JoelP
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| posted on 22/9/09 at 07:30 PM |
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I was in a trade retail outlet one evening last week, nice and quiet at about 8pm, when i came across two employees in an aisle restacking shelves -
and i realised how damned lucky i am to enjoy my job. It looked like soul destroying work, countless nasty products to sort out, and undoubtedly a
dreadful wage. Made me shudder to think of a life spent in that hell hole. Then at the till another lass was picking an order and had an armful of
different wooden profiles, about 30 of them, stood there sorting and scanning them. Nearly made me sick 
That is the basis of a capitalist society. You get slightly rich by having a skill, or mega rich by 'using' people for your own ends.
Loads of people on a crap wage supporting a few on a good wage.
You either need a skill, or you need to employ people. Or both!
For the butty van route, you need to get one and work on it to learn the industry, then you need to buy loads and get employees to staff them. You
need to pay the right amount of wage, enough to keep them but little enough that you end up in a 900k house.  There are many other lucrative
businesses that you wouldnt expect to earn so well, such as bin or window cleaning.
To reiterate, if you work a job, your wage is per hour and it is limited by the hours in a week. As an employer you earn from percentages, which can
be unlimited.
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Benzine
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| posted on 22/9/09 at 07:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
There are many other lucrative businesses that you wouldnt expect to earn so well, such as bin or window cleaning.
Yeah... the window cleaner that does my parent's house charges £30... he's there for about 40 minutes! I keep asking why they still pay
and apparently "he does a good job" Is that the going rate for window cleaning?!
I'd love to follow him home one day and see if he lives in a mansion 
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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adam1985
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| posted on 22/9/09 at 08:02 PM |
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Im currently a self employed plumbing and heating engineer packed out with work on some quite prestigious projects but my god theres alot of hassle
with it im working weekends leaving some mornings at 6.30 and getting home at silly o clock at night
Yeah the money is brill but i feel like ive got no life anymore works taking over so much so im looking into jobs inspecting and surveying
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JoelP
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| posted on 23/9/09 at 08:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adam1985
Im currently a self employed plumbing and heating engineer packed out with work on some quite prestigious projects but my god theres alot of hassle
with it im working weekends leaving some mornings at 6.30 and getting home at silly o clock at night
Yeah the money is brill but i feel like ive got no life anymore works taking over so much so im looking into jobs inspecting and surveying
I know the feeling, just got in now, out again at 615, and will definately be working late all weekend.
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