Apprentice Wage Help!?!?

[Samj167]

I've recently been offered an electrical apprenticeship. However I received my contract in the post today and I saw that my wage is going to be £2.65. I'm 19 years of age and have rent, car insurance etc to pay for so I was wondering am I expecting too much? Or as I'm thinking is this not enough?

PS... I know it is within the minimum wage for a first year apprentice I was just hoping for a little more considering my age.

THANKS!

 

[Des 56]

£2-65 an hour,my god,its no wonder the creation of skilled tradesmen in this country is almost non existent

I don't care whether its learning a trade or sweeping a bog,anyone paying those wages in this day and age deserve to have their testicles fester and have the rot spread to their moral compass

If any of you pay those rates,, or think that you could get away with those rates if you were to employ an apprentice,you should be ashamed of yourself

My own wage was 3 pounds and 1 shilling a week,but it was a young mans living wage,the rates being quoted are slave labour, 3rd world or Thatcher economics,rather than a dignified pay for an aspiring young person

Treat others with the dignity that you would hope that you deserve yourself,try not get suckered into these criminal attitudes
What a perverse attitude to life this country now embraces

 

[TaffyDuck]

Bring back YTS

 

[Knobhead]

To say I’m shocked by what I’ve read would be an understatement. But you have to look at the long term goals.

As an indentured apprentice my first wage was the princely sum of £9-50 a week.
Had mum and dad not helped me (kept me) I don’t think I’d have stuck at it.

OK you probably don’t have mum and dad to help out. But as has been said there is help if you look for it. You’ll probably have to fight for it, but stay in the fight.

All the best to you.

 

[trev]

but were talking a long time ago jay...think inflation..over the last 50 years or so....

Yes Glenn, I came out of the womb clutching a copy of the regs , a set of drivers and armed with all the knowledge I need

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Yes Glenn, I came out of the womb clutching a copy of the regs , a set of drivers and armed with all the knowledge I need

is that what we call `rearin to go` trev?...

 

[stuartcourt]

when I started in 1989 my boss was still using brace and bit was well embarrassed

 

[KAS1]

My first wages was £6.00 a week (15p per hour) I now pay our cleaner £7.25 per hour

 

[olliep]

Im a first year and i get £1.65 an hour and £5 an hour overtime

 

[stuartcourt]

how much over time do you do

 

[olliep]

Depends on what im doing, some weeks can get about 10 hours others i can get 1 hour

 

[stuartcourt]

can be some quite good weeks how old are you

 

[olliep]

I am 17

 

[stuartcourt]

fair play to you mate you are learning what we all feel is the best trade by far, what makes me mad is how someone could pay someone else a pittance like you earn and think its ok I got 1.50 an hour (no overtime I admit) in 1989 and things were a lot cheaper then,

 

[KAS1]

I remember being on a job in the 80's and we had two yops with us on about £10 or whatever a week, there were 60 sparks and we used to chip in £1 each a week to the to lads, they were over the moon taking their money up to about £70 a week each

Bring back YTS

 

[Des 56]

fair play to you mate you are learning what we all feel is the best trade by far, what makes me mad is how someone could pay someone else a pittance like you earn and think its ok I got 1.50 an hour (no overtime I admit) in 1989 and things were a lot cheaper then,

I suppose the answer to that is, there has been thieves and slave masters throughout all of history, and to history it should have been confined

However some people still practice the art,maybe they will get the message in this thread and some young lads trying to get on in a commendable way could find a living wage in their pay packet, after the shame sinks in that is