Firm vs Private

[jaydebruyne]

Maybe I'm just tired and being a whiny little girl :/ it could be worse!!

 

[Masood]

Maybe I'm just tired and being a whiny little girl :/ it could be worse!!

Could be worse but could be a LOT better Jay. If only you lived in East London!

 

[jaydebruyne]

Could be worse but could be a LOT better Jay. If only you lived in East London!

Tell me about it!

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

where do you do most of your work and what kind of work is it?

Are you SE or on the cards?

 

[jaydebruyne]

where do you do most of your work and what kind of work is it?

Are you SE or on the cards?

I'm SE - our work is all over London but I'm mainly west (inc SW, NW) and I do plumbing and gas work - it varies from day to day. I've just started doing boiler installs by myself.

 

[markfxy]

Have a word with Pimlico they're hiring at the moment some of their plumbers earn in an hour what you get for a day!

 

[Millsy 82]

Being SE you can earn more in a couple of days but you have to keep the work coming in.

If you are on 80 a day take home subbing then time to look elsewhere as that's a joke.

 

[mfgs]

I'm SE - our work is all over London but I'm mainly west (inc SW, NW) and I do plumbing and gas work - it varies from day to day. I've just started doing boiler installs by myself.

Are you also supplying your own van and tools?

 

[GrahamM]

Don't know of any firms paying £160 take home a day.

I wish! :lol:

A lot of employers go by JIB or SNIPEF rates of pay so in region of £12 p/h service engineer and £15 p/h technician level but you should also get O/T rates as well.
http://www.unitetheunion.org/uploaded/documents/JIB-PMES_Prom_169_2015_Pay_Rates_Allowances11-23255.pdf

 

[jaydebruyne]

I just think the pressure and work load with the firm is a bit too much sometimes..

 

[Stanios]

I wouldnt put up with it mate you only have that much health and every day you're underselling yourself. The more plumbers put up with **** pay the less reason employers have to pay decent wages.

 

[jaydebruyne]

I've started to build up my own clients. Hopefully in a few years I'll have enough work to jack the firm in

 

[tomplumb83]

Tell them to ram it and sign up for the trolleys at Tesco

 

[Deleted member 32524]

OP You forget that the company needs to pay for your pension, van, sick days, insurances, fuel, tools, office staff....etc and the boss needs to make something from your work. I do think that £80 a day is not great, but if you are thinking that you are better off on your own I would suggest that there will be times, sometimes many times, that you would look back and wish you were on 80 a day. I know guys who sub-contract and are on 160 per day and need to pay for all overheads off that including insurance, van, tools n the rest, so probably not too far away from your 80 a day with no hassle.

I would however ask for a raise to take home at least a ton a day.

 

[PlumbersMate]

I just think the pressure and work load with the firm is a bit too much sometimes..

Where you based? Selling yourself far too short mate

 

[PlumbersMate]

OP You forget that the company needs to pay for your pension, van, sick days, insurances, fuel, tools, office staff....etc and the boss needs to make something from your work. I do think that £80 a day is not great, but if you are thinking that you are better off on your own I would suggest that there will be times, sometimes many times, that you would look back and wish you were on 80 a day. I know guys who sub-contract and are on 160 per day and need to pay for all overheads off that including insurance, van, tools n the rest, so probably not too far away from your 80 a day with no hassle.

I would however ask for a raise to take home at least a ton a day.

From what I can see he is paying his own van from that £80

 

[Destroyer2813]

From what I can see he is paying his own van from that £80

Yep jays s/e pays his own everything

 

[PlumbersMate]

Yep jays s/e pays his own everything

how you can live off £80 a day after diesel etc is beyond me, if I could live that frugally I'd have some serious savings lol

 

[rpm]

Yep jays s/e pays his own everything

I don`t think he is.