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Post by lollygagger on Jan 25, 2018 19:15:52 GMT
I spent most of my working life working between 60 and 80 hours per week. Be that farm labouring, fixing petrol station illuminations, fixing old cars, fixing windows, or designing radio sites for mobile phones. I dreamed of a 35 hour week but these jobs either didn't pay enough beyond a meagre existance or I was good and it and in demand. It's nothing unusual, fairly standard I'd say.
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Post by faffer on Jan 25, 2018 19:20:12 GMT
If you're doing 60 hours instead of 40, doesn't that mean you are 'stealing' 20 hours from someone who really needs a job? Forgot to mention. I thogught you were a clever man. I bit dim to send two vehicles and people to do a one man job, double the cost, not business sense is it. if you know better business sense you mite be better than our transport manager ? I am not the brightest but come on. The norm is 45hrs a week in alot of places. So how many are a stealing 5hrs wokr from other who NEED a job ? I know a vast majority of the pharmacists do more than 40hrs a week. You are taking the piss aint you
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Post by faffer on Jan 25, 2018 19:50:48 GMT
I thought you were a clever man. If I were, I wouldn't be driving a bus... :/ True I take it you dont know what minimum wage is at now then ? And it is more , a lot more than a few years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 19:57:33 GMT
If I were, I wouldn't be driving a bus... :/ True I take it you dont know what minimum wage is at now then ? And it is more , a lot more than a few years ago. Are you paid a living wage? If yes then stop complaining! If no then sign up to the Labour Party and Corbyn will help sort it for you!
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Post by Andyberg on Jan 25, 2018 20:07:04 GMT
I spent most of my working life working between 60 and 80 hours per week. Seeing your antics around the marina I find that statement incredibly difficult to believe! I have actually seen more work in a sicknote than your good self! π
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 20:13:59 GMT
Those that are prepared to work and are fortunate enough to find employment need feel no guilt in my view.
There is no shame in honest labour.
Rog
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 25, 2018 20:28:33 GMT
I spent most of my working life working between 60 and 80 hours per week.Β Seeing your antics around the marina I find that statement incredibly difficult to believe!Β I have actually seen more work in a sicknote than your good self! π I'm recovering. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, or something like that. When I mended windows I used to take all my holiday end of August beginning September and work on a farm. While self employed I never really had a holiday, looking back over 25 years maybe 2 separate whole weeks (that's in 25 years, not per year) but other than that just odd days and sometimes stopped at the weekend. It's no wonder my marriage went to shit really! I think I deserve some easy time now and I've only had a couple of years off so far.
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Post by patty on Jan 26, 2018 8:15:50 GMT
Those that are prepared to work and are fortunate enough to find employment need feel no guilt in my view. There is no shame in honest labour. Rog When I nursed ..as now...they couldn't fill the vacancies and so the choices for management was to allocate us all the extra hours we were prepared to do or ...employ agency at silly money... For several years I worked 6 if not 7 nights per week including all my holidays....i lived to work...I loved my job...the money financed 2 eldest children's university..they still came out with debts they are paying off but not the silly amount others do.. Sometimes the career path you walk down gets you and drags you in.....
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Post by bodger on Jan 26, 2018 9:12:41 GMT
So should i feel guilty that i want a roof over our heads, a car, and heaven forbid a boat or interest. 8 hours/day is a third of your life nahh ! if you work for me 8 hours a day, that's a third of your life, 122 full days each year. but.............................. 52 weekends - 104 days off. 3 weeks holiday - 21 days off. .................... hang about - you owe me wages !
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Post by markhez on Jan 26, 2018 10:04:42 GMT
Oh how I would love to be paid a decent amount for my 40hr a week job! That'd be grand, it would mean I wouldn't need my second job and all the foreigners I do to balance the books out!!
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Post by thebfg on Jan 27, 2018 3:07:32 GMT
Β Β 8 hours/day is a third of your lifeΒ nahh ! if you work for me 8 hours a day, that's a third of your life, 122 full days each year. but.............................. 52 weekends - 104 days off. 3 weeks holiday - 21 days off. .................... hang about - you owe me wages !Β Β 3 weeks ... the 8 weeks I get is one reason I'm still in this job
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 27, 2018 9:53:54 GMT
I got 38 days holiday/year when I was at Helsinki City Transport - that's 7 weeks (at 5 days/week) + 3 days. Then there was a time account into which you could dip - you could choose overtime as 'time' or 'money'.
My holiday entitlement now is 2.5 days/month so Aug - May = 10 months = 25 days = 5 weeks.
Because I work 40 hours (instead of the usual 7:36) this means in those 10 months I also accrue another 17 days. So that's 42 days in 10 months, altogether! (those 17 days I take as money only, as the nature of my job means there is only one driver to do it, there are no spare drivers for many miles around - unless I were really incapacitated or snuffit).
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