Job Want Ad - QE 2 Looking for a Limo Chaufer...
Feb 22nd, 2015, 03:26 AM
#21
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,060
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Accommodation in central London and all his meals? The salary is beer money.
For the average person, including your Yank postie, accommodation is a major expenditure.
Believe me, London rents are sky high. Transport is another biggie in London. This bloke will be living "over the shop". How much annual holiday will your postie get?
For the average person, including your Yank postie, accommodation is a major expenditure.
Believe me, London rents are sky high. Transport is another biggie in London. This bloke will be living "over the shop". How much annual holiday will your postie get?
Feb 22nd, 2015, 05:05 AM
#23
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 34,862
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I don't understand why anyone is comparing a chauffer in London to a US postal carrier. What does their salary have to do with anything, the job isn't remotely equivalent nor the requirements.
I don't think that salary is that bad. My BIL was a private driver and he didn't make that much (in Vermont/CT area in the US, did airport trips mostly) nor did he get housing and food and other benefits. He liked the job because he liked to drive and it was a 3rd career for him, he took up when retired from his regular job.
No one in the US would get 33 vacation days that I've ever heard of except people in certain government or union jobs after many years of seniority. Even then, for the US federal govt, it caps at about 30 days (meaning you can't accrue any more). US federal govt employees earn 8 hours leave per 2 week pay period, or 26 days a year, but only after 15 years of service. That doesn't include holidays or sick leave. The US POst office isn't quite the same category, and those workers can earn a maximum of 20 days a year after 15 years seniority. They only get 2 weeks or 10 days when they have less than 5 years tenure.
This may be a shock to some, but there are people in the world who don't have great job prospects as professional white collar workers at a high salary, nor a profession like doctor, lawyer, etc, no college degree, and that kind of job would be seen as a good deal.
I don't think that salary is that bad. My BIL was a private driver and he didn't make that much (in Vermont/CT area in the US, did airport trips mostly) nor did he get housing and food and other benefits. He liked the job because he liked to drive and it was a 3rd career for him, he took up when retired from his regular job.
No one in the US would get 33 vacation days that I've ever heard of except people in certain government or union jobs after many years of seniority. Even then, for the US federal govt, it caps at about 30 days (meaning you can't accrue any more). US federal govt employees earn 8 hours leave per 2 week pay period, or 26 days a year, but only after 15 years of service. That doesn't include holidays or sick leave. The US POst office isn't quite the same category, and those workers can earn a maximum of 20 days a year after 15 years seniority. They only get 2 weeks or 10 days when they have less than 5 years tenure.
This may be a shock to some, but there are people in the world who don't have great job prospects as professional white collar workers at a high salary, nor a profession like doctor, lawyer, etc, no college degree, and that kind of job would be seen as a good deal.
