Work Update & New Challenge

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arknor said:
you speak as though its not possible for someone to enjoy this type of work or any other similiar work.
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Considering the OP said its the worst job in the store and hinted that he didnt want to do it and is only doing it to try and keep his job.

plus, anybody who enjoys working nights sorting through hundreds of trays of groceries and enjoys it has serious social issue. Now please Arknor stop trying to justify having a go at me for telling some body to work hard
 
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PESolution said:
Considering the OP said its the worst job in the store and hinted that he didnt want to do it and is only doing it to try and keep his job.

plus, anybody who enjoys working nights sorting through hundreds of trays of groceries and enjoys it has serious mental issue. Now please Arknor stop trying to justify having a go at me for telling some body to work hard
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I have to agree with Arknor, whilst the focus of the job will be doing the groceries, that isn't all of the job. Just the same as stacking shelves, you don't just stack shelves, you do a lot of other things and the job can be very enjoyable.

I really enjoyed my time at Lidls and all I did was drag crates of things about, get off the high horse, please.
 
Agree with Ark and Invader. No one should ever be looked down on because of what they do for a living. Their job is their choice and they may or maynot be happy, but it's not for anyone else to judge but themselves. There are always other sides to the story so what you think you may or may not know about what they do, might not be 100% accurate.

Anyway, Malc you seem like a hard working kinda guy and your attitude to getting stuck into the new role will surely impress your managers. Work hard at it mate, as I am sure you will and then enjoy reaping the benefits of your labour :)
 
Umm, i dont understand. are you saying that you are expecting your wages to change one your hit an earning point of £5k for the year?
That you haven't been paying any tax for the last few months?
 
Don't think PESolution is looking down on anyone. While I was at college and Uni I worked in Makro and ASDA working on tills, stacking shelfs etc etc

I know exactly what is involved in these jobs. Just feel if Malc can channel his worth ethic and ethiusiam into something he would love to do as a career, then not a lot could stand in his way.
 
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I guess you don't know malc's story? Has taken him absolutely ages to get this job from what I remember.

Morba: We all have a tax free allowance for each tax year, it's about £5k. You can earn without being taxed quite easily, then when you step over the threshold you start getting taxed. :)
 
ColdAsIce said:
Don't think PESolution is looking down on anyone. While I was at college and Uni I worked in Makro and ASDA working on tills, stacking shelfs etc etc

I know exactly what is involved in these jobs. Just feel if Malc can channel his worth ethic and ethiusiam into something he would love to do as a career, then not a lot could stand in his way.
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Thanks. As i have said multiple times now im not looking down on him. Im merely saying that there will be so much more available, and so many other jobs that he can do that he will probably enjoy more. And encouraging someone to do that is a good thing.

IMHO 95% of people who work long term stacking shelves in the middle of the night are there due to a lack of motivation/laziness/lack of confidence in realising they can be doing os much more. If you put time into something worthwhile it will pay off in the long run. You dont have to be particularly bright to get a more enjoyable/better paid/more rewarding job. You just have to work for it (which form the way the OP wrote this topic he seems to not mind putting effort into work). Also being encouraged by peers saying that you can probably do better and should consider training for long termis not talking down to somebody its giving them advice,
 
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InvaderGIR said:
I guess you don't know malc's story? Has taken him absolutely ages to get this job from what I remember.

Morba: We all have a tax free allowance for each tax year, it's about £5k. You can earn without being taxed quite easily, then when you step over the threshold you start getting taxed. :)
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I have never experienced this or been told by anyone else that it happens.
You get paid £x a month, if £x x 12 > than the tax threshold then you pay tax from the outset.
If you work for less than 12 months and in turn earn under the threshold then you claim the tax back.

that was my understanding.
 
It gets a bit funky sometimes, some places will tax you if the amount you are earning that month/week x12 or x52 is > threshold, other places I've been in have not charged tax till I've hit the threshold and then started paying.

You'll pay a little bit more if you've been earning tax free, but it all works out correctly at the end of the year.
 
InvaderGIR said:
I guess you don't know malc's story? Has taken him absolutely ages to get this job from what I remember.

Morba: We all have a tax free allowance for each tax year, it's about £5k. You can earn without being taxed quite easily, then when you step over the threshold you start getting taxed. :)
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That's not how it works though. You don't get to earn 5k without paying ANY tax, you just don't pay tax on the first £108 or so from each weeks pay cheque. That tax-free £108 adds up every week to your yearly personal allowance.
 
I've had both types of pay whilst working in supermarkets, so despite 'that not being how it works' it does happen like that. ;)

May not be on a yearly salary, no, especially if he's not sure how secure his job is and needs to change sections, sounds more like he's on a temp contract.
 
InvaderGIR said:
I've had both types of pay whilst working in supermarkets, so despite 'that not being how it works' it does happen like that. ;)

May not be on a yearly salary, no, especially if he's not sure how secure his job is and needs to change sections, sounds more like he's on a temp contract.
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temp contract or not, makes no difference to HMRC. If you look like earning over the threshold then you should be paying tax on each pay packet.
I'm unsure how previously you have not payed tax until the threshold then paid more tax for the rest of the year
 
frakker said:
But surely he should be getting taxed anyway? He will have a yearly salary no? The OP makes it sound like as though he hasn't paid any tax yet as he hasn't hit that threshold which shouldn't be the case?
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Not if he's not PAYE.
 
Really don't know, but I've not owed the HMRC anything due to it being done like that, I don't know why it was run like that mind, just was.

Got a nice bill from them due to a temp agency (Reed) fiddling the books though. :rolleyes:
 
I believe that if you work to a set salary of over the Tax line 5.2k or whatever it is for the individual then you get taxed monthly. However if you work on hourly based pay, where you are therefor not necessarily going to earn over the tax line then it taxes you once you hit 5k or over.
 
Morba said:
temp contract or not, makes no difference to HMRC. If you look like earning over the threshold then you should be paying tax on each pay packet.
I'm unsure how previously you have not payed tax until the threshold then paid more tax for the rest of the year
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I guess someone could be working 18hrs a week at minimum wage and their projected annual earnings would still be below the threshold. Although in my experience even temporary workers at the lower end of the scale get put on a BR tax code and then any over-paid tax is refunded.
 
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