postmans strike .....income generally..

...The thought just occured to me..the postmans strike is currently causing me some irritation, nothing more, with a letter I am waiting for......

I just wondered how people view there incomes?

Do you think you are adequetaly paid for what you do?

In honesty, I think I proably am....

Needless to say, no one needs reply to this thread that doesn't want to (for any reason!!).....

I'm just interested in overall opnions on this, what people think.






David

 

i'm pretty lucky in that i have an incredibly flexible schedule for work, as long as it gets done on time it doesn't matter when i choose to do it. I work for a US company so i don't keep 'office hours' per se.

i get remunerated fairly for the impact it has on my lifestyle, if i had to work fixed office hours 'and' complete the same amount of work i'd be expecting a lot more.

you can't put a price on flexibility.

 

I worked as an Ecological Consultant for a large firm of Architects and Landscape Designers in the early 90's.....salary was around 8K-10K per annum. Needless to say I left! A combination of shit salary, having to lie for a living and having to deal with a megalomaniac boss made me move on.

I then did some work as Education Officer for an animal welfare charity salary circa 11K.

I am now and have been a science teacher for the past 10 years or so. I do enjoy the teaching side of it but loathe the red tape, hoop jumping and constant changes implemented by the wonderful powers that be. The salary......quite good....a hell of a lot more than the other jobs I've done. I'm sure if you tallied up the hours I put in (bear in mind I refuse to take work home unless it's a last resort) the pay would seem a little lean but it keeps me comfortable.

Still have to save and sell stuff for the next upgrade though

 

same as the rest of us then...

 

Spent the 80's as contract draughtsman - did v well -In 90's went perm - did OK but only by working 60 hours a week. In 2000 moved companies - =Then didnt get paid OT - V Poor money but at least did see kids grow up. Then in 2002 Swopped careers Now in Health and Safety - Now have enough money to manage.

Andy

 

FWIW...

I trained in comerrcial horticulture during the 80s, then spent 18 months on nursery on the souith coast, still at skilled craftsman level or Agricultural Wages Board (AWB1).

Traffic queues (hioliday traffic) on the A27 coast road got too much and I took a job up in Shropshire at a local county college as glasshouse technicain. This meant a noticable increase in income....but not mega bucks.

To cut a long story short, redundancy forced me to have a rethink and worked breifly for a local nursery (back to AWB1 ....probably less than), then on a private estate (same again) then went self employed gardening.

The gardening was ok...whilst the weather was right...you could pull in fair money - but was basically fundamentally flawed in that he weather often was NOT right, and you lost far too much time.(+ therefore money)

I took winter work at a local dairey production factory (semi skilled £) where I am now full time.

The last couple of years I combined the two with grass cutting on days off and regular work when on shift. A 60 hour week mage good money but nothing else got done, I was permanently s*****d out, and I've packed most of the grass cutting in now.

I am also trying to release time to help my Mum and Dad out on there small holding...=2 acres approx. Dads 76 now and he does his best...but even the little hand held strimmer gives him aches and pains....the big 42cc machine(brushcutter) is definately a no-no for him.

 

The postal strikes aren't just about pay.

The pay increase is being offered with the acceptance of many strings. There's also the job cuts, closures, etc...

There are already strong feelings about the company being run on good will as it stands. So, the pay offer, the many strings, the pension problems, the closures and job cuts, and the general business plan contributed towards voting for strike action.

 

seems to me that the bosses have accepted that they need to change - and are working towards that, however, it seems that the staff aren't...

 

That seems to be the message the bosses are putting out yes.

"Modernisation" is being welcomed by all sides. It's just how you choose to go about it.