Willie adie
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
I always say never ask someone to do a job you wouldn't do yourself.
What would attract you to a job?
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rc mx110
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best policy
Kingofgrass
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Fair play,but I know good trimmers and Ai lads of that!i earned more than that away from the farm,till me dad wanted to go share farming the farm,so I soon come back to the farm!
- Location
- North West Wales
Waw! Some nice wage packages mentioned here, unfortunately here in the back of beyond most are having to do with a lot less. Shockingly but 18k is considered a very good wage. 21k upwards careers are degree level candidates which is stupid considering a run about car is 10k and no house worth living in is less than 150k!!!
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
your first post, 24k wage, bonus per calf, bonus for AI, plus the cost of the house, soon at 40k are we not
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Very tempting!! TBF although he does an awful lot his jobs aren't that many. He does the scraping and feeding for me and will help fetch calves in etc.You'll be very lucky to get a like for like replacement I'd reevaluate everything you do.
Or just keep the old boy working
Not that I'm ungrateful for what he does!
Amazing how much time is saves me if he washes whilst I'm trying a foot or something
You talk about paying staff 40k per year. I don't know how you can do it. When we were getting 19p the milk cheque had a struggle just to pay bills let alone pay a man upwards of 3k per month. I know me and dad run 2 houses and 2 cars etc out of our business but still. Where do you find all the money to pay a man who does 50hours per week. which to put it bluntly is just over half a weeks work, who does the rest?
I'm firmly of the opinion to have better equipment and do as much of the work as possible yourself.
We had a little stage of employing people when I was at school and loads of them came and went. It's not good being let down
I'm firmly of the opinion to have better equipment and do as much of the work as possible yourself.
We had a little stage of employing people when I was at school and loads of them came and went. It's not good being let down
self feeder
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Never really thought of it like that (house) good point ,I'm with you now
Nor would I, but I went in the bulk tank the other day for a look about and a clean, and one of my chaps said "if I employed people there's no way I'd do any jobs like that" so there is people out there who are like it.
More to life
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- Location
- Somerset
Funny I'm the only one who gets in to
buffalo_soldier
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- Location
- cumbria
I got in my new tank when i changed it. 5am
Couldnt get back out. Had to wake the wife up to get me out.
Staff would be nice sometimes.
Couldnt get back out. Had to wake the wife up to get me out.
Staff would be nice sometimes.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
I'd need a bigger lid on mine to get in, bloody lelly belly
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
@Headless chicken
get a young un to share farm with you , and work the bugger hard to earn his share
get a young un to share farm with you , and work the bugger hard to earn his share
More to life
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- Location
- Somerset
Or a not so young one from wsm
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
who likes night milking ?
More to life
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- Location
- Somerset
You joke I've not been in mine for a while
More to life
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- Location
- Somerset
No I like headless
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
£30k plus house for a 290 day contract
For that sort feet, ai, deal with vets paperwork etc
For that sort feet, ai, deal with vets paperwork etc
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
I don't know about how to attract someone to a job but I do think the key thing in retaining staff is just don't be a pansy.
I don't pay the sort of salaries people talk about on here, if I gave everyone 30k and a house I'd be quickly bankrupt. Apart from a retirement, we've only ever had one person leave for another job, and they came back 6 months later.
Edit: I've just noticed my post has been edited. It was supposed to say don't be a can't, not don't be a pansy.
I don't pay the sort of salaries people talk about on here, if I gave everyone 30k and a house I'd be quickly bankrupt. Apart from a retirement, we've only ever had one person leave for another job, and they came back 6 months later.
Edit: I've just noticed my post has been edited. It was supposed to say don't be a can't, not don't be a pansy.
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