I think there are people who will do hard manual labour but not for £8.91 ph , long hours , in crap weather ,very uncomfortable , crap living conditions and so on , you`d have to be a bit simple to do it for £8.91.
Clements offering £30 per hour for field workers
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76masseyman
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A mate was raving about a plant operator job on HS2 last week at £ ridiculous.00 per hour.
When I pointed out he would be away 6 nights out of 7, and that the wage would take him into a higher tax band, so his take home money was only going to be about a grand higher than what he’s on now.
The end of his rainbow soon faded into reality.
When I pointed out he would be away 6 nights out of 7, and that the wage would take him into a higher tax band, so his take home money was only going to be about a grand higher than what he’s on now.
The end of his rainbow soon faded into reality.
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So using my sprout picking figures on a record day 25 p per 500g. On sale at every Tesco at Xmas for 29 pence. Its totally nuts.
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We stopped drilling the corners of the beet fields when we realised we were hand pulling, knocking and topping them and they were worth 1p each.
But we sort of enjoyed the exercise and there is always a certain joy in pulling stuff you’ve grown out of the ground.
Packed up the spuds a couple of years ago. Hand picked behind the hoover. Do miss it. But not sure I’d want to bust my back for Mr Big or the supermsrkets
But we sort of enjoyed the exercise and there is always a certain joy in pulling stuff you’ve grown out of the ground.
Packed up the spuds a couple of years ago. Hand picked behind the hoover. Do miss it. But not sure I’d want to bust my back for Mr Big or the supermsrkets
I honestly couldn’t care less what price it would mean veg had too be… not my problem in fairness… if you wanted me too Wade around in the mud picking cabbages with a man in hiviz watching me with his whip too make sure I wasn’t slacking I’d want paying for it … Iv done half an hour on a grader before when I was waiting too tip and the polish lads were on there break and after half an hour I was honestly considering putting my face in one of the motors
I`ve heard some machine drivers on Hinkley Point are making £80k+ and theres years of work so worth moving there if its your thing.
76masseyman
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Maybe Clements are panicking they won’t get the crops they own harvested to avoid contract penalty.
They can’t rely so much as they used to from contract growers, as many packed up due to Clements not wanting to pay the true value of these contract crops.
They can’t rely so much as they used to from contract growers, as many packed up due to Clements not wanting to pay the true value of these contract crops.
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Like i said in a different thread Maybe if the supermarkets/big veg firms didn't take the money out of the veg job there would be more small english family farms doing the labour instead of relying so heavily on eastern european workers? I know we would still be growing veg ourselves if we thought it paid and didn't have to jump through hoops for the supermarkets.
Imagine if all the arable farms in the country had 10-15 acres of hand picked veg and it was just a job every now nd then everyone mucked in on and got the pain over and done quickly … oh wait yeah that’s how it used to happen before the big is better approach
kiwi pom
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The question is, how much would your best day earn you at that job?
It might only make you minimum wage with their targets.
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Bore me to death, much rather be lambing a ewe, cutting caulie or drystone walling.
Maybe /hopefully things will change in your favour , things do seem to have a habit of going full circle.
Something to do for ten years and get a big mortgage paid off and set for life .
kiwi pom
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I actually don't mind being on a grading line, its fairly easy work compared to field harvesting veg or running up ladders with buckets of apples on a 30+ degree day.
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Everybody grew a few spuds here at one time and as you say it was no big deal hand picking a couple of acres. Then people specialised and got big and greedy ….. and needed lashings of nematocides in close rotations etc. No sympathy to be honest. Squeezed out the small producers then crying when the system they fed squeezes them out.Imagine if all the arable farms in the country had 10-15 acres of hand picked veg and it was just a job every now nd then everyone mucked in on and got the pain over and done quickly … oh wait yeah that’s how it used to happen before the big is better approach
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Too many folk/spoofers on benefits, if you are getting £30,000 per year for doing nothing sat at home, or spoofing that there is something wrong with you, then why would you go out to work ?
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Quite likely but years of experience I think I'd be hard to beat for speed. As said I would love to apply & go try to see what the reality was.
I have a lot of other enterprises now but for 20 years or so I used to harvest 25 acre of field veg, according to John Nix 10 acre per labour unit. I was packing & delivering to wholesaler too .
The big rigs make the job easier, although if you feel desperate for a pee of course you have to just hang on (remember in winter most people pee quite a lot.)
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We had good local carrot growers here but couldn’t compete either. If certain people hadn’t bent over for the supermarkets we’d all be better off. Same with eggs, pork and chickens.
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Imagine if all the arable farms in the country had 10-15 acres of hand picked veg and it was just a job every now nd then everyone mucked in on and got the pain over and done quickly … oh wait yeah that’s how it used to happen before the big is better approach
How we are now, although retailing some of the crop.
Very sad that it has changed. I get up 3.30 am off to market, then back cutting veg till 9am, set shop up then off on combine, baler or what ever, then any spraying after tea. With plenty of variety nothing is hard.
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Some big growers cutting back fast now, be interesting to see how this all ends. Goverment grant system very much favoured the larger grower too, in effect subsidy for supermarkets.
Doctors are pushing goverment for cheaper veg too another factor.