Would you ask your son to leave home?

Idiophreak

victory wrote: »

He got the joooooooooooooooooooooob:j:j:j mon,tues,thursday and sunday evenings £3.65 an hour goes up when he is 18 but then he will have to pay tax and NI so not a lot but :j:j well pleased for him:j

Whoa, congrats on him getting the job and all - but that's some pretty low pay right there...I had to check the directgov website to believe it's legal. I just hope the poor reward doesn't discourage him from working altogether!

victory

Idiophreak wrote: »

Whoa, congrats on him getting the job and all - but that's some pretty low pay right there...I had to check the directgov website to believe it's legal. I just hope the poor reward doesn't discourage him from working altogether!

And is it legal? That is why I said to him if another comes up ie at his gf work go for it and don't dismiss anything just because you have a job.

He gets at the end of the night if there is any food left the chance to fill to the brim one of those plastic take out boxes, loving it he is, he brought home balls and spring rolls, rice and duck and had that for his late night feast:rotfl::D

Idiophreak

victory wrote: »

And is it legal?

Yeah, apparently one whole penny above minimum wage. Amazed it's not higher by now, pretty shocking in fact...I worked at Sainsburys when I was 16 and got (I'm sure) £4.50/hour, plus double time on Sundays...and that was 12 years ago, something like that.

I've got a pretty good work ethic, I like to think, but even I'd struggle to motivate myself in his position...Work a full day and you'll just about have enough for a one hour driving lesson...Saving for your car insurance will likely take something like 3 months of working full time (and not spending a penny)

Having said that, I'd probably work a day for a tub of Chinese on its own, let alone with money too - so that's a big factor

victory

Thank you for your reply, much appreciated:D went on directgov and saw, minimum wage very minimum:rotfl::D he has to work 8 hours on a sunday and was wondering if he would get double time and it says on direct he has to have a 30 min rest in between and also he has to have a written contract, I suppose all that comes with time but he has his hours scribbled on a piece of paper and they have told him they will change the hours at any time, that he hasto be flexible.

I do hope he gets a rest between the 8 hour shift and a contract and not messed about too often with shift changing patterns.

Strangely enough he has booked his table at the chinese restaurant for his 18th birthday friends get together party and it is at that one, guess he is hoping seen as he works there to get a free drink?:rotfl::rotfl:

Small world:D

newcook

Im pleased he has a has a job Victory!! buuuuut...
I still think you should ask him for some 'keep' - whats going to happen when he gets a full time job and and you start asking for some then? his reply will be that you've never asked for some before etc.
even if its something small like £10 a week he should make a contribution. in a week or so his wage is going to increase to £4.92, approx £400 per month before tax.

victory

Until he gets a full time job no wil not be asking him, he absolutely knows he has to contribute once that happens, once he is settled into job working, he does get paid until next month so nothing financially for him has changed apart from the knowledge now that some money will be coming his way if he works for it:D

jellyhead

newcook wrote: »

Im pleased he has a has a job Victory!! buuuuut...
I still think you should ask him for some 'keep' - whats going to happen when he gets a full time job and and you start asking for some then? his reply will be that you've never asked for some before etc.
even if its something small like £10 a week he should make a contribution. in a week or so his wage is going to increase to £4.92, approx £400 per month before tax.

The difference between now and when he has a full time job is that he is still at school now.

My mum never asked for keep off any of us as long as we were in school/college (and actually attending and studying). We paid keep once we left school.

She got child benefit for us if we were at school. Victory gets child benefit and tax credit while he's in school.

I think he should be allowed to keep his wages while he's at school, just my opinion of course.

victory

I am letting him keep it all, imagine if I suggested he paid rent now after all this trouble, he would create merry hell and we would be back to square one:rotfl::rotfl: no, let him keep it whilst he is at 6th form and has a part time job, all change next year when he leaves 6th form and may be getting a full time job if he does not go to uni, that is a whole different ball game:D

thorsoak

We never expected our children to pay housekeeping until they were out of full-time education completely - they contributed to household chores when at home - but whilst they had paper-rounds/Saturday/holiday jobs, all that they earned was their own. Of course, DD did attempt to get me to pay "her" C/B over to her ....but she was swiftly put to rights on that point!

victory

Son asked once or commented once about his cb for him but he got so talked down he has never ever suggested it again:rotfl::rotfl: