Coximus
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If your wife is not brought in on it you may have long term issues..... keeping animals is a lifestyle as well as a job. Their will be times you work 24 7.
Not a hope in hell here in Wales. I would have thought it would be difficult to justify paying over 15 to 20k tbh..
If your wife is not brought in on it you may have long term issues..... keeping animals is a lifestyle as well as a job. Their will be times you work 24 7.
That little? The milkers on Kemble Dairy get £30k and accommodation for milking 8hrs a day.
Not a hope in hell here in Wales. I would have thought it would be difficult to justify paying over 15 to 20k tbh..
I don't know really, I've never been an employed shepherd. I am surprised it is so much. Vets around here would get a 30 k package with the house, phone and car making up a significant portion of the package (which are of dubious value!)
Doubtful many shepherds will be on 30k and a house unless he was working effectively by himself.
That's cos you give it all to the tack man.Not a hope in hell here in Wales. I would have thought it would be difficult to justify paying over 15 to 20k tbh..
Though I do agree.Most realistic post yet
Here's an interesting question - if you were employed this year. . . . . and paid a set wage, and next year lamb prices went up a good bit, would you expect your wages to increase in relation? Or does your boss just get a good year?
Here's an interesting question - if you were employed this year. . . . . and paid a set wage, and next year lamb prices went up a good bit, would you expect your wages to increase in relation?
Here's an interesting question - if you were employed this year. . . . . and paid a set wage, and next year lamb prices went up a good bit, would you expect your wages to increase in relation? Or does your boss just get a good year?
No---unless you are prepared to take a cut in wages when the price drops
Called share farming
In which case - surely the current lamb prices have no bearing on what you can pay your shepherd, as some posts above seem to suggest it should. If you run a business where you produce sheep meat and decide to employ someone, it should be based upon hours, expertise, experience, skill level and responsibilities. . . . regardless of where in the country you are. With an adjustment possibly, for cost of living in the geographical area.
You choose to employ someone, you pay them a fair wage, if your bottom line can't do that . . . . then don't employ someone, do the work yourself, and be better off for it!
Thats what I was getting at!
how far north are you thinking of going ? because the weather farther north can be quite a bit colder all year and making lambing tough if you are not used to itMaybe not, but that's not the shepherd's problem is it? That's the difference between being a business owner/share holder and an employee.
Fortunately I'm looking at a possible position up north.
£400 p/w and a house would be the mark,that's £10 hour and tied cottage for a lifestyle choice reckon there's plenty of good men doing it for less. Maybe some performance bonus might be offered.
Not at lambing, but much of rest of time would be less than 40 hour weeks on 1500 ewes on an 'easy care' system.40 hour week? And is the 400 p/w before or after tax etc?