ollie989898
Member
How long does a milking take?
Some farms they seem to be doing something from 4am until gone 11am, and the poor fudger has done the milking in that time as well.
Staff salary / hourly wage?
- Thread starter Jack Tat
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How long does a milking take?
Some farms they seem to be doing something from 4am until gone 11am, and the poor fudger has done the milking in that time as well.
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
ollie989898
Member
It’s beyond me.
Headless chicken
Member
- Location
- West Wales
Paid as £10, lots of fag breaks, tea breaks ( for obvious reasons these are encouraged and part of the dayetc he works minimum wage employed job full time and comes to us for a change/ a break. I offered him more today and he said not to worry he’s quite happy as he is.
cups on at 5 be out from there by 7:30 at peak am. Pm milking 3-5 relief milkers mostly do the afternoon shifts. Suits them and suits me. In the summer it will be sub 1 hour for a good 4/5 weeks.
d williams
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d williams
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Be careful with the tractor driver we had a man on the books only wanted minimum wage and I think from memory 27 hrs as that was the sweet spot for him to claim maximum benefits
So if it’s a cq or bank transfer be careful you don’t get caught up in something that’s not your problem
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
Latest update. Farmer up the road has no problem with new min wage and review again this side of harvest. I bet.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Well done for sticking your neck out.
I'll have a guess that there are plenty of places similar, who just don't want to say.
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
You love a wages thread don't you!?Well done for sticking your neck out.
I'll have a guess that there are plenty of places similar, who just don't want to say.
Headless chicken
Member
- Location
- West Wales
Well done for sticking your neck out.
I'll have a guess that there are plenty of places similar, who just don't want to say.
it’s far from perfect but it’s what we’ve got. No one is here under duress and rates are all always up for discussion. There is a fine balance too of money vs enjoying your job. We’re extremely fortunate that everyone who we get to work with has a brilliant attitude and that’s goes both ways. Huge amount of flexibility whenever we can. I’m sure there are plenty of people who have to pay more because they aren’t the nicest to work for.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
I do, more so because I think there's a lot of shite talked in them.You love a wages thread don't you!?
As an employee (not at the moment) it's one of the main things we think about, as that's all we have to pay the bills.
If someone started a thread saying, what should I get for wheat and a bunch of people who didn't grow or buy wheat started saying, you should get 600 quid a ton, can't live on less than that, you'd be along to explain the reality, I'd imagine
I guess cost of living isn’t as much in west wales as here in the middle of the Cotswolds.
- Location
- South West
I’ve posted this before but honestly don’t know why so many of you won’t post about money….
Over two Ltd companies i run I get a combined salary of £45,000, with a free house and utilities out of one buisness and a free car and fuel out of the other.
I employ two members of staff on my side of the farming business (we will forget brothers dairy side for now) both don’t have accommodation as they live locally and are on £15/ hr time and a half after 39 hours. Both work 8-5 m-f with overtime as and when needed.
On the HGV’s it’s a mixed bag depending on experience and age but I would say the average is about £16/hr time and a half after 39 hours and a night out bonus of £30 per night in the truck. And again no accommodation provided, although they do run there digi card out every week and max out there hours.
Over two Ltd companies i run I get a combined salary of £45,000, with a free house and utilities out of one buisness and a free car and fuel out of the other.
I employ two members of staff on my side of the farming business (we will forget brothers dairy side for now) both don’t have accommodation as they live locally and are on £15/ hr time and a half after 39 hours. Both work 8-5 m-f with overtime as and when needed.
On the HGV’s it’s a mixed bag depending on experience and age but I would say the average is about £16/hr time and a half after 39 hours and a night out bonus of £30 per night in the truck. And again no accommodation provided, although they do run there digi card out every week and max out there hours.
having breakfast this morning in hotel and next table was farm manager of biggish estate
just had new key main man 18.50 an hour plus ot no perks though
just had new key main man 18.50 an hour plus ot no perks though
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Yep definitely more to life than just high wages, as long as people can get by with what they earn and are happy in what they do.
How much do you get paid for all the farmwork you do between medical training Ollie?
Overtime at a higher rate or flat 18.50.
Seems good depending on the role.
- Location
- South West
Mate of mine is a ‘lead operator’ for a contractor. Dosnt make any real decisions just drives one of the choppers then on to a combine so leads a team of people most of the time but he’s on £17.50 for 40 hours then time and a half after that, PAYE paid weekly.. Reckons he does about 2500 hours a year, that’s about 50 hours a week on average.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Exactly, I enjoy the lifestyle here so much that last month was free, and I wouldn't shift if someone offered 50% more
I get:
2500ha to treat as my own
5 bedroom homes in great nick
Free internet, power, fuel
Free grazing for our livestock
No expectation regarding the hours I work, $35/hr after tax
The biggest perk is being left to it, we can run our own cattle / grazing business, be absent, whatever works for everyone.
People often wonder what they need to do to attract and retain staff, but it's clear that what you need to do/pay comes second to how you need to be.
Get that right, and the doing takes care of itself
- Location
- South Devon
Bet 2000 of those hours are May to October like most contractors, don't know how the senior guys do it, especially once children come along
- Location
- South West
If paid weekly that works well with the OT as it wouldn’t get evened out with a slack week if paid monthly.
I gave up contracting to come home to work quite afew years ago now as above, the long haired general wasn’t a fan of being a harvest widow for 7 months of the year and having to find me in the middle of no where for a cab date if she wanted to see me.
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