The worse money you have worked for?

[DurhamSparky]

im in similar situation lloyd!! i paid for every elec qual i have from my own pocket (apart from 2377) as the royal navy were just as bad skinflints and your old employer!!! (soon adds up)

 

[lloyd1980]

Thats inspiring lloyd,ive always worked for firms,crap money,hours etc,going on my own,will be a challange but worth it from what ive read on the forum.

go for it. I could write a book mate beleive me, as long as you stay focused and have a goal and work towards it, then you will be fine

in 2005 I was travelling as a telecomms rigger, got back mrs became preggers, went back to college late 20's no money,
scraped by,
got electrical job ,
pants money,
mrs on maternity , really hard!!
got better job, still pants money,
mrs had baby preggers again, went on maternity,
over these years had qualified with 2330, then out of own leave and money paid for and did building regs course, 17th course, 2391 course, still scraping by and then the pe nis I used to work for put us on 2.5 days a week for 3 months!!!!!!!
It has ben the hardest time of my life but am now self employed and have lots of work in,
have had 3 lads on as casual labour recently and things are looking good
NICEIC registered and web is
Cu Connected Electrical contractors, domesitc and commercial electrician services based in Chester covering Cheshire, North Wales, Wirral
so to all out there who think its over
just bloody hang on in there , it WILL get better and just give your all and do your best

good luck to all of you

Lloyd

 

[eddielarge]

When I first came out of my time in 1991 there was no work and I worked as a sparks for £150 a week. I looked at it this way it was beer money.

 

[lloyd1980]

thats fine if you live with parents - then everything is beer money!!!
when you have a mrs and kids then nothing is beer money
it then comes down to feeding the kids and clothing them, heating the house and fuel
eddie large - you were lucky at that time
feel for people now strugling to find work and no hope of getting a job after spending years in college
construction was up over 5% nationaly tho so there is hope
I hope all you industrial sparks find work soon and stop doing it out of your cars for cash, as your who - most domestc sparks are competing againsed at the moment
it makes it hard!!!!!!!!!

 

[juliapho]

For me it was about 7 per hour.

 

[robsparky1975]

Well its so funnny,what u put in about wife,kids,etc,my missus preggers again with 2nd kid,getting made redundant so thats exactly what im gonna do,give it all i have off my own back,who knows what i can get/achieve,hope things turn around for every spark out there(only the proper qualified ones) not those chancers on myhammer.

 

[lloyd1980]

good luck robsparky

all you can do is your best mate, I will advise you tho even tho you are registered as self employed , if your earnings on paper equate to nothing - which they will do turnover v set up costs and outlay then for the first bit you can claim housing benefit and council tax benefit - they dont want to give it to you, took me 5 visits to the council offices with the jumped up women looking down their noses waiting with all the chavs and prams to be told your self employed tho
I know but Im not earning anything - in fact mrs upetty im out of pocket at the moment by 1000,s got kids etc
had to take in bank statements receipts for everything had 2 interviews
they eventually could see I wasnt trying to work the system and got paid out (backdated too) within 6 weeks. and it was a god send . after 4 weeks we stopped it after work picked up but to all of you
help is there if your persistant and can swallow your pride and sit with the great unwashed in the council offices
it really helped us out
hope this helps someone who is stressing over money
lloyd

 

[Steve1412]

Just saw a job on Jobsite for qualified Elecs to carry out PAT testing...they will pay £6 per hour for 275 to 300 items A DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...mmmmmmmm I sometimes thank someones God for the job I have

 

[robsparky1975]

Thanks lloyd,im not self employed yet,will probably be in a couple of weeks,have 2 jobs set up to do then get elecsa to check em and get on scheme,buy tester,insurances etc,dilemma dont have any cash so was thinking of getting bank loan,but as you said they want to see bank statements,dont know if id be better off skint,catch 22.

 

[lloyd1980]

your better off skint on paper, unless the mrs has a bank account and can apply for loan in her name to her account etc, see if there is a spark who will loan u their tester for the testing until you can afford a tester, altho about 400 will get you one off ebay. its a juggling act with money mate, keep your head down ignore the stress and carry on an it will pick up mate
it is worth it eventually

 

[leokiss]

On job im on at min two lads just started through agency both full jib electricians but couldn't find work so they are working as mates for £10.50 an hour 45hrs a week and got a 105 mile round trip every day to do

 

[Liberator]

Wasn't electrical but.....

Security guard job in a lime-stone quarry for pilkingtons thru agency..

£3.24 an hour, 108 hours a week....

the shifts were 12 hours long and went like this:

3 shift back to back,
12 hours off
3 shifts back to back,
12 hours off,
3 shifts back to back again...

on occasion the middle shift would become 4 shifts back to back making a 120 hour week.

I was a student weghing in a 14.5stones and did the job for 6 weeks.... at the end of it for a medical i went to I weighed 8.5 stones standing at 6'2"..

**Happy Days**

 

[webferret]

i started on 2 quid a week wouldnt get outa bed for less than 20 now thats just to get up not for the week