nosmokenopoke
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Think at £10 they’ll be earning more than a lot of farmers
Rates of pay
- Thread starter J.T.Agri
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average farmer
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- Location
- North Notts
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Hi Jordan, I’d have thought given the jobs you’re doing another £ or 2 an hour would be better suited . I would find it hard to pay a lot of hours at that sort of money but our combine driver is on £15 but that’s all he does, 200 ish hours a year.
Hi Jordan, I’d have thought given the jobs you’re doing another £ or 2 an hour would be better suited . I would find it hard to pay a lot of hours at that sort of money but our combine driver is on £15 but that’s all he does, 200 ish hours a year.
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
I'd be happy with £10.00/hr if all my transport and travel costs including fuel, insurance RFL servicing & repairs, housing costs including electric, council tax, appliance repairs & replacements, etc. etc. etc. were paid by the business while the value of my business keeps rising as my nest.
Be honest fellas, the cash you draw from the farm is just spending money.
Be honest fellas, the cash you draw from the farm is just spending money.
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Be tens of thousands in new year if they keep these poxy economy destroying lockdown going !
Thats very nice to read about people wanting to fill sandwiches but it doesnt hwlp the op. He is a well trusted memeber of staff on a farm. The fact he is self employed yet only works for one person means he has zero employment laws to protect him so the risk is on him. He is well worth £15-20 per hour
TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Local gardening firm charges their ride on mower out at £60/ph
Makes you realise how far behind ag wages are.
I'm SE, I need to up wages really, £14-15 for sat on a combine or tractor, £20 on the tools, £25 if I get my welder out...
fieldfarmer
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I can't see any of your customers disagreeing with those rate,
- Location
- North West
your to cheap!
You want to be at leat £35 an hour on spanner work, fabricating charge according.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
It is a bugger, most systems were designed around labour being cheap! Then, much of it replaced by machines which were also relatively cheap
The only way I can earn a good hourly rate by farming is to limit my hours.... the income is pretty much finite
- Location
- Shropshire, UK
Well after a discussion with the farm I explained to them that I am struggling to justify being self employed as I'm not earning enough to offset tax through reinvesting my earnings into new tools or equipment to aid myself but also if they want me to work for them full time then they should consider putting me on the books (weren't keen on that idea).
I also stated that I needed to bill enough to justify using my own tools and I was met with the answer that I don't use my tools that often and they can't justify paying me more when I might only use my tools for 4-5 months of the year, but they still expect me to carry them in the pickup.
So I've managed to get another £1/hr out of them but nothing more. In response I have removed all the tools from my pickup (as they don't pay me to use them) and when they next ask if I've got a grinder or a drill the answer will be no and we will see how quickly they realize how much I use my equipment and see how much time we lose when I have to go and find it else where.
I also stated that I needed to bill enough to justify using my own tools and I was met with the answer that I don't use my tools that often and they can't justify paying me more when I might only use my tools for 4-5 months of the year, but they still expect me to carry them in the pickup.
So I've managed to get another £1/hr out of them but nothing more. In response I have removed all the tools from my pickup (as they don't pay me to use them) and when they next ask if I've got a grinder or a drill the answer will be no and we will see how quickly they realize how much I use my equipment and see how much time we lose when I have to go and find it else where.
You were due a pay rise and you are in the right but i expect your relationship to sour further once each side becomes awkward to each other .
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Well done for speaking up. Couldn't have been easy. Hopefully they don't take you for granted anymore.
farmerm
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- Location
- Shropshire
the hours I can free up from farming let me bring in pay for elsewhere....It is a bugger, most systems were designed around labour being cheap! Then, much of it replaced by machines which were also relatively cheap
The only way I can earn a good hourly rate by farming is to limit my hours.... the income is pretty much finite
People like you are hard to find so I wouldn’t worry to much as you’ll find another job very easily because there’s fewer and fewer quality staff around.
If I was you I’d write to them and tell them you’re actually going to be charging £15/hr from now onwards.
Doing it for the kids
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did you mean British £ or NZ $?
- Location
- North West
At the end of the day if he’s self employed it’s up to him what he charges, not up to them what they pay!
The op needs to make a dissuasion what he’s worth and charge that, if they won’t pay go somewhere else. It’s not like he needs to give notice as he’s not an employee. Good staff is few and far between so should be plenty of work about for a grafter.
Doing it for the kids
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It’s a bit like the council car park analogy.
if they charge 50p an hr, the car park is always full.
if the charge £5 an hr, it’s always got plenty of space.
but which earns them more?
Being a busy fool is a young mans game, only you will know what rates you can charge to hit the sweet spot.
if they charge 50p an hr, the car park is always full.
if the charge £5 an hr, it’s always got plenty of space.
but which earns them more?
Being a busy fool is a young mans game, only you will know what rates you can charge to hit the sweet spot.
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
Find a farm that values your time at a rate more in line with what you value it at. Competence is rare, they currently don’t recognize that.
If I was you I would go milk cows. More money
If I was you I would go milk cows. More money