Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ian101 on May 01, 2010, 08:17:39 am
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:o .... took the plunge and resigned from my job yesterday .. was sitting their in the bosses office whilst he finished his phonecall and was thinking dont have to do this ... can play safe etc ... then thought better of it and gave him my resignation .... 3 weeks notice then im on my own !!
Going spend next few weeks looking for a part time job to keep some cash coming in as well as canvassing nearer to my leaving date.
Looking back Im 100% sure Ive made a good decision.
Thanks to all of the guys who have given me some great advice over the last few months ! ;)
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All the best, but remember and get to the job centre and start signing on and get your dole money like the rest of us ;)
But seriously I hope it works out for you as that was me 6 months back and there could be some tough times ahead, but if you want it bad enough I'm sure you'll get there.
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Ian
Well done - I nearly posted this the other day but it seems more fitting now.
Your tag line 'He who dares wins' was something that stuck with me from someone I used to work with.
When I first started 10 years ago, from a warehouse I worked shifts and built my round to £700.00 per month before I came to the decision you have got to.
When I first started people laughed but there was one guy who said that to me and I have always remembered it. My life has moved on quite considerably since then but the people who laughed I fear are still in the same place!!
Good luck
Rob ;D
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:o .... took the plunge and resigned from my job yesterday .. was sitting their in the bosses office whilst he finished his phonecall and was thinking dont have to do this ... can play safe etc ... then thought better of it and gave him my resignation .... 3 weeks notice then im on my own !!
Going spend next few weeks looking for a part time job to keep some cash coming in as well as canvassing nearer to my leaving date.
Looking back Im 100% sure Ive made a good decision.
Thanks to all of the guys who have given me some great advice over the last few months ! ;)
Looking back? You only did it yesterday ;D.
Good luck with it.
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good luck
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good luck ian
you will not regret it 8)
mike
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good luck mate
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Well done mate, I did the same back in October and have been amazed how quickly things have built up, and most of that was through that crappy winter, so I'm sure you'll be fine! ;D
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Ian
Well done - I nearly posted this the other day but it seems more fitting now.
Your tag line 'He who dares wins' was something that stuck with me from someone I used to work with.
When I first started 10 years ago, from a warehouse I worked shifts and built my round to £700.00 per month before I came to the decision you have got to.
When I first started people laughed but there was one guy who said that to me and I have always remembered it. My life has moved on quite considerably since then but the people who laughed I fear are still in the same place!!
Good luck
Rob ;D
Was his name Derek and he drove a yellow 3 wheeled van? ;D
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Ian
Well done, it is a decision that in a few years you will be wondering why you never done it sooner.
Now you have done the hardest part by resigning, now comes the easy bit. Building up a sucessful business.
Before you start a part time job, check with the tax credits office if you are elligable, also apply for council tax and housing benefit.
Here is a list of what you can also do
1 place an advert in all the free search engines on the web, the likes of free index are the ones you need to look for.
2 Tell everyone that you are now working full time as a window cleaner and you need their help, if they can actively try to get you work you would be grateful.
3 Approach all the local shops and businesses in your area to see if you can place a leaflet in their window (free of charge) advertising your business, you might also pick up some of these as customers.
4 Knock doors every day for the next 8 weeks, this will soon build up a round.
5 Put at least 15% of your taking in a safe place for emergences.
6 Don't let it stress you, remember you are running a business not the business is running you.
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Ian
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Before you start a part time job, check with the tax credits office if you are elligable, also apply for council tax and housing benet
Why should i pay tax money to support someone who has left a perfectly good full time job ?
You will find the system will tell him the same, Tax credits are for those in genuine need, not for for those down sizing there income.
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Why should multi millionairs get child benefit ::)
at least with ian, there is a chance that he will eventually put more back into the tax system more than he has taken out.
Investing in someone, can be a benefit to the whole ;)
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tax credits go on last years income anyway
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doh...wrong time to chuck in your job to go window cleaning. :o
Just Kidding ;D
had you there for a moment though didnt i?
maybe not 8)
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good luck ian im sure you wont regret it.my story was a bit different!i was young skint and on the dole after being sacked from a landscaping job!i would have got into a lot more trouble but WINDOW CLEANING SAVED MY LIFE!!
i started working for a local windy for about a year.saved up,bought a van/ladders etc and bought a little round and canvassed a lot over 6 months until i had enough to live off and the rest is history!thats was 16 years ago!
best wishes for a more enjoyable,flexible and better more simplistic life with no boss telling you what to do!!
dazmond
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Why should multi millionairs get child benefit ::)
at least with ian, there is a chance that he will eventually put more back into the tax system more than he has taken out.
Investing in someone, can be a benefit to the whole ;)
Tax credits will still ask him that question
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ian could you email me at markswindowclean@hotmail.co.uk,might have some work.
regards
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All the best, but remember and get to the job centre and start signing on and get your dole money like the rest of us ;)
But seriously I hope it works out for you as that was me 6 months back and there could be some tough times ahead, but if you want it bad enough I'm sure you'll get there.
ye left CM? i was messaging someone else thinking it was you LOL. whats yer name again on it
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ian could you email me at markswindowclean@hotmail.co.uk,might have some work.
regards
wot up in chester mark i could help u out
with anything this way ???
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Ian
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Before you start a part time job, check with the tax credits office if you are elligable, also apply for council tax and housing benet
Why should i pay tax money to support someone who has left a perfectly good full time job ?
You will find the system will tell him the same, Tax credits are for those in genuine need, not for for those down sizing there income.
Disagree with you on that one.
The Tax credit system helps boost up peoples pay so that people are better off working
ideal in the early days of window cleaning.
People who earn up to about 50k get some Tax credit.
Think of it another way, he has left a full time job for someone else who wants it, but has not gone on the dole. So someone else will come off the dole for that job. In time if he does well he may employ someone else.
Short term cost for long term benefit. Everyone wins.
I think you should stop reading the Daily Mail. ;D Only joking.
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Why should multi millionairs get child benefit ::)
at least with ian, there is a chance that he will eventually put more back into the tax system more than he has taken out.
Investing in someone, can be a benefit to the whole ;)
Tax credits will still ask him that question
no they wont dave, they will merely ask a serious questions and will decide whether you are entitled or not and none of the questions involve on why you left your paid employment.
if you were trying to sign on for unemployment that would be different
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ian could you email me at markswindowclean@hotmail.co.uk,might have some work.
regards
youve got mail :D
thanks for all the encouragement chaps ... much appreciated at this time !
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i reckon people associate claiming working tax credits with being on the dole.......simply not the case......working tax credits are a safety net for those who are working either employed or self employed (like wot most of us are) and in some cases the extra amount paid by the working tax folks is actually more than the state unemployent amount per week.....ie i think the weekly amount for the unemployment benefit is about 40-50 quid a week for a single person?......whereas if he/she were to get out and about looking for work and sevicing that work (including collecting/bookkeeping etc) at least 30 hours a week as a self employed window cleaner/painter/whatever then the highest weekly amount goes up to around 80 quid a week PLUS whatever they earn, which in the 1st couple of years of being self employed is going to be pretty much dross anyway....so in my book the working tax is the better option.
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I dont think I would qualify for any state help ... divorced with daughter living with the ex who gets all the tax credits .... partner working full time ..... unless anyone can tell me different ;D
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you can go onto the working tax web site and they have a section on "do I qualify"
click on this and it will tell if you will get tax credit and also how much.
Don't take much notice of the ones who object to this, don't forget you have already paid into this fund by the taxes you are already paying.
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Ian
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Before you start a part time job, check with the tax credits office if you are elligable, also apply for council tax and housing benet
Why should i pay tax money to support someone who has left a perfectly good full time job ?
You will find the system will tell him the same, Tax credits are for those in genuine need, not for for those down sizing there income.
No its for getting money you are entitled to under the system why be so righteous as to say if you are eligible you shouldnt apply
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:o .... took the plunge and resigned from my job yesterday .. was sitting their in the bosses office whilst he finished his phonecall and was thinking dont have to do this ... can play safe etc ... then thought better of it and gave him my resignation .... 3 weeks notice then im on my own !!
Going spend next few weeks looking for a part time job to keep some cash coming in as well as canvassing nearer to my leaving date.
Looking back Im 100% sure Ive made a good decision.
Thanks to all of the guys who have given me some great advice over the last few months ! ;)
if u need any advise or help scootergav@msn.com m8
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good luck ian we have all been their sat in the bosses office,going through the motions in a job we hated....then come Monday its a new start.
their are a lot of inspiring posts on here about peoples experiences when they first leave their old job to start in window cleaning well worth a read.
i would say set your self little income goals then another then another then another.
set your self a income goal for where you want to be 1st may 2011.
deliver good service and word will spread.
in the tough times remember the dread of going to your old work place.
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if u need any advise or help scootergav@msn.com m8
Cheers Gav .... wondered where u had gone ..... u ever get to the Pant ??
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DMSI - we aren't all millionaires expanding our empire across the
South-West! England. The World. ;)
If the guy is starting up a new business then he is perfectly entitled to claim what is legally available. He might even be eligible for grants.
Let him find out what he can claim and let him claim it I say - as long as it's legal and above board.
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I placed an advert for some part time canvassers on friday and when I take them on I will be getting £1000 for each one.
Maybe I should give it back :o
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I placed an advert for some part time canvassers on friday and when I take them on I will be getting £1000 for each one.
Maybe I should give it back :o
or take 100 people on & really go 4it ;D ;D ;D £100,000 :o :o :o happy days ;)
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Best of luck Ian 101. Work hard and cruise if you have down enough spade work. The Wizard.
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if u need any advise or help scootergav@msn.com m8
Cheers Gav .... wondered where u had gone ..... u ever get to the Pant ??
the pant ian ???? the pant yr orocran pub ????
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if u need any advise or help scootergav@msn.com m8
Cheers Gav .... wondered where u had gone ..... u ever get to the Pant ??
the pant ian ???? the pant yr orocran pub ????
yep the pant yr orocran pub ... posh one with big beer garden with the lake and nice food :D
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All the best, but remember and get to the job centre and start signing on and get your dole money like the rest of us ;)
But seriously I hope it works out for you as that was me 6 months back and there could be some tough times ahead, but if you want it bad enough I'm sure you'll get there.
Yep, I grudge lining other peoples pocket with my money.
ye left CM? i was messaging someone else thinking it was you LOL. whats yer name again on it
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Good luck matey, it will all be worth it.
he who dares wins rodney, this time next year..... ;D
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if u need any advise or help scootergav@msn.com m8
Cheers Gav .... wondered where u had gone ..... u ever get to the Pant ??
the pant ian ???? the pant yr orocran pub ????
yep the pant yr orocran pub ... posh one with big beer garden with the lake and nice food :D
never bin m8 mrs as lol im bit too ruff lol only jesting ;D ;D