I know several people doing this for low 30s. Not every part of the country is down south and pays well you know?
Can employer stipulate this or is it against working time regs?
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I know several people doing this for low 30s. Not every part of the country is down south and pays well you know?
Most hgv drivers get paid that. I know several haulage firms and the going rate for a 50+ working week is £30k if you are lucky.
It's all well and good having a well paid job, but if the work/life balance is **** (typically anything over 45+). You'll have all this money, but no time to actually spend it.
I can see the appeal with people doing these sorts of jobs for maybe a couple of years, but eventually you'd burn out.
I can see the appeal with people doing these sorts of jobs for maybe a couple of years, but eventually you'd burn out.
I find that as I get older that equation is swung firmly towards life.
I suppose its as your wages rise that now, so long as I have enough to live on, the shorter working hours the better.
When you are younger the number of jobs available paying big money is sparse unless you do silly hours.
I used to work with a guy 15 years ago who worked 80 hours every week including sat/sun every other weekend and earnt about £50k
He said he knew he couldnt do it all his life but said in 7 years he would be mortgage free and then just get a job doing 40 hours a week.
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yeah that's my plan too, earning as much as I can within 1-2 years then have higher deposite for a house (therefore less mortage to pay off) then cut down hours, and only paying £250 PM mortage than £550 (plus less interest)
In that situation you leave the afternoon before and stay in a hotel that night.
At least that's what was standard for my old company (and that was a well paid job).
Employers that pull this kind of "loophole" stuff from the get go aren't worth working for regardless of salaries they advertise. Same with the "clever" scrooges counting Christmas, Easter and bank holidays towards 28 days of paid holiday. If they are so desperate to cheat you out of few hours of travel or Boxing Day, then just think what they will start coming up with once they have you on payroll.
Meanwhile in the evil EU French set an European precedence for 'right to disconnect' from emails and phone calls out of business hours...
Meanwhile in the evil EU French set an European precedence for 'right to disconnect' from emails and phone calls out of business hours...
I enjoy the output-based work policy of my current employer. My colleagues and I are salaried with an expected 40 hour work week, but our time is not closely monitored. As long as we are getting our work done and attending all our meetings (in-person or remotely), no one really bats an eyelid as to when you come and go. Some people in my office don't come in until lunchtime, but they'll work until the late evening.
When I was working for my current employer in the UK, the contractual stipulation was 37.5 hours per working week, but the flexible working policy was also in effect there. I was working in a small team in the UK, as part of a large(r) US-based team. Due to the eight hour time difference between the UK and the US west coast, one of my UK colleagues and I used to sometimes work unconventional hours. On some days, we wouldn't come into the office until midday or later, but we'd likely work until the (very) late/early hours. In return for this sacrifice in work-life balance, we were well paid (by UK standards) and our small UK-based team of four had a generous international travel budget.
I did this for 18 months before I got relocated to the USA, and I really enjoyed the experience. My team and I were building cool (software) stuff and having a blast traveling in (relative) luxury on the company's dime. 
When I was working for my current employer in the UK, the contractual stipulation was 37.5 hours per working week, but the flexible working policy was also in effect there. I was working in a small team in the UK, as part of a large(r) US-based team. Due to the eight hour time difference between the UK and the US west coast, one of my UK colleagues and I used to sometimes work unconventional hours. On some days, we wouldn't come into the office until midday or later, but we'd likely work until the (very) late/early hours. In return for this sacrifice in work-life balance, we were well paid (by UK standards) and our small UK-based team of four had a generous international travel budget.
I did this for 18 months before I got relocated to the USA, and I really enjoyed the experience. My team and I were building cool (software) stuff and having a blast traveling in (relative) luxury on the company's dime.
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Would be for a normal company but that would mean you missed work the afternoon before so wasn't acceptable.
Was a 7 hour drive back home that night. Home to home was 22 hrs
Fair or not, I would suspect that most people are on such wages.
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or £19000 PA for a 50 hour week, if one £7.20 hour
I hope you told them to shove it in the end then.
Another one joins the out of touch in the real world
Agreed. I know personally at least 50 people all doing 55 to 60 hours a week for £30k per annum.
You appear to not understand how the working time directive works.
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I disagree, imo that's not a healthy work/life balance, personally I'd rather do a normal 37.5hr week for the £20k and actually have a life
Yes of course people would like a good work life balance, but hey get this people in the world have crap jobs and always will do, not everyone has a good job with good hours and good pay.
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Are people actually mad? If ur travelling for work other than a reasonable commute, of course you should be paid! Employers are taking the ****!!!!!!!!!! No sodding way I'd drive 5 hours for work for free, quite simply if you have zero reason to be at a location other than on behalf of the company, they pay you.