Employers expecting people to work for £6.50 an hour!!

clb776

kr15snw wrote: »

Tell us where you live (what town) and I bet we'll find somewhere cheaper

i'm not really comfortable to write that on here!! sorry! but I do regularly look for 'cheaper properties, and that is the average more or less for a house. A flat would obviously be marginally cheaper! But its not a competition, I would love to find somewhere cheaper!! is ridiculous!!

Indie_Kid

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

It's not if you work shifts and have to get to/from work outside the hours of public transport.

You've heard of a bicycle, haven't you?

Person_one

sh1305 wrote: »

You've heard of a bicycle, haven't you?

Not on the motorway

SarEl

Roberto54 wrote: »

(Yes there will always be some t0sspots who post saying they could manage fine on it, but thats only because they live in crappy rundown areas in central and north england, which can't be classed as average standard of living)....The government either has to make the minimum wage regional-based like housing benefit, which will signficantly increase it to £10-11p/h for London/Surrey/Berkshire and the other main areas of the country.....

Wow - aren't we a "typical" Southern snob? People in the "main areas of the country" have a right to more wages than those who live in other areas because those areas are "crappy run down areas in central and north England"?

Quite apart from having shown very little evidence of having the slightest awareness of your own country - I could list quite a few "crappy run down areas" of the South East and South West, and a great many exclusive and fabulous northern places to live - what makes you think that some workers don't have a right to "an average lifestyle" whatever that is, just because they happen to live further north than you do?

carkeyz

I have started my own cleaning company in Buckinghamshire - so apparently a well off area..... after being paid like 5.80 an hour for the same work load with a company.

I am about to employ my first cleaner and have decided to pay £6.75 per hour. It may not be a lot but it is more than other cleaning companies are paying their staff and it still enables me to make a profit.

Minimum wage is a brilliant thing as it allows people to know their rights and not be taken advantage of!

emilyteach1

I work as a teaching assistant for just under £9 per hour.

I'm told that is actually quite reasonable for a TA, but I wouldn't really know, I haven't done that much research for comparison.

I'm delighted to earn £9 per hour. It is not fantastic money but it keeps me ticking over just nicely. My personal costs are so low that I can afford to work just 21 hours per week.

I have a degree and a teaching qualification - PGCE - but was unable to find a permanent teaching position. Full teachers earn more than me, but not dramatically more, especially those who are new to the profession.

I'm so happy that I am willing to tick over as a TA for a couple of years and gain some strong experience before launching into a full blown teaching career, if I decide that it's what I want to do for the rest of my career.

I like my job, and I would even do it for less money. I earned minimum wage throughout college and university, which wasn't much over £4 per hour when I started, and wasn't very close to £6 per hour when I finished.

I was happy then, too.

I guess it's all about perspective.

As long as I have money left over after paying the bills and putting a few quid aside for a rainy day; even if it's a very small amount; I'm happy.

I wouldn't scoff at £6 per hour if I was jobless. I would jump at the chance, and I'm sure many others would.

And I wouldn't take the wage at face value, either. Depending on your personal and family circumstances, and parenthood status, a £6 per hour wage can be boosted quite substantially with state assistance.

nikki_angel

I was on £6.80 an hour and I managed just fine. It's all about living within your means. No tax credits, I was too young at the time. My husband at the time was on a bit of a higher wage but the mortgage was no problem (£913 a month) and we paid all our bills too. It's a part of life and it may not seem like a lot but it IS doable.

markbass

kr15snw wrote: »

O.k, lets look at this.

£6.50 an hour for 40 hours a week gives you £940 a month after tax.

So my bills:

Mortgage: £170
Food: £200
Water / Gas / Electric / Other Bills: £300
Sky: £40
Mobile: £20
Internet: £10
Petrol: £40 (It's cheaper for me to drive the 5 miles to work than it is to get a bus - 3 chages!!)
Bridge Toll: £15

Thats £805 a month, which leaves me £135 a month to 'live off'.

Oh and this budget is for 2 adults and we still get the luxury of a mobile, sky and internet

Seems an ok wage for me

You pay £170 a month for a mortgage do you?? ...what and the rest of us are supposed to relate to this in some way then, i pay 4 x that in rent, and i doubt others in here get away so lightly on either paying rent/mortgage per month like you do!!

Again a totally flawed counter argument, laughable, totally laughable!!

And £680 per month isn't over the top either for rent.

Oh and did you include C/tax?

Googlewhacker

markbass wrote: »

You pay £170 a month for a mortgage do you?? ...what and the rest of us are supposed to relate to this in some way then, i pay 4 x that in rent, and i doubt others in here get away so lightly on either paying rent/mortgage per month like you do!!

Again a totally flawed counter argument, laughable, totally laughable!!

And £680 per month isn't over the top either for rent.

Oh and did you include C/tax?

Mark, without being an @rse please answer the question that I have asked a few times. Have you done anything to further yourself to get a better paid job or are you just moaning for the hell of it?

Also let's know abit more about you, do you have a family to support or do you live on your own?

kr15snw

Yes we do pay £170 a month for a mortgage, and most of my friends do as well. How is that 'getting away with it lightly'? We have worked just as hard as everyone else, but we planned and got a good deal.

Yes we are lucky to have a small mortgage, but that's because the house was bought at the correct time (12 years ago) and a large deposit was also saved for!!