how much would you want for a days work

[gruntygiggles]

+1 to Fizz

Honestly Gid, as you are able to still do your own work when it comes in, the job security, even over a short term could prove incredibly valuable with things the way they are.

I'd take it....you can always leave if you want to, but you might not be able to secure it again in the future if things get worse on a self employed basis!

Seems like a bit of a no brainer, but you know what you can and can't live on, so time to get a budget on paper to work it all out!

Good luck mate and love to the little ones x

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by gid

I have been self employed for the last 22 years and usually get paid a good fee per day.
Because I work in construction the trade is dead at the mo.
I have been offered £90 a day plus fuel for the next 6 months(I can still do my own work if it comes in)
Ok its not a fortune to some people ,but how much would you take to keep busy?

I take that as a daily rate frequently, it's all gone a bit quiet for me at the mo as well. But the bloke who pays me for the day and has no prblem with me fitting my own work in around what he has for me. When I do have busy periods my daily rate will near enough double that but it's always handy to have a bit of a back up for when it is quiet.

Originally Posted by lily

If it's money in the bank and you can still do your own work I'd take it!

Exactly

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

Honestly Gid, as you are able to still do your own work when it comes in, the job security, even over a short term could prove incredibly valuable with things the way they are.

I'd take it....you can always leave if you want to, but you might not be able to secure it again in the future if things get worse on a self employed basis!

Seems like a bit of a no brainer, but you know what you can and can't live on, so time to get a budget on paper to work it all out!

I agree with this

As Fizz said, money isn't the be all & end all.

I hold a regular job, and I'm not interested in career progression. I have little stress here, and I leave work at the desk when I go home. For that, I get somewhere around £50/day. I've not sat & worked that out, it's purely a guesstimation.

In the past, I've also done work where the clients have been perfectly happy to pay £1000/day, and only today quoted someone on here a max of £300/day for some work.

The trouble is, the higher paid work is sparadic, so I do the day job to make sure the kids have a roof & food on the table.

in my opinion its not a case of who earns what its what your personal situation needs, i dont value money highly as im not a materialistic person my income can go up and down depending on how much work i get/want to do but its more than enough for me and if i never have to be a wage slave again il be a happy man. If its good for you then go for it.

[G]

In the curreent construction climate.....a 6 month contract is worth taking if you can cover your costs.

Jesus, i'm a full time carer for a disabled lady, expected to do 35 hours/week & for that I get £1/hour - gorra love our governmental systems.

i think £100 a day is a good figure.

thats still a little low for trade work, but people will push at the moment, we have had plasterers in for £80 per day inc travel.

cuz used to charge in the region of 100 - 150 per day for plastering but he said he cant charge those figures anymore

[timwilky]

depends who the client is. I charge my private ones up to £700/day. and others £200.

The big payers I know are a one off and are reluctantly buying me. the others are regular clients, happy to use me.

My boss tarts me out at £375 internally. Cheap I tell you. wish I got that in my monthly insult. That way I would not have to do private work