- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
Sadly, I didn't, but I did learn a lot about pig genetics and/or what a pain in the arse dealing with a 250 boar unit is.
Skilled operator advert, £20,000 a year?
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Grand a week.... worth getting out of bed for that
Known lads from around here who commuted down for 4 days/week into London and the SE, doing garden fencing and maintenance jobs. 2-3 times the income than locally, for 3 nights/week in a caravan. Locals would not entertain the work!!
Wellytrack
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An extension of some sort, not sure, that was grader and 25 ton digger operating. Not at the same time obviously.
ollie989898
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I really wish I had done a digger ticket in the past, would have been useful to do that kind of work in the last few years.
Red Fred
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- Location
- Hants/Dorset border
Our neighbouring estate were after an experienced JCB driver and tractor man and offered £15-20,000 pa depending on skill. They were laughed off the local facebook page for it.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
And so they should have. Monkey money
Wellytrack
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Grand a week.... worth getting out of bed for that
Known lads from around here who commuted down for 4 days/week into London and the SE, doing garden fencing and maintenance jobs. 2-3 times the income than locally, for 3 nights/week in a caravan. Locals would not entertain the work!!
Celtic Tiger era, they thought it would never end, brickies making 2k a week.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
And pee the lot away most of them
Wellytrack
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Put an arse in the more sensible ones. Hoovered the money up when the going was good. But that’s how you know those were the good times, because the bad times quickly followed.
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
Just thinking, my pig experience is probably quite relevant here insomuch as:
When I started, the company considered boar work as skilled, so they employed people with livestock handling experience on £12.50/h. Of those there was me, a lad who had only ever worked with pigs, an ex dairyman, a young lady who had worked at Marwell and went ranching in Aus for fun/a holiday, and a bloke approaching retirement who had worked with pigs/chickens. There was a point at which they decided the labour was, in fact unskilled and took more people on at £8.50 after the older feller retired and we went through those like you wouldn't believe. I lasted 5 years, the others either longer or the same.
When I started, the company considered boar work as skilled, so they employed people with livestock handling experience on £12.50/h. Of those there was me, a lad who had only ever worked with pigs, an ex dairyman, a young lady who had worked at Marwell and went ranching in Aus for fun/a holiday, and a bloke approaching retirement who had worked with pigs/chickens. There was a point at which they decided the labour was, in fact unskilled and took more people on at £8.50 after the older feller retired and we went through those like you wouldn't believe. I lasted 5 years, the others either longer or the same.
but youre famous now tho, surely, ....."Tonight Matthew i'm..... 'SteveHants' on the farming forum
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- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
Well known amongst the farmers of the internet and his students.....but youre famous now tho, surely, ....."Tonight Matthew i'm..... 'SteveHants' on the farming forum
Swarfmonkey
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- Location
- Hampshire
£20k a year for that? Bloody hell!
My employer pays unskilled cleaners more than that, with the added benefits of fixed hours and 30 days holiday a year.
My employer pays unskilled cleaners more than that, with the added benefits of fixed hours and 30 days holiday a year.
What are you doing come September?
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
I didn't think it was that far off. It doesn't say what hours the 20k is for, so what's a basic week, 39 hours? Overtime on top.
Bit vague on accommodation, more details needed.
Are they still looking or did they get one?
Bit vague on accommodation, more details needed.
Are they still looking or did they get one?
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Apply for the job in the thread title and just leave in September, just be economical with the truth at the interview.
Charolais cattle
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- Location
- Ireland
I know a lad was down building in Dublin, making unreal money at that time,, drank ever penny,, ended up losing his house his marriage,, and only had a mortgage of 17k
easy come ,, easy go,,
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
Minimum wage is circa £18k/yr.....
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Yep so a bit more than minimum wage plus overtime rate.
Like I said not far off. I know plenty of guys in the UK on very similar with no accommodation.
If someone wants to show their own, or their employees pay slips, I'll happily be proved wrong.
Any Ag contractors viewing this care to comment?
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- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
As I've mentioned further up the thread, I got 24Kpa to extract semen from pigs. Why on earth would anyone with skills apply for a job paying unskilled wages? An employee with a couple of years experience stacking shelves would net more than that.