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bit nosey but just wondering what sorta jobs everyone has ? i got laid off from being a joiner but was only £6 an hour (highest ive been paid) and now sweating my bollocks doing 70 hours a week as a pizza boy -.- and i still cant afford half the things everyone else can in a month ... theres something im not getting lol , anyone help me ? tips hints etc much appreciated just dont want to be wasting my time doing all these hours when i could get into something else


Posted

I have no idea how you can be working 70 hours a week and not have a GTR sitting on your doorstep lol.

Thats a crazy amount of hours!

Posted

I have no idea how you can be working 70 hours a week and not have a GTR sitting on your doorstep lol.

Thats a crazy amount of hours!

70 hours at minimum wage depending on age is a max 433.30 before tax, so if he did that solid for 52 weeks a year you are only talking £22,531pa

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70 hours at minimum wage depending on age is a max 433.30 before tax, so if he did that solid for 52 weeks a year you are only talking £22,531pa

£6.19 an hour then tax to come off like you said lol and i arent trying to get more money for less work i dont mind a bit of hard work but im just thinking why am i working so hard when everyone else seems to raking in more money than me lol

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£6.19 an hour then tax to come off like you said lol and i arent trying to get more money for less work i dont mind a bit of hard work but im just thinking why am i working so hard when everyone else seems to raking in more money than me lol

Im the same mate I do night security work and get £6.20 :-( door work makes it up a little but not alot at all

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Been at my company 6 years and am only £7.80. On a 40ish hour week. Really need to find a new job as im sure a cnc machinist, forktruck driver, injection mould setter, tool maker etc all earn the same or more than that. Only difference is im not specialised in any one of these, just know bits of all of them :lol:

The main thing that stops me is the fact that the bosses here are soo laid back i can turn up 15 mins late everyday and not loose my job and i get loads of perks like free use of cnc machines and stuff!

Posted

Tbh obviously being on minimum wage sucks, but 70hr weeks even at £6.19/hr mean you're earning a good bit more than me lol! If I could work mega hours but get paid for it then I'd be all over it! :)


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Its disgusting how so many skilled tradesmen/women earn so little compared to someone who is on benefits.

If you work you get taxed on your wages and have to pay your own way for everything.

If your on benefits you get free housing, council tax exemption, Job seekers allowanace, employment and support allowance, free prescriptions, free dental and eye care, free school meals if you have children etc.

The downfall of this country is the benefit system and the leaches that us hard working people pay for with our taxes.

I know some people genuinly need benefits but there are alot of people claiming them that are capable of working which makes me sick.

You can get shot for crossing the border illegally in some countries or imprisoned for 10 years and forced to do hard labour.

If you cross the UK border illegally you get a house, money, free health care and loads of other luxuries.

The whole system sucks!

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Its disgusting how so many skilled tradesmen/women earn so little compared to someone who is on benefits. If you work you get taxed on your wages and have to pay your own way for everything. If your on benefits you get free housing, council tax exemption, Job seekers allowanace, employment and support allowance, free prescriptions, free dental and eye care, free school meals if you have children etc. The downfall of this country is the benefit system and the leaches that us hard working people pay for with our taxes. I know some people genuinly need benefits but there are alot of people claiming them that are capable of working which makes me sick. You can get shot for crossing the border illegally in some countries or imprisoned for 10 years and forced to do hard labour. If you cross the UK border illegally you get a house, money, free health care and loads of other luxuries. The whole system sucks!

this!!!

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depends what you spend your money on too or what bills you have. if you went out to the pub every night that would take a large chunk of your money



i dont really drink or actually spend alot. i only have small bills so alot of my money goes on my car :)


Posted

It's a pain the cost of living keeps going up and wages staying the same. I'm doing 55 hour weeks on £9 hour and 5 of those hours are at overtime rate. Taken me 5 years to get to this point. I couldn't live on anything less now without being ultra depressed about it.

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I've just worked out what i spend a week. On fixed bills for cars (tax fuel mot insurance) phone.

They are the only fixed out goings i have, due to a dont pay rent but save towards a house basis. (Thankyou rents)

It comes to about £85, with nothing going wrong, a week, this leaves me £200-220 a week (savings come out of this as well) i can garrentee i couldn't afford to live on my own with this much and still have both my cars and mod them or have the social life or holidays i enjoy.

Independence costs unfortunately :/

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I've just worked out what i spend a week. On fixed bills for cars (tax fuel mot insurance) phone.

They are the only fixed out goings i have, due to a dont pay rent but save towards a house basis. (Thankyou rents)

It comes to about £85, with nothing going wrong, a week, this leaves me £200-220 a week (savings come out of this as well) i can garrentee i couldn't afford to live on my own with this much and still have both my cars and mod them or have the social life or holidays i enjoy.

Independence costs unfortunately :/

This is why my v isn't going to be fixed for ages bills have taken over only way I would be able to do it is by moving back home something I don't want to do.

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