Wages

[combinedoctor]

Good morning, I am trying to negotiate a wage rise which will be only my third pay increase in the last 17 years and wondered what I should be heading for?
I am the sole tractor driver, sprayer operator, combine driver and farm mechanic on a 600 acre cereal farm.
The only help I get is when I'm on the combine seat.
I do it all apart from the office work.
I have no idea what others in a similar position would be getting.
I have no formal qualifications apart from telescopic loader and spray pa1/2.
Along with 30years experience.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

With or without accommodation

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

£14.50 with a house,
£17.00 without

 

[jackrussell101]

At least £15 an hour in todays world

 

[KB6930]

How dependant on area are the differences in wages?

 

[combinedoctor]

With or without accommodation

With

 

[Formatted]

Hourly or salaried? Assume you're employed? Where abouts roughly? Considering inflation on average has been about 3% annually in the last 20 years, I hope your previous two payrises have been significant or your buying power is probably worse than it was 17 years ago.

 

[sodbuster]

40k per annum

 

[lloyd]

What happens on the farm during
the winter months?

 

[combinedoctor]

What happens on the farm during
the winter months?

Building and machinery maintenance.

 

[lloyd]

Building and machinery maintenance.

£30k plus house ?

 

[combinedoctor]

Hourly or salaried? Assume you're employed? Where abouts roughly? Considering inflation on average has been about 3% annually in the last 20 years, I hope your previous two payrises have been significant or your buying power is probably worse than it was 17 years ago.

Hourly, located in east Yorkshire.
If I ask for £15 an hour I would be getting a £234 a week raise.
Erm

 

[Turnip]

Figure out what jobs in your area pay and that is the market level. If there are going vacancies that you can use as the next best alternative it improves your bargaining position. Unfortunately it is always a case of what you want, what your employer is willing to give, and what you are happy to walk away from to the next best alternative. Make sure you know that last one as it is actually the most important one. Change is never nice but staying and not getting a wage you think you are worth is going to kill your job enjoyment.

 

[Formatted]

If I ask for £15 an hour I would be getting a £234 a week raise.

How much are you on now? The 20 year old who helps me at weekends who has no skills gets £10 per hour.

Think you'd be wanting £35,000 per year plus a house. Some days I imagine you're doing 15 hours doing harvest, but in the winter probably a relaxed 6, so call it £18 an hour. If your boss won't give it to you there are plenty of other people looking, just open up farmers weekly or the job section here and there are plenty of businesses looking for people with your skills.

 

[bitwrx]

How many hours do you do per year?

 

[cattow]

40k per annum

Rent the house out, plus add cost of fuel and you’ve about paid for a contractor to do the lot without any machinery dep.

 

[Chris123]

40 hour week that puts you on £9.15/hr is that about right?

 

[Goweresque]

Minimum wage will be £9-50/hr come April.

 

[uztrac]

My village gardener/handyman charges £20.00 per hour,& he is busy busy.

 

[ollie989898]

Rent the house out, plus add cost of fuel and you’ve about paid for a contractor to do the lot without any machinery dep.

Best the farmer gets on and does that then as there will be no end of folk wanting the man who wrote the OP.