A Tradesmans rant

shandypants5

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

We're not discussing professions, we're talking about trades.

Is one more worthy than the other ?

Would you care to point out the difference ?

advent1122

andyhop wrote: »

Bet your mothers proud of you

It works 2 ways, We could go in cheap, drag our heals, turn up when we feel,Have little or no respect for your property,Cancel our insurance to save a few £££,Give No warranty or aftersales,Give no trade discounts.....and for you im praying something does go wrong next time you hire a tradesman

My mother is very proud of me.
I don't grunt, read The Sun to say "Wooo... Look at the bristols on 'er", have hairy knuckles or own a white van.... I have also never been known to say "luv" to people I have only just met.
As for your 2nd statement.... A perfect insight from a man in the know.

hundredk

Badger_Lady wrote: »

I earn £136 gross per working day for my job, which is a fairly senior management job in the private sector. I'm on double what my ex-colleagues (trained nurses) are on. I'm actually just on the cusp of paying higher-rate income tax, well above average. Of course, I will get that every working day throughout the year (no worries about where my next client will come from).

Thats what you get. The cost to employ you is considerably more with all the company costs on top its around another 40%. Then of course you get paid leave. And no gaps without pay due to no work. Give me the regular wage anyday.

advent1122

zax47 wrote: »

With an attitude like that, you can f-off! .

Typical ill educated oath. You don't like to hear the truth.
Your business is about to go down the pan, you MUST cut prices to stay competitive because people who's surname begins with a Z are pinching all your work.
It is not my fault that.
A) Your profession is going to the dogs.
I can negotiate because (as I said before), for the next few years, you need me more than I need you.

shandypants5

advent1122 wrote: »

Typical ill educated oath.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

advent1122

thechippy wrote: »

Sorry, but the funniest thing I've read all day.......:rotfl:

Wasn't there anything in The Sun that amused you today?

Li0nhead

sodamnfunky wrote: »

There is a recession, and the sooner people in the building trade realise this, and stop being so greedy the better.

Are you on drugs?

Let me tell you how the construction industry works:

1: theres the newbuild groups who employ self employed tradesmen. These nationally known groups have shut up shop (look how many of these nationally known groups are buliding near to you compaired to 3 years ago?). Thats 100s of thousands of self empolyed tradespeople either out of work or moving into other sectors of the trades.

2: The local builders/small builders/residential work.

Over the past years people were getting credit from banks backed by their property to pay for work on their property. This kept lots of one man bands/small employers in business.

today: The credit provided by the property had dried up, plus the self employed people laid off by the nationwide chains are moving into this sector. Less work and more people going for this little work means even more tradesmen on the dole....

3: The taxpayer funded tradesman. Council employed etc. In good times poor money and equally poor tradesman or people wanting a garenteed wadge. Today every vacancy massively oversubscribed as it beats the dole and everyone in the above catergorys applying for these jobs.

Ok in the trades its either feast or fammime.
We cannot moan now because the last few years have been very good for us.

But dont try to tell us that we dont know a recession is going on cause thats !!!!!!!!.
Like i say look at the national housebuilders. They employed 100s on each site, they have simply shut up shop an where do these workers go? You dont hear of the job losses because they were self employed.

We have had it good in recent years but we have been hit harder than most sectors.

thechippy

advent1122 wrote: »

Wasn't there anything in The Sun that amused you today?

No, I don't read the Sun............:p:p

diable

thechippy wrote: »

When I first started I paid my tax!! - I claimed what I earnt.

BTW my wife is Slovak

Shame history was suppressed under communism as she would have learnt how evil Stalin was and how the west let Eastern Europe down, to me its simple what goes around comes around England is now paying for the sins of its past and I have o problem with it at all.

Lets get back on topic as we will digress from your £180 per day.

diable

advent1122 wrote: »

Wasn't there anything in The Sun that amused you today?

Its Sun day was it out today ;o))