in employment but it’s going to take a lot more blood sweat and tears in doing so but at least I can go home and say I loved doing it.
The money can be good in some jobs but if you don’t like the job it can make you as miserable as sin!!!
I was asked to price some work recently, they told me I had to supply all the materials (£10k+ for phase 1) then invoice month end and wait 30 days for payment
I told them to find another installer
The building is in the same state 3 months later
Spot on
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The money can be good in some jobs but if you don’t like the job it can make you as miserable as sin!!!
These two statments sum it up for me....in reality its very very rare to get big money for nothing. Ive had film stars wages, but to do it, I was away, 16 hours everyday in some of the worlds toilet locations. Used to come home and be asked can you get me a start. After a while I said, no. If you want big money, make the effort and go out there and find it.
Good money is out there to be made, but you wont find it clocking on for an 8 hour day a 10 minute commute from home.
I used to have that - then they closed the place - now I’m a minimum 2 hours away from work for the same wage
The best jobs, you create yourself.I get £15p/h and lucky to get it all things considered. The best jobs are never advertised.
I was asked to price some work recently, they told me I had to supply all the materials (£10k+ for phase 1) then invoice month end and wait 30 days for payment
I told them to find another installer
The building is in the same state 3 months later
This warms my heart... I'm considering going on my own for the same reason, even though I already know it'll mean a lot harder and longer work to make near the same wage as I do now for 40 hours a week at a desk.
I'm doing it slowly atm, running a side business and ploughing plenty money into workshop equipment to the point of overkill.
That’s a great wage, don’t know what you do but if you average 45-50 hrs per week your doing well for yourselfI get £15p/h and lucky to get it all things considered. The best jobs are never advertised.
45 hours per week can't be much over 30 grand a year on 15 quid an hour. Not a salary to be working 45 hours a week for.That’s a great wage, don’t know what you do but if you average 45-50 hrs per week your doing well for yourself