Crusoe Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) http://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/salary.phptake home about £90 a day after private health, pension etc. all come off. Not a huge amount but bet it goes a lot further up here than down south. Edited January 22, 2008 by Crusoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerz Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 At the min its £167 a fortnight as on sick pay . he he Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4T VW Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Self imployed Me any my dad own the company. He's the MD so on far more then me...But he has the porsche to proove it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallika_Fan Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 A draffy is a draughtsman, quite well paid in relation to mainstream jobs.That salary calculator is pretty interesting.can't complain with £125 a day take home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerz Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Depends on what sort tho too. Bet if you were an electrical one you would be on more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Looking at the calculator. I see no difference in take home by selecting married! why is that option on there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 A draffy is a draughtsman, quite well paid in relation to mainstream jobs.That salary calculator is pretty interesting.can't complain with £125 a day take home.that's seriously over paid for a draughter, up here a draughter probably gets half that (take home of £125 has got to be over 45k a year. I train draughters and don't get that lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Looking at the calculator. I see no difference in take home by selecting married! why is that option on there?guess it depends on the other options and how much you earn, if you put that you are over 70 it does make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 What does a draftty do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) What does a draftty doget given things to draw by an engineer who's done all the calculations and sketches usually. Converts details into the finished cad drawings. I can get subcontracted draughting done for £100 a day in Aberdeen and we also overnight draughting work to India where we get it for way less than £10 a day (guaranteed them 40000 drawings a year for a £400000 contract). No offence to Tallica Fan but whoever pays for your services is being ripped off unless it's very specialised work. Edited January 22, 2008 by Crusoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerz Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) Yeah if you on a pension being married changes it. Im on 11k a year but then I only work 3 days a week normaly.Tho being a Sparky pound notes do tend to land on floor and go in my pocket Edited January 22, 2008 by Bikerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linz Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 While I was at school (from about age 13) I worked as a waitress. I started on £2 an hour, and remember being delighted with my 25% pay rise soon after I started!!! Was on about £3.75 by the time I left.I left school after my Highers in 5th year and decided to get a job for a year until I was going to uni. My first proper job was chopping vegetables and sorting them into roasting tins for sale at Tesco (needed some money coming in til I found a decent job). Think I got about £7 an hour (which wasn't bad considering) and was meant to work every second Sunday. I was only there a month and still never worked a Sunday!I then started working as a trainee administrator for a housing association for ... wait for it £9,000 a year!!! (I would have been better off staying at KP!) Ireally enjoyed the job, and they were devastated when I said I was leavine. I got pulled into the bosses office a few days after I handed in my notice and she asked if she could convince me to stay with a pay rise - she got her pen and pointed to a number on her bit paper ... £9,700 a year! (I didn't accept)I worked at a pub, and part time for the company I am at now during uni. Think the pub paid about £4.60 an hour, and the other job about £7.00 an hour. I am now working full time for a Hydrualic Engineering Company (Oil and Gas industry based) and am doing not too badly for someone my age (well I think so anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyA Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) £83 a day take home - no over time£120 a day if i dont include the 13 weeks paid holidays plus £4.5k into a pension each year Edited January 22, 2008 by matt a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 £185.21 Take home a day. Wifely deductions £5.21 take home a day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Nice going Iain, no wonder the house prices can go so high in some parts of the country. My two bed bungalow in a nice area cost less than £200 a month in mortgage, though i increased it a little while back to around £400 to pay it off faster, just 8 years to go now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyA Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Nice amount Putney, do you get £185 a day from Sky??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) Nice going Iain, no wonder the house prices can go so high in some parts of the country. My two bed bungalow in a nice area cost less than £200 a month in mortgage, though i increased it a little while back to around £400 to pay it off faster, just 8 years to go now.£179500 Left to go on my flat! Renting it out and moving to Oz though so my earnings will be cut by 50% but I will only be working 14 days a month! Edited January 22, 2008 by Putney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallika_Fan Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 get given things to draw by an engineer who's done all the calculations and sketches usually. Converts details into the finished cad drawings. I can get subcontracted draughting done for £100 a day in Aberdeen and we also overnight draughting work to India where we get it for way less than £10 a day (guaranteed them 40000 drawings a year for a £400000 contract). No offence to Tallica Fan but whoever pays for your services is being ripped off unless it's very specialised work.You're the boss though aren't you, bosses don't get paid the money, the connies do. Technically not just draughting, majority of it is though, OLE design to a certain extent. OLE being Overhead Line Equipment, the electrical cables and structures that line the railways up and down the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Nice amount Putney, do you get £185 a day from Sky???Nope.I work there 14 days month. I have a freelance business which pays £275 a day and rental income..Fingers in pies.Sky pay is average pay for london Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 You're the boss though aren't you, bosses don't get paid the money, the connies do. Technically not just draughting, majority of it is though, OLE design to a certain extent. OLE being Overhead Line Equipment, the electrical cables and structures that line the railways up and down the country.Part boss part senior engineer part IT specialist. Contractors always get a decent percentage over employees doing the same job as you don't get the benefits (pension payments, health, life insurance, garenteed work, sick pay etc.) I expect to get rid or train up to engineer level most of the draughters working here and most of the work they are doing just now will go overseas. No point paying someone to draught £25k a year plus benefits when you can get a dozen people in the far east to turn the job around faster for a tenth of the price. Currently we get drawings e-mailed back in time for 8am the next morning if we send the details before 4pm the night before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Part boss part senior engineer part IT specialist. Contractors always get a decent percentage over employees doing the same job as you don't get the benefits (pension payments, health, life insurance, garenteed work, sick pay etc.) I expect to get rid or train up to engineer level most of the draughters working here and most of the work they are doing just now will go overseas. No point paying someone to draught £25k a year plus benefits when you can get a dozen people in the far east to turn the job around faster for a tenth of the price. Currently we get drawings e-mailed back in time for 8am the next morning if we send the details before 4pm the night before.Shame really,Thats less money going to an english person putting it back into the economy... Soon we will all be jobless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Wow! and to think this started life as a p*ss take of a locked thread!hahahahaaaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Shame really,Thats less money going to an english person putting it back into the economy... Soon we will all be jobless!got to keep increasing your skill levels to stay ahead. The simpler jobs are the first to go but already opening new machining plants just now in the far east too. We can do the engineering and send them the programs to cut on automated cnc machines. $44 an hour running costs compared to $289 an hour making them here, exactly the same product. If it's not a rush job that can wait for shipping then it's a no brainer to make things over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 got to keep increasing your skill levels to stay ahead. The simpler jobs are the first to go but already opening new machining plants just now in the far east too. We can do the engineering and send them the programs to cut on automated cnc machines. $44 an hour running costs compared to $289 an hour making them here, exactly the same product. If it's not a rush job that can wait for shipping then it's a no brainer to make things over there.I agree that's business but 25 years time.... or less I think we are all going to be screwed for jobs....''Autobots move out!'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 scary when you see how many graduates these developing countries churn out. Asia has over 1000 graduates in science, maths and engineering to every 1 from europe. Soon 2 or more degrees per person will be common place for some jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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