[Ian Lancaster]

If your asking about earnings you have little experience in this game,you`ve tripped yourself up with the question in the first place.Big brother might be watching.

You've missed the obvious: He IS big brother

[kris martin]

i feel like im in the diary room

[ftp]

Don't post anything about earnings on an open forum. It's my business and none of your business what i earn.

[Wayne Thomas]

Minimum wage £46 for 8hours

[kris martin]

i do it as a hobby...... I LOVE IT... especially when its wet and cold...

[bumper]

wages 500 pound a week dole money 4 kids and wife 400 pound plus rent paid and councill tax free and water rates free i have to pay for tv licence

[mark dew]

wages 500 pound a week dole money 4 kids and wife 400 pound plus rent paid and councill tax free and water rates free i have to pay for tv licence

 

[bwoofie]

I see that good ol' Gordy brown is getting his tax inspectors to do a little detective work.
You wouldnt just stop a stranger in the street and ask them how much they earned.
Know a friend of a friend who works for her Maj's and if you are ever unfortunate to have to sit in front of Mr Purge and Mr sifter, he will know roughly how much you earn.
Paranoid? no, Careful?

[Tim82]

we do indeed have a lot of people looking over their shoulders on here! I think he was asking an innocent question.

[L.J.Thorpe]

innocent or not
my earnings are my business and no one elses
why do some people feel they need to know about how much someone else earns
  : set your own standards and targets

[simon123]

innocent or not
my earnings are my business and no one elses
why do some people feel they need to know about how much someone else earns
  : set your own standards and targets

Mr Thorpe £50 a day is enough for anyone mate 

[Tim82]

 I find it interesting to know what people aim for in a day or week. It's encouraging to know what people can accomplish in your own job as it means you could be earning the same if you try. If you have a target of £50 a day youll only earn £50. If you aim for £250 you may not earn it right away but if you keep trying, you could eventually get there! I have my own target for each day and it makes it easier aiming for it whether i do less or even more. 

I do agree it's not a good idea broadcasting what you earn exactly on here though, especially if people know who you are and where your work is.... still a topic that I've often thought about and interests me though!

[birdymiller]

This is probably nearer most window cleaners true earnings, i speak to loads near me and nobody earns any where near the above poll figures. --------------------------------------------------------------

Window-cleaning costs are also rising as firms give up their ladders in favour of new technology such as extendable poles, which wash the glass by shooting purified water at it from a tank on the ground. The system can cost up to £12,000, on top of which the contractor needs a van to carry the machinery to jobs. In all, that can boost a window cleaner’s hourly rate from £7-£10 an hour to more than £15, according to the Federation of Window Cleaners.

I saw this in the mail on sunday, it made me think how can i acheive this sort of hourly rate

[Oakley Windows]

You don’t know how £15 per hour mentioned by the FWC was calculated.

Could be net profit or even based on 40 hour week including other work such as admin and you income is averaged; it even could be an average within the industry which would usually mean nothing to the individual.

Could have even got there figures from the tax man!

Some people on here don’t know how much it cost them to run there business for a year, so whatever they think they have earned it’s got to be wrong.

  :

Very true, well mostly, although I hate to say it 



 

[Oakley Windows]

Im going Im going, shut up.

Anyway, Ive done 40 hours work in 20 hours so Ive got time to stop for a sandwich, which Im contemplating putting against my tax liability 

[L.J.Thorpe]

This is probably nearer most window cleaners true earnings, i speak to loads near me and nobody earns any where near the above poll figures. --------------------------------------------------------------

Window-cleaning costs are also rising as firms give up their ladders in favour of new technology such as extendable poles, which wash the glass by shooting purified water at it from a tank on the ground. The system can cost up to £12,000, on top of which the contractor needs a van to carry the machinery to jobs. In all, that can boost a window cleaner’s hourly rate from £7-£10 an hour to more than £15, according to the Federation of Window Cleaners.

I saw this in the mail on sunday, it made me think how can i acheive this sort of hourly rate

me too

[seandyer2003]

£15 an hr surely thats not possible ALL day?

[L.J.Thorpe]

£15 an hr surely thats not possible ALL day?

i dont think so
like ewan says there is all the admin,collecting(if you still do it),maintenance etc
that takes hourly rate down even further
people just dont realise it

[Oakley Windows]

I do £15 an hour occassionally on really good accounts, but its a rarity and certainly not something I could do all day, day in day out.

 

Matt

[seandyer2003]

i know, the taxman knows what we earn though thankfully.... about £70 a day we average i reckon..