OPinions WelcomE with growing minimum wages now at £7.20 how do you cope.

[michaelw6]

its getting harder and harder to find labour with wages on the increase, i don't know about you guys but with all the competition out there and electricians popping up on every corner i am going to be paying an employee more money than i am on.
that don't seem fair to me as the average electrical wage now is 35k.
If this keeps up i'm going to be jacking it all in and working for someone else...

 

[jackhammerJIM]

12 Jack? That's a bit low, even for us lot up here in gods country!

Not been employed for 3 years so I can only speak for other sparks in my area who i know .

 

[Loki]

got a job up for local electrician needed for 27k and had no reply's at all. looking around at electricians jobs locally and they are asking 30k i don't even earn that!!

This doesn't make sense to me? Your advertising for an electrician @ 27k but you say you earn less than 30k.
How can you you expect to live on less than 3k?


Loki

 

[michaelw6]

seriously im not begruging any one anything. im just stating that if i take the same privilages id out price myself being in the domestic game it dont pay anymore.
if you want to be actually profiting working for yourself like you should do its either industrial or become a plumber...
i feel like this industry with the lack of control and all is going down the pan.
the other day i felt i had to report an electrician for the shoddy job he had signed off as safe when it was severly dangerous so i rang the body concerned and they were not interested.... i mean whats the point in £700 a year to be tested.
why can some one become qualified in less than a year with no experiance then go installing fuse boxes...
there is no wonder we are all under cut and there are so many cowboys out there.
thats my rant sorry totaly off subject!
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[dansk]

You have been busy it's taken you a while to reply

 

[robo83]

The issue is not the industry, many people make a good living. I would suggest sitting down and looking at ways to maximise your own time, seek better jobs or a niche area.






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[7029 dave]

Glad I don't work for you OP.:biggrin5: