I have had such an interesting conversation with a home visitor today. I am in the unfortunate position of requiring daily health visits at home. this problem was first diagnosed by Rob K around 2012,
So my medical carer arrived and we were chatting about jobs and work after an article on TV, he is now a male nurse from Doncaster. his first job was in the warehouse at Polypipe, renowned to be one of the most lucrative driving jobs in Doncaster. After outsourcing to other countries a lot of the factory staff were laid off. Alec managed to find a job in despatch at CASE tractors on Wheatley Hall Road. he said it helps when your dad is shipping manager.
Our paths must have crossed as he reeled off a list of regular hauliers doing both international and domestic traffic. sadly CASE closed down and Alec was out of work, he took up home caring on minimum wage and zero hour contracts. he said he so enjoyed this, he went off to university and did a nursing degree, he told me he has never been so happy in his job despite amassing huge tuition fees.
I wonder who else has taken a whole u turn, from warehouse and transport to nursing. I also know a fully qualified chef who has left his job and is training to be a nurse.
To Lincolnshire some years ago. I thought about a career change so I looked into being a carer.
The rock bottom money, wear and tear on my own car and then a dodgy sounding brolly company wage scheme neatly euthanized the whole idea.
A week later I was driving nights for a fridge outfit in Spalding.
One of my relatives was a lithographic printer a few years back. At that time it was a skilled, unionised and well paid job.
Times changed, and he moved into geriatric care.
Not as well paid of course, but he is happy enough at it. More that a few funny anecdotes, which is probably a requirement in that line of work.
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Wheel Nut:
Like me, they have faith in our NHS
I too have lots of trust in those who work in the NHS and other caring professions.
However I worry about the future of the NHS. Not because of the workers though.
one thing iv learned is its best to take a step into a job i hate ,then i will grow to really love it . its a bit like meeting someone new you really hit it off on day 1 , but by 3 months you hate their guts !
Wheel Nut:
he went off to university and did a nursing degree, he told me he has never been so happy in his job despite amassing huge tuition fees.
Tell him he doesnāt need to worry. Heāll likely never ever pay it off and knowing what the carerās wages are like may never earn enough to actually have any student loan deductions.
Not sure if you know how it works but until you earn at least Ā£27,300 you wonāt pay a penny and youāll only pay 9% of what you earn above that so earn Ā£28,300 and youāll pay just Ā£90 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR or just Ā£1.73 a week. Anything left outstanding 30 years after youāve finished is written off. So as you can see heās not likely to be paying anything any time soon and itāll likely be written off. Also when it comes to loans and mortgages etc most lenders wonāt take it into account when deciding how much to lend you.
Wheel Nut:
he went off to university and did a nursing degree, he told me he has never been so happy in his job despite amassing huge tuition fees.
Tell him he doesnāt need to worry. Heāll likely never ever pay it off and knowing what the carerās wages are like may never earn enough to actually have any student loan deductions.
Not sure if you know how it works but until you earn at least Ā£27,300 you wonāt pay a penny and youāll only pay 9% of what you earn above that so earn Ā£28,300 and youāll pay just Ā£90 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR or just Ā£1.73 a week. Anything left outstanding 30 years after youāve finished is written off. So as you can see heās not likely to be paying anything any time soon and itāll likely be written off. Also when it comes to loans and mortgages etc most lenders wonāt take it into account when deciding how much to lend you.
Not sure on your figures there as I just paid off Ā£1500 in one go to clear my uni debt at the age of 33. I have been driving trucks since 21 so not making huge money. Most months they took over Ā£170.
Wheel Nut:
he went off to university and did a nursing degree, he told me he has never been so happy in his job despite amassing huge tuition fees.
Tell him he doesnāt need to worry. Heāll likely never ever pay it off and knowing what the carerās wages are like may never earn enough to actually have any student loan deductions.
Not sure if you know how it works but until you earn at least Ā£27,300 you wonāt pay a penny and youāll only pay 9% of what you earn above that so earn Ā£28,300 and youāll pay just Ā£90 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR or just Ā£1.73 a week. Anything left outstanding 30 years after youāve finished is written off. So as you can see heās not likely to be paying anything any time soon and itāll likely be written off. Also when it comes to loans and mortgages etc most lenders wonāt take it into account when deciding how much to lend you.
I earn Ā£27,000 in my main job and I pay Ā£53 per month back so Iām doing something wrong!
Used to work with a bloke who did the swap the other way round, went from nhs nurse to transporter driving, last time i saw him was still at so over 25 years and counting.
Work with and have worked with many who came from vastly different jobs, they all have one thing in common, once they find a decent lorry job they arnāt in a hurry to leave.
mrginge:
Not sure on your figures there as I just paid off Ā£1500 in one go to clear my uni debt at the age of 33. I have been driving trucks since 21 so not making huge money. Most months they took over Ā£170.
Theyāre the official ones for Plan 2 which any current student will be on. On Plan 2 If you earn over ~Ā£525 a week youāll have student loan deductions of 9% of anything above that. To pay Ā£170 a month you mustāve been on Plan 1.
If youāre on Plan 1 the repayments come in earlier.
Demographics will push that trend forward with the āsporadicā import of foreign health care workers, unfortunately from places where they are even more needed.
I used to be a miner before becomming a driver, Now on tankers and love it, its easy, clean work in comparrson. Lots of miners became drivers as it was an easy option and suits the work ethos of mining but without the camaraderie. Cant say I regrett choosing this path, decent money and I actually enjoy turning in.
Thatās very true YT. Iāve worked with many an ex-miner here on Teesside, commuting down from what used to be the Durham coal fields. Some of them even talk Pitmatic still!
Lucy:
Thatās very true YT. Iāve worked with many an ex-miner here on Teesside, commuting down from what used to be the Durham coal fields. Some of them even talk Pitmatic still!
You cant ever take the mines away from an ex- miner Lucy. I will bet a pound to a penny that you wont hear one of them ever moan about the job and any of them will be the first to help anyone out new to the job.
So true. My mate Doug was a Yorkshire miner, left half his intestines in the Falklands and was invalided out, when the mines closed he returned to fitting having been in REME and moved South. I worked with him for 7 years until I left the company, kept in touch every few months until one day I heard he had been found dead underneath the lorry he was working on. Thatās 14 years ago now, miss the craic and his parties.
cav551:
So true. My mate Doug was a Yorkshire miner, left half his intestines in the Falklands and was invalided out, when the mines closed he returned to fitting having been in REME and moved South. I worked with him for 7 years until I left the company, kept in touch every few months until one day I heard he had been found dead underneath the lorry he was working on. Thatās 14 years ago now, miss the craic and his parties.
I donāt know Iām sorry, he never said much about it other than he hated Thatcherās guts. He was the same about the Falklands too, I think it was all something he wanted to forget and maybe thought that as a non military southerner I wouldnāt understand. I do know that he was a bit embarrassed about the fact that he needed the toilet more often as a result of hin injuries.
