price work
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FAZ
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I work on price work its gettin harder and harder to earn ya money with all safety stuff extra tubes and no extra pounds to go with it the jobs goin down hill for price workers
allan666
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living up north you will be lucky to get 4 quid a linear metre . probably closer to three . good companies pay extra for ties , lifting boards , brick guards etc . the smaller ones you wont . "its all in the price " ********. i try not to work price work any more if i can help it . more and more work going into our jobs without our money going up . it usually makes no difference how much you do the favourites always get the jobs with the money on them
philliosmaximus
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i was biting me tongue when chatting with boss man
work is poo at the mo
so dont wanna shoot meself in the foot
his having a look at the price again and meeting me in the morning. so shall see what happens from there.
need to get me head around the fact the prices have dropped.
hence me wondering what you guys are paying or getting a square
work is poo at the mo
so dont wanna shoot meself in the foot
his having a look at the price again and meeting me in the morning. so shall see what happens from there.
need to get me head around the fact the prices have dropped.
hence me wondering what you guys are paying or getting a square
VancouverLeedsLondonBoy
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I got 25 a square on one of my last jobs on a tower block, hate price work unless it's a cream job
Is target work finished with. Remember in late 70's early 80's, we used to get paid on target with SGB. 3 man gang, 1 hour each per sq, 10x10. erect, 1 lift of boards, rest extra. half on the strip. Busy times you would have 20 hours a day, and in the pub by 5. 12 hours and finished by lunch time.
philliosmaximus
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i have done a lot of price and target work in London , dont think it would be easy now with all the safety issues , to hard to earn
philliosmaximus
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scaffy as you know mate in the 80s we was getting £10-£12 a square and knocking out 8 - 10 square a man a day with no problems , single hand rail no stop end toe boards , no harness or hard hat and wearing trainers , in the pub by 12 on a friday full session and a nice weeks wages earned, them days is long gone
Yeh, as in the song, those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end. Too many fingers in the pie now.scaffy as you know mate in the 80s we was getting £10-£12 a square and knocking out 8 - 10 square a man a day with no problems , single hand rail no stop end toe boards , no harness or hard hat and wearing trainers , in the pub by 12 on a friday full session and a nice weeks wages earned, them days is long gone
VancouverLeedsLondonBoy
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My price days could be numbered, got a bit of a bad back now and i'm only 28, always seems to go at a crucial point then leaves me out of action for a bloody week.