Originally posted by Iron Condor
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Originally posted by Iron Condor View PostMy lifestyle never got so crazy that 36ph (about 65K a year) wasnt enough to live on.
So droping down from 75ph to 36ph never bothered me, it was the six month period of being out work that was hard as i had bought my first home a week before being out of work.Comment
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Originally posted by Iron Condor View PostI quit contracting to do plan B in 2007. This year i averaged about a £1000 a day on plan B. But i still only live like i earn 65K a year.Comment
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There is an advert on the home page of CUK. That offers 4x your rate for mortgages. I did use that company in 2001 but i took a mortage that was less than 1.5x my 75ph rate, (200K). I wonder if anyone on here on 600 a day ever took out a 600K mortgage???Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostNo.
What I am saying is that lots more people in this country have to live on real tulip wage (not always minimum but average salary I think was £24k pa) - this means someone who was on £75 during totally unjustified boom years of waste should not complain about going downt o £36 during downturn when many would earn 10 times less.
24K is not a tulip wage. It's more or less the average wage. The real problem is the way that all taxes, especially Council Tax(risen over 100% since 1997), National Insurance and Income Tax(a classic stealth tax, by not raising bands in line with inflation) have risen dramatically under Labour, thus reducing disposable income.
This is a contributory factor for the current recession. It's quite comical that the powers that be cite tax reductions as a potential cure for the recession, but don't realise that continually raising them has the opposite affect by reducing consumer spending power!!Comment
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Originally posted by Cyberman View Post24K is not a tulip wage. It's more or less the average wage.
My first IT work in this country was done for rate of £7 per hour... I was pretty chaffed to get even that at the timeComment
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Originally posted by AtW View Post
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It is very dangerous for one to lose sense of perspective - £36 ph is a lot of money that most people won't have any chance of reaching during their lifetime (unless Brown stays in Govt for another term), this is especially so if there is a downturn and a lot of people lose their jobs.
Frankly any high rates during .COM boom of early 2000s were silly money and should have never been assumed as "normal" or something that would stay on for a long time.
I totally agree. Many contractors have lost all perspective of the value of money, and I must admit I went through a phase of taking it all for granted in 2000 when I turned down an extension that would have been grossing almost 12K a month.
Since Y2K my sense of perspective has become much more realistic and I have put much more money away for a rainy day, and not in shares I hasten to add. It's a shame that those in government didn't do the same thing, but my thrift means that I can survive this downturn for many years.
A long recession will be a reality check for many contractors, who will learn that thinking that they are the best in the business with top-notch skills will just not be enough, as the jobs will simply not be there. The best skills to have will be those in money management!!Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostThat's what I said - average wage - "tulip wage" was referring to lower than that - closer to minium salary - a lot of jobs in this country pay like £11-12k, which in my view qualifies as "tulip wage" but even that is lower than average and many times lower than that discussed.
My first IT work in this country was done for rate of £7 per hour... I was pretty chaffed to get even that at the time
I have a friend earning just over 12K a year and he is almost 50, but he survives. My first permanent job with a bank in 1973 paid 1500 pounds a year and my first take home pay was just under 50 quid a month. It puts today's pay into perspective !!Comment
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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostI totally agree. Many contractors have lost all perspective of the value of money, and I must admit I went through a phase of taking it all for granted in 2000 when I turned down an extension that would have been grossing almost 12K a month.
Since Y2K my sense of perspective has become much more realistic and I have put much more money away for a rainy day, and not in shares I hasten to add. It's a shame that those in government didn't do the same thing, but my thrift means that I can survive this downturn for many years.
A long recession will be a reality check for many contractors, who will learn that thinking that they are the best in the business with top-notch skills will just not be enough, as the jobs will simply not be there. The best skills to have will be those in money management!!
Hate to see the repurcussions for those verse to depression and all....not a good year coming up....lets just hope many get through it safe and sound.....Comment
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