Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike_G on January 10, 2008, 04:55:15 pm
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Interesting reading and I think we should all agree with it ;)
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=429176&in_page_id=2
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Window Cleaners the Second lowest paid Job :'( only the Typists is lower than we are.
Sorry I stand to correct myself Sports and fitness occupations are on the £12 grand mark.
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yes i will go with that but keep quiet lads!
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Yep print it off and stick it to my business cards and flyers!
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I'm printing it off and sending it to my Taxman, that will show the cretins that my Tax returns are True ;D
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Bet everyone feels sorry for their customers now poor old architects!
These are before they get taxed so a Pilot takes home about £700.00 a week after paying 40% tax and NI.
Which just goes to show wealth can be a state of mind.
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Looked right through that list and i can honestly say i`m sticking to cleaning windows.
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its way way way off the mark, plumbers and electricians on £25 grand ?? lol ??? ;D.
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It's over-estimating what I earn, no doubt about it.
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Surely newspaper boys & girls get more than us? ;)
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I'm close to that ;D
Mo 8)
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Interesting reading and I think we should all agree with it ;)
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=429176&in_page_id=2
lol
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Yep agree with it ;)
Farmers on 18 grand! Give over. ;D
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sounds a bit much i think 14k really!!!!! :o :o :o :o
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Yep agree with it ;)
Farmers on 18 grand! Give over. ;D
Yep, they're always skint, work their balls off for nowt etc. yet they all drive round in 40k vehicles ::)
tony
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no they dont how many farmers do you know???? ::) ::)
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(http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00064-g03.gif)
Who'd be a farmer ?
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I presume that it must be averaged out across the country?
But agree way off....
£36k for a police officer (sargeant or lower) they're having a laugh. The joining salary is around £16/£17k round here and if you want to work every weekend and 12 hour shifts all the time you might just get to their figire
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Yep agree with it ;)
Farmers on 18 grand! Give over. ;D
Yep, they're always skint, work their balls off for nowt etc. yet they all drive round in 40k vehicles ::)
tony
But aren't those 40k vehicles part of the business? Maybe that's why their profits are so low.
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The thing you need to look at is how many jobs are there where the pay is going down year on year. This may be in actual terms or just relative to the cost of living.
There are a lot of jobs where the skills are being devalued either by new technology, increased competition in the jobs market or the fact that everything now comes from China.
A friend of mine was made redundant last year. Skilled engineer, degree level qualifictions, top man in his field ( computer operated lathes ). Chances of getting another job zero. Hadn't had a pay increase for five years before being made redundant.
Thousands more like him. Many of us fall into that catagory.
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Print trade is the same - i used to earn £200 a week in bonus alone twenty five years ago! £25000 a year then on average. The last five years i took a pay cut every year. The money was still reasonable but the lifestyle was crap - treble shifts, expected to work overtime when they wanted it horrible stinky dusty conditions and i hardly saw my kids. With this job i earnt nothing yesterday and will earn nothing today but what the hell.
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i think there is a difference between window cleaning , and running a small business ,
which i beleive is what most of us do ? .
from most of what is discussed on here , the majority would be succesfull running a small business be it w/c or something else !
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What are you doing at home at half past two Lloyd?
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14k thats prob what the sunshine brigade earn.
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i agree with the figures the tax man will expect you to show that much any less will invite an investigation you guys on 7 or 8 k with a porsche on the drive watch out
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i agree with the figures the tax man will expect you to show that much any less will invite an investigation you guys on 7 or 8 k with a porsche on the drive watch out
lol ;D
i showed abit more then that last year
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no they dont how many farmers do you know???? ::) ::)
About 100% more than you. i live on a farm & many of my customers are farmers. ::)
tony
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And there's lies, Damned lies, And statistics
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no they dont how many farmers do you know???? ::) ::)
About 100% more than you. i live on a farm & many of my customers are farmers. ::)
tony
I feel sry for farmers myself, been watching alot about them lately, one kick after another they seem to get. turn there land all to houses and they will be on the rich lists soon after.
Ian
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Doesn't reflect self employed people.
Also, these figures will include Ltd companies whose directors pay themsleves £100 a week.
Finally, many w/c firms pay minumum wage with a bonus. Bonus not included.
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I aim to be on 18K thats £75 a day £375 per week and £1500 a month
Tax man can take some leaves me enough to pay for my bills, when I get that I will be a happy man
Tax man is happy as I earn more than national average ;)
I am happy as all bills covered
J