If minimum wage becomes your maximum wage is there any point in sticking around?

Pennywise

n1guy wrote: »

my boss is so laid back

Probably why it's not making enough profit to pay you a decent wage.

ReadingTim

Planet_Switzerland wrote: »

Having worked as a shelf stacker in my younger years I'd say it's anything but. The actual stacking shelves bit wasn't too bad, but you had unsociable hours, treated badly by management, no flexibility, not a job I'd ever go back to unless I was desperate.

Exactly! Read the horror stories from the Sports Direct warehouse in Shirebrook or the Amazon fulfilment centres if you think shelf staking is a cushy number....

andygb

The OP has skills, which are still very much in demand, and a cabinet maker, as Andy L pointed out should not be on NMW.
Could the OP set up their own business gradually, whilst still working at their existing company?
Sadly there are a lot of skilled jobs being paid at or near NMW - legal secretaries, accounts staff, scientists, teaching assistants etc.

Doshwaster

If you are skilled furniture maker it is insane to be working for minimum wage. There are plenty of places who would pay much more for anyone who knows one end of a screwdriver or hammer from each other or you could work for yourself.

There will always people out there without the skills or time to do jobs such as fitting shelves, putting flat pack furniture together or replacing doors and willing to pay someone else to do it for them. Just Google "handyman services" or "flatpack assemblers" in your area.

n1guy

Skilled furniture maker should pay more but sadly that's the going rate around here, I've always done this type of work and always been paid quite poorly, I'm in NI so wages are poor anyway, I read the average disposable income per week in the GB is £200, in NI its £100. 99% of our work goes to England/Scotland which tells me we are cheaper over here and probably cheaper because our wages are lower.

elsien

What happened to the redundancy you were on about at the beginning of March?
You asked about retraining then - have you now changed your mind about that?

n1guy

elsien wrote: »

What happened to the redundancy you were on about at the beginning of March?
You asked about retraining then - have you now changed your mind about that?

Still waiting on that to happen, something is happening we are just kept in the dark and fed !!!!. As for retraining I really do not want to, I'm near 40 and the motivation or interest is not there.