J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Iceman

That is another point, do self employed peeps such as Ally, Wickers, Tony & others kno exactly how much they 'earn'?

I am having an orange. Drinking on a school night = bad news :(

Snapzzz wrote:Wages are rarely based on hard work.

I am going to tread carefully here, if I upset anyone it is honestly not intended.

I know what Snapzz does (virgin engineer?), you sweat much more than I do every day. However, I would argue that I work just as 'hard' but a different type.

The boys in Afganistan 'work' even harder. Harder than Snapzzz and me I reckon. They get paid less than me & snapzzz (I am assuming mate without knowing what you earn but knowing what they do).

I think it comes down to a couple of things, 1 being "supply & demand". There are a hell of a lot of people that will join the army, they can afford to pay poor salary. My mate has left the army, now works for Ericsson was a radio engineer. Gets paid a fortune - the skills he learnt in the army (and mindset) are in VERY limited supply in civvi street.

Odd.

Imagine this conversation in a chalet :roll:

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:I might buy a bottle of rose at the weekend.... :oops:

Suggestions please. I am not paying more than £6/bottle

Are you joking?

Perhaps later you will be visiting the Blue Oyster Bar?

I got told off when I said Rose was for girls! Yours is worse....

I was going to knock my good McGuigans Shiraz on the head Saturday night and have some pink.... :roll:

Snappy, I am with you. The last place I worked I was open about how much I earnt (I was not the biggest earner by the way). I was then called in by HR onlt to be told that salary is personal and we should not share it. ££ reflect people's skills set and people will think they are less skilled.

I have a girl who works for me. She is 'level 5'. In my team there are about 6 'level 5'. She knows what everyone earns. She earns the lowest in that band. She thinks she is hard done by - truth of the matter, she is not as skilled.

Where I am going with this, is if you share what you earn people base that on how clever/skilled you are - thats why some people dont like sharing it. Is it a fair reflection. Is a CEO more 'skilled' than me? Probably. Am I more 'skilled' than a plumber? Probably Not - I guess I would earn much more than a plumber.

It is a very sensitive topic -money always will be

I seem to have waffled there a bit. Hope you get what I mean? :roll:

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:I suppose some would think so, personally i don't care. If people ask me i tell them, it also doesn't bother me if people wanted to know what i earn.

So, what do you earn??? ;)

JOKE

less than a GP more than a bin man

More than me then :cry:

Snapzzz wrote:I suppose some would think so, personally i don't care. If people ask me i tell them, it also doesn't bother me if people wanted to know what i earn.

So, what do you earn??? ;)

JOKE

I might buy a bottle of rose at the weekend.... :oops:

Suggestions please. I am not paying more than £6/bottle