Firm vs Private

[jaydebruyne]

I did a private boiler and hob job at the weekend and got paid in 2 days what I would get in 2 weeks from my firm.

As much as I owe my boss for giving me a chance I've come to realise that I'm working my bum off for £80 a day (take home) and it's getting a little annoying when I've done my 7 jobs on my diary and they're calling me at 4:30 to 'refresh your diary cos we've added another job that HAS TO BE DONE'.

Sometimes I feel like I'm being taken for a mug!

Rant over. Just needed to get that off my chest.

 

[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.