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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I could work the dustbins for 2/3 more salary and less hours.
Blimey, are you psychic and know how much the bonus will be
Typical basic plus commission job typical of sales.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Do you think the bonus is likely to be an additional 2/3 atop salary, reasonably attainable, and guaranteed?
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
It's the bike industry, it doesn't pay much. Got to be more rewarding than the bins though.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Depends whether a fulfilling working day, or the pay packet is the reward you seek.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Aye.
Personally I'd love a bike shop, or to work in one, but it won't pay the bills. Plus I'd die with the state of some of the bikes, and I'd never make money as they would be given back to the customer like new !!
classic33
Leg End Member
Think of the inner tubes!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Do bin workers really earn £35k+?
I would work for 2/3 of the salary (£14k+) and more hours provided I could do it from home, it vaguely interested me, and it didn't cause me to have another stress-related breakdown!
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
About £33k round there, according to the job ad in the local carncil version of Pravda that occasionally drops through our doors.
winjim
Smash the cistern
I was chatting to my mate who owns a bike shop and he's decided they need to come up with a more coherent pricing and payment structure. He told me about one guy who bought an expensive bike then brought it back into the shop the very next week. My mate was worried and asked if there was a problem with it but the guy just said "no, I've come to give you some money, I've not paid you for it yet"
Another time he was desperately trying not to take money from a guy whose wheelchair he'd just spent the last hour Dremelling out and fitting a new bearing.
They're too nice at my LBS.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Blimey - I knew that I was out of touch, but not by that much!
So much for minimum wage and the 'living wage' if even people doing the bins are earning 2-3 times that ...
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
All sorts of jobs that are considered "menial" by some are paid incredibly well. Bin man is one, parcel delivery can be another one if you put the hours in. Postman is another. No thought required, just rinse and repeat, door after door.
I flog myself almost the full 7 days a week and I'm on call 24/7, I present to a national board, I represent the company at Government and industry meetings, my role needs a high degree of intelligence, experience, and tact, and yet I get little more than a bin man. Makes me question whether it's worth it.
I flog myself almost the full 7 days a week and I'm on call 24/7, I present to a national board, I represent the company at Government and industry meetings, my role needs a high degree of intelligence, experience, and tact, and yet I get little more than a bin man. Makes me question whether it's worth it.
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
When I worked in sales my bonuses were twice my basic salary .
winjim
Smash the cistern
Would you rather be emptying bins all day? I wouldn't, it sounds horrid. I'm perfectly happy to pay somebody else to do it.
