Show Me Your Money on Channel 4 last night

[factor-fiction]

Did anyone watch Show Me Your Money on Channel 4 last night? I was surprised at how much the tradesmen were earning in this company- many earned well over £100,000 a year and one earned £150,000? It made me wonder how people get into these jobs and whether more people should train for this type of career rather than going to university and probably earning much less

[factor-fiction]

Sorry- don't know how this ended up in Motoring!

[rosieapple]

I was really surprised too and would happily do their job for £100k!

I missed the end though - did any of them agree a pay cut/get a rise?

[factor-fiction]

Hi rosie. The PR manager who wanted a rise from £54K to £75K gave up £1K to give to the lady in the canteen, the call centre staff got a rise from £18K to £21K and this was funded half by the MD and half by some tradesmen who gave up a small amount each year. Someone in the body shop also got a big rise. There were some other changes too. Some of the increases were funded by costs savings that staff identified in vehicle maintenance costs

[rosieapple]

Thank you, glad to hear some of them got a rise in the end.

[Hastler]

I see what you are saying factor 30 but I have a relative who a self employed carpenter.
People forget they have to pay to run / replace a van, pay for all of their own pension, public liability insurance, tools, tax and a lot of work goes on which people do not see like he has to visit suppliers to get the best material for the job.
Often the job is some distance away from home eg he is now working on a kitchen 60 miles from home ( today ).
It is an easy journey as it is near the motorway both ends.
He did 1 job 200 miles away. He fitted a kitchen for some people in their old house and they were very satisfied with it.
He did point out that it was going to be expensive for him to work on the new house as he had to factor in Bed and Breakfast etc but they still wanted him to do the job even though they could have got somebody cheaper locally.
Sometimes he even goes into places when he is on holiday to keep up to date.
His wife takes phone calls etc at home as well as doing the accounts / tax returns etc and I helped 3 times on this side when she was in hospital.