AlunJ
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in the right jobs, the railway pays well. It's not unheard of to walk in off the street with next to no qualifications and earn 40k ish as a driver... but it's hard to get in obviously. I only have 2 A Levels, I'm only on the platforms earning 16k basic but theres plenty of opportunity to earn a lot more when the jobs come up in my area. Worth a look
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flybikeslee
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postman pays well
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Kano
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Originally posted by flybikeslee
postman pays well
Urban myth.. Its actually pretty poor paid considering being out in all weathers etc..
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Jake
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Originally posted by DannyB
They charge £1.50 around here, they must make a fair bit, imagine how many you could do in a day.
one pound fifty a house? you would have to do 150 houses a day to make it worth your while for a two way split then you would have overheads on top of that?
that is a shit wage
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alan-g-w
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I've considered sorting office jobs with Royal Mail, they take on christmas temps don't they?
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flybikeslee
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Originally posted by Kano
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Originally posted by flybikeslee
postman pays well
Urban myth.. Its actually pretty poor paid considering being out in all weathers etc..
i know a lad on £11, hes in the sorting office most days too, and hes a retard
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AlunJ
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I've considered sorting office jobs with Royal Mail, they take on christmas temps don't they?
yeah shed loads of overtime from what I've heard as well. A mate of mine once did it non stop for a few days... was minted at the end but f**k that for a laugh 
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DannyB
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I may have the price wrong then  that does seem pretty cheap thinking about it.
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IvIarkgraham
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i work in a factory start on about £8
ive been here 5 years working nights im on £11 plus night shift rate of £2
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Dione J
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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
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Originally posted by Adge
thats fantastic money workin on doors, might look into that, once i pu ton a stone or two haha
Fantastic money, but horrible hours!
But great eye-candy and girls all over ya 
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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Apply for graduate jobs in mechanical engineering, most of the time you need a year or more experience even though its a fucking graduate job. 
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All Torque
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Supermarket night shift. They employ proper flids in my store, I did a night shift once and it wasn't too bad. No customers in your way if you do saturday nights. Include sunday premium into that and you'll be making about £14 an hour I think.
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fir3vip3r
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Originally posted by Kano
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Originally posted by flybikeslee
postman pays well
Urban myth.. Its actually pretty poor paid considering being out in all weathers etc..
not an urban myth, i was a postie on over 20k... thats awesome pay for a very unskilled job
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Matty SRi
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Originally posted by jake
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Originally posted by DannyB
They charge £1.50 around here, they must make a fair bit, imagine how many you could do in a day.
one pound fifty a house? you would have to do 150 houses a day to make it worth your while for a two way split then you would have overheads on top of that?
that is a shit wage
Im a window cleaner myself, working for someone at the moment, i take away half of wat i do in a week... have a set target of £210 a week, do that, get a £10 bonus.
Normally average around £400 a week, so £210 for me... Not the best but isnt bad considering i only work 9 - 11:30 have lunch break, then back to work at 1 - 3:45 also i can pick and choose when i want to work.
Hopefully be buying my own round shortly after xmas and getting up on the ladder
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
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factory/warehouse jobs....
Know some one who started at 5.50 p/h(two years ago) then few months later got offered a perm job at 8 odd quid an hour.. did 7 days of 12 hour shifts and got 600 odd quid after taxes.... 
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--DAN--
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I started as a Factory Operative 10 years ago as a 6 week summer job before I was due to go to University.
At the time I started on £4.10 an hour and overtime was unlimited, 10 years later i'm still here and now managing 400-500 people and earning what I would call a pretty high salary. There's no shame in starting in a factory and they are always looking to develop the existing workforce and promote from within. You may even find that a position arises for a fitter and you could apply internally.
I've got loads of factory ops earning 600 plus a week and supervisors on far more, it just depends if you want the work. You usually find you can have a good laugh in a factory envirnment as well.
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Cavey
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Originally posted by fir3vip3r
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Originally posted by Kano
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Originally posted by flybikeslee
postman pays well
Urban myth.. Its actually pretty poor paid considering being out in all weathers etc..
not an urban myth, i was a postie on over 20k... thats awesome pay for a very unskilled job
I was gonna suggest Postie. I'm on £8.76 an hour, pretty good for the hours I do really. Got paid for 49 hrs last week, £460 before tax 
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alan-g-w
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Cheers for the replies everyone, given me plenty of food for thought. sand-eel, what do you mean by graduate jobs in mech eng?
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Adge
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Registered: 28th Aug 04
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Originally posted by --DAN--
I started as a Factory Operative 10 years ago as a 6 week summer job before I was due to go to University.
At the time I started on £4.10 an hour and overtime was unlimited, 10 years later i'm still here and now managing 400-500 people and earning what I would call a pretty high salary. There's no shame in starting in a factory and they are always looking to develop the existing workforce and promote from within. You may even find that a position arises for a fitter and you could apply internally.
I've got loads of factory ops earning 600 plus a week and supervisors on far more, it just depends if you want the work. You usually find you can have a good laugh in a factory envirnment as well.
wat kind of work is that?
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--DAN--
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Prepared Foods/Poultry.
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Adge
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iam in a similar position bt its alot smaller company, so dnt knw wat to do next
well dun with that dan
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Nismo
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Bin man, pays very well down here, bout £8-10 per hour.
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--DAN--
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Originally posted by Adge
iam in a similar position bt its alot smaller company, so dnt knw wat to do next
well dun with that dan
Cheers mate, what type of business are you in?
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AndyKent
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Bin man, pays very well down here, bout £8-10 per hour.
But if you're anything like my mate you only work 7 til 12, so only £50 before tax per day max.
Not exactly well paid. Not bad, but not great either.
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DizzyRebel
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Window cleaner would be your best bet. Target residential areas, charge £5 a house. takes 10 minutes to do one house. so 6 houses an hour = £30ph which isnt a bad wage.
Rarely anyone will get 10-20 quid an hour being on the doors. Most unexperience people get paid around £6-£7 an hour around here. Only the head doormen of the biggest clubs get anywhere near £20 ph.
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