[dazmond]

you was forced into becoming what?

Being self-employed again. Can't you read English?
£26000 salary, +  Expenses, 25 days PAID holiday, Flexi Time, Paid Sick Leave, Final Salary Pension + intellectually challenging work (I.T.).
Window Cleaning and being your own boss is O.K. but it's hard physical work, battling against the weather, it has it's ups but it has it's downs.
If it's all you can do because of your skill set and education it's better than minimum wage but it's still cleaning after all, a job anyone can do.
"Forced" because at 58 trying to get another job in I.T. is a waste of time you're a dinosaur in I.T. at 28 let alone 58!
Good thing about window cleaning is you can throw the ladders on the car, squeegee, applicator couple of scrims, get knocking and even on the first day you'll come back with something to put bread on the table and pay the rent.

£26k a year is not a very good salary IMO even with holiday/sick pay and expenses,etc.i earn a lot more window cleaning 30-35 hours a week 10 months a year.

[Mick Kent]

God old fashioned Romanian name is Mick Kent 

Mickalik Kentchino is my full name. 

[SeanK]

you was forced into becoming what?

Being self-employed again. Can't you read English?
£26000 salary, +  Expenses, 25 days PAID holiday, Flexi Time, Paid Sick Leave, Final Salary Pension + intellectually challenging work (I.T.).
Window Cleaning and being your own boss is O.K. but it's hard physical work, battling against the weather, it has it's ups but it has it's downs.
If it's all you can do because of your skill set and education it's better than minimum wage but it's still cleaning after all, a job anyone can do.
"Forced" because at 58 trying to get another job in I.T. is a waste of time you're a dinosaur in I.T. at 28 let alone 58!
Good thing about window cleaning is you can throw the ladders on the car, squeegee, applicator couple of scrims, get knocking and even on the first day you'll come back with something to put bread on the table and pay the rent.

£26k a year is not a very good salary IMO even with holiday/sick pay and expenses,etc.i earn a lot more window cleaning 30-35 hours a week 10 months a year.

Dazmond get a grip on yourself mate, £26k a year would put you in the top 20% of UK earners not to mention what it would
cost you to build up a £26k a year pension.
Some people need to think before they brag or better still leave it to the guys who are good at it. lol.

Just to be clear I'm not saying you don't earn more than £26k.

[G Griffin]

Would anyone on here pay their staff a salary of £26k?

[Positivity]

you was forced into becoming what?

Being self-employed again. Can't you read English?
£26000 salary, +  Expenses, 25 days PAID holiday, Flexi Time, Paid Sick Leave, Final Salary Pension + intellectually challenging work (I.T.).
Daz
£2600K
Window Cleaning and being your own boss is O.K. but it's hard physical work, battling against the weather, it has it's ups but it has it's downs.
If it's all you can do because of your skill set and education it's better than minimum wage but it's still cleaning after all, a job anyone can do.
"Forced" because at 58 trying to get another job in I.T. is a waste of time you're a dinosaur in I.T. at 28 let alone 58!
Good thing about window cleaning is you can throw the ladders on the car, squeegee, applicator couple of scrims, get knocking and even on the first day you'll come back with something to put bread on the table and pay the rent.

£26k a year is not a very good salary IMO even with holiday/sick pay and expenses,etc.i earn a lot more window cleaning 30-35 hours a week 10 months a year.

£26K is the base line, you bang on about how much you earn but you still live in a council flat.
 You will still be paying rent when your body is F ***  by hard physical work window cleaning and you'll still have the rent to pay when you can't work, with no pension.
Self-employment is free and easy on your time but never underestimate the value of a regular salary with benefits, try getting a mortgage now as self-employed and buy yourself out of the "generation rent" trap.

[G Griffin]

Dazmond's always got his drumming to fall back on.

[andyM]

Dazmond's always got his drumming to fall back on.

Boom-Tish....

[SeanK]

I blame guys like Mickalik Kentchino, coming over here and taking all the best paying customers.
Roll on Brexit. lol.

[dazmond]

you was forced into becoming what?

Being self-employed again. Can't you read English?
£26000 salary, +  Expenses, 25 days PAID holiday, Flexi Time, Paid Sick Leave, Final Salary Pension + intellectually challenging work (I.T.).
Daz
£2600K
Window Cleaning and being your own boss is O.K. but it's hard physical work, battling against the weather, it has it's ups but it has it's downs.
If it's all you can do because of your skill set and education it's better than minimum wage but it's still cleaning after all, a job anyone can do.
"Forced" because at 58 trying to get another job in I.T. is a waste of time you're a dinosaur in I.T. at 28 let alone 58!
Good thing about window cleaning is you can throw the ladders on the car, squeegee, applicator couple of scrims, get knocking and even on the first day you'll come back with something to put bread on the table and pay the rent.

£26k a year is not a very good salary IMO even with holiday/sick pay and expenses,etc.i earn a lot more window cleaning 30-35 hours a week 10 months a year.

£26K is the base line, you bang on about how much you earn but you still live in a council flat.
 You will still be paying rent when your body is F ***  by hard physical work window cleaning and you'll still have the rent to pay when you can't work, with no pension.
Self-employment is free and easy on your time but never underestimate the value of a regular salary with benefits, try getting a mortgage now as self-employed and buy yourself out of the "generation rent" trap.

im really not bothered about owning my own property mate.i never have been.im happy to pay a peppercorn rent(£77 per week including gardening services,maintenance etc).in fact ill be getting a new central heating system and boiler soon.

besides my brother is nearly a millionaire now so i know he would see me right if i had to pack in window cleaning for whatever reason.im only 44 though.plenty of life left in me yet!

[G Griffin]

I blame guys like Mickalik Kentchino, coming over here and taking all the best paying customers.
Roll on Brexit. lol.

Yeah, shamelessly lying to new home owners, as well.

[G Griffin]

besides my brother is nearly a millionaire now so i know he would see me right if i had to pack in window cleaning for whatever reason.im only 44 though.plenty of life left in me yet!

This time next year, eh, Daz?

"Stick a pony in me pocket....."

[dazmond]

besides my brother is nearly a millionaire now so i know he would see me right if i had to pack in window cleaning for whatever reason.im only 44 though.plenty of life left in me yet!

This time next year, eh, Daz?

"Stick a pony in me pocket....."

 

[Richard iSparkle]

left a career in the NHS and started a cleaning company. after 3 years of that i started a separate window cleaning company too

[Tosh]

I used t’lick roadd clean in ma day.

Bein’  a windy afta tha, eez always goin’t be batter than pickin’ tarmac oft tongue.

[Mick Kent]

I blame guys like Mickalik Kentchino, coming over here and taking all the best paying customers.
Roll on Brexit. lol.

Why you disrespect and blame me man? I work hard. I used to like reading your posts. Feel utterly bruised now. 

[8weekly]

you was forced into becoming what?

Being self-employed again. Can't you read English?
£26000 salary, +  Expenses, 25 days PAID holiday, Flexi Time, Paid Sick Leave, Final Salary Pension + intellectually challenging work (I.T.).
Window Cleaning and being your own boss is O.K. but it's hard physical work, battling against the weather, it has it's ups but it has it's downs.
If it's all you can do because of your skill set and education it's better than minimum wage but it's still cleaning after all, a job anyone can do.
"Forced" because at 58 trying to get another job in I.T. is a waste of time you're a dinosaur in I.T. at 28 let alone 58!
Good thing about window cleaning is you can throw the ladders on the car, squeegee, applicator couple of scrims, get knocking and even on the first day you'll come back with something to put bread on the table and pay the rent.

£26k a year is not a very good salary IMO even with holiday/sick pay and expenses,etc.i earn a lot more window cleaning 30-35 hours a week 10 months a year.

Dazmond get a grip on yourself mate, £26k a year would put you in the top 20% of UK earners not to mention what it would
cost you to build up a £26k a year pension.
Some people need to think before they brag or better still leave it to the guys who are good at it. lol.

Just to be clear I'm not saying you don't earn more than £26k.

Nonsense. The average UK salary is higher than that. I pay my guys £26k.

[CleanClear]

[Shrek]

The figure for the uk average salary is useless - as the wages in London push the average up, just like the average U.K. house prices

[CleanClear]

The figure for the uk average salary is useless - as the wages in London push the average up, just like the average U.K. house prices

I remember having this discussion before. I thought like you, apparently though they take that into context. I thought...."typical wage" might be better, but again that will come down to where you live and your peer group. Vin from Perfect windows had something to say on the subject, probably proving me wrong !!! :-)  Best we have to go on though is them figures.

[8weekly]

The figure for the uk average salary is useless - as the wages in London push the average up, just like the average U.K. house prices

I remember having this discussion before. I thought like you, apparently though they take that into context. I thought...."typical wage" might be better, but again that will come down to where you live and your peer group. Vin from Perfect windows had something to say on the subject, probably proving me wrong !!! :-)  Best we have to go on though is them figures.

It's not an average (mean), it's the middle (median) so it takes a complete spread of salaries and takes the figure in the middle. So it would take into account regional variation assuming the sample was geographically spread.