[AuRavelling79]

@Dazmond
Not many will be earning 100k a year working part time.theyll have to bust a gut for that....

And that's the whole point for me....I don't want to work full time hours.never have really

Fair play it works for you.100k is full time but they still don't break a sweat.

is the 50k for part time turnover or profit after tax,n.i and expenses?

Thats's good going if its 1k a week take home  for 4 hours a day plus 6 weeks off.

No that's turnover but I can easily live on that up here in the North West plus the missus runs her own business too and when I move in with her no mortgage or rent as she will have paid it off by then!

Happy days....

Just be careful she doesn’t dump you for  a younger  more virile  specimen 😂😂😂😂
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Did somebody call?

[Slacky]

Look out here comes Martian 606….

[dazmond]

Anyone left the trade and gone on to do something else and be happy?

I'm so fed up with the actual work. Just brain dead aint it.

I'm not close to getting off the tools. Could potentially get someone to cover the work and get another job.

Big doubt is whether I could ever work for an employer after being my own boss.

Anyone left and happy? Anyone left and not, or come back to window cleaning?

Do you work on your own or have staff?

Are you working long hours?

How's your sleep?

How's your diet and exercise routine?

Do you smoke?

Do you drink excessively?

How's your mental health?

[dazmond]

If your tired,run down,sleep deprived and not in the best of health then it doesn't matter what job/occupation you do, you ll hate it esp if working full time.

[Mist A Bit]

I sold up over 7 years ago to go full time on my other career choice which was still self employed working from home on the computer. 6 years i spent in the office not seeing people and putting on weight. last year i have started on the windows again. 3 days on windows and 2 days in the office. i now have the perfect balance between two jobs

[Tristan R Clean]

I think for me the perfect balance would be 2 days on the windows and one day in the office.
Trouble is I only ‘know’ window cleaning so wouldn’t have a clue in ‘ the office’ 😆

T

[andycap]

Mines just 3 or 4  days of 5 hours👍👍👍

[Viscount]

I quit in 2011 to become a teacher. When I got to  the top of the pay ladder as a normal teacher (now 44K) after 9 years of graft and a training year, it still wasn't as much as I earned in 2011 cleaning bird poo off windows. Worse financial decision of my life. I wanted meaning. Trust me, I learnt so many skills I never would have, but got a butt-load of stress. The first day in the classroom learning to be a teacher on 1st September 2011, the sun was shining, the birds tweeting and I was stuck inside. I knew I had made a dreadful mistake. I had sold up though and used the money to fund the training year.

I've only really over the last year or so owned up to myself I made a big mistake. I used to start at half 8 unless I had a commercial, finish at four and always had money in my pocket.

Trust me, school holidays in no way compensate for the stress and hours you put in in the school year. If I could turn back time.

Starting from scratch now. Don't do it unless you can equal the money and the hours.

My mate is in IT and earns what I would be earning if I had stayed on the glass. But he has stress on another level. I would have one or two blokes working for me and be chilling if I had stayed on the glass.

Don't do it. Braindead yes. Get a hobby, join a club, retake maths GCSE, use your brain outside of work. Learn a language. Don't depend on work to stimulate you. Most jobs are braindead after you initially build your skill set. Even teaching was just the same old crap after a few years, your brain soon sends the task to your subconscious and automates it and you just plough through in a state of boredom.

Don't quite the glass. My opinion of course. Other outcomes are possible.

[G Griffin]

Viscount, is your name Matt?

[DJW]

Viscount …….. takes the biscuit.

[AuRavelling79]

Viscount …….. takes the biscuit.

That is a mint joke.

[AuRavelling79]

I quit in 2011 to become a teacher. When I got to  the top of the pay ladder as a normal teacher (now 44K) after 9 years of graft and a training year, it still wasn't as much as I earned in 2011 cleaning bird poo off windows. Worse financial decision of my life. I wanted meaning. Trust me, I learnt so many skills I never would have, but got a butt-load of stress. The first day in the classroom learning to be a teacher on 1st September 2011, the sun was shining, the birds tweeting and I was stuck inside. I knew I had made a dreadful mistake. I had sold up though and used the money to fund the training year.

I've only really over the last year or so owned up to myself I made a big mistake. I used to start at half 8 unless I had a commercial, finish at four and always had money in my pocket.

Trust me, school holidays in no way compensate for the stress and hours you put in in the school year. If I could turn back time.

Starting from scratch now. Don't do it unless you can equal the money and the hours.

My mate is in IT and earns what I would be earning if I had stayed on the glass. But he has stress on another level. I would have one or two blokes working for me and be chilling if I had stayed on the glass.

Don't do it. Braindead yes. Get a hobby, join a club, retake maths GCSE, use your brain outside of work. Learn a language. Don't depend on work to stimulate you. Most jobs are braindead after you initially build your skill set. Even teaching was just the same old crap after a few years, your brain soon sends the task to your subconscious and automates it and you just plough through in a state of boredom.

Don't quite the glass. My opinion of course. Other outcomes are possible.

Are you still teaching? Did you take the plunge back into window cleaning?

[Viscount]

My name isn't Matt...

I'm transitioning over into window cleaning, starting from scratch.

[G Griffin]

My name isn't Matt...

I'm transitioning over into window cleaning, starting from scratch.

Are you sure? 
Matt must still be teaching then.
Good luck with it, Sir.......I mean Viscount 👍.

[Viscount]

Good luck to Matt

I'm a Phil.

[DJW]

A trans windowcleaner. Blimey!

[jay moley]

Anyone left the trade and gone on to do something else and be happy?

I'm so fed up with the actual work. Just brain dead aint it.

I'm not close to getting off the tools. Could potentially get someone to cover the work and get another job.

Big doubt is whether I could ever work for an employer after being my own boss.

Anyone left and happy? Anyone left and not, or come back to window cleaning?

Do you work on your own or have staff?

Are you working long hours?

How's your sleep?

How's your diet and exercise routine?

Do you smoke?

Do you drink excessively?

How's your mental health?

I work with one lad. Hate it on my own.

No more than 8 hours a day usually 6.5.

I sleep fine.

Don't drink at all or touch drugs. No smoking.

Mental health very poor as I have bipolar.

I think the only thing I could so is start another business.

[AuRavelling79]

Have you thought of having the 'lad' work your round with another and you manage it?

How do you think your mental health will improve by leaving window cleaning?

[jay moley]

Have you thought of having the 'lad' work your round with another and you manage it?

How do you think your mental health will improve by leaving window cleaning?

Usual problem: he doesn't drive.

He's been saying he will learn and to be fair he's done lessons but he's waiting on the DVLA to change details on his licence because he filled his name out wrong on the form!

He's been with me for a year and knew from day one that I wanted him to drive. I've thought about getting someone else in but as we all know its hard to find the right person and he's a good worked when with me.

[NWH]

How old is he