why does anyone have a problem with peoples salary...the only reason we do this is the money...surely!!!
The other advantages of being self employed can be found in many other ways which are not weather dependant, not as physically tiring, not as many overheads, not as boring etc etc....
If I was working in ANY job and I heard a friend say they were earning 50% less than me with another employee for doing the same job, then the first thing I would say is:
"you need to have a word mate, I`m earning double that with Bloggs Engineering"
There is no difference here. If I read about someone earning £10 an hour, I will try and offer advice to try and motivate that person to aim a lot higher...
Why not shout it from the rooftops...be proud...declare your income to the authorities and you can tell the world if you want to.
If it motivates a "wannabee" (that is exactly what you were when you "wanted to be" to be a window cleaner) to change their job and earn more for their family then great...that`s what it did for me.
If you do not believe the figures on here about earnings I can only assume you are earning below that.
You shouldn`t knock the people who have looked at what they do, decided to earn what they feel they are worth and got out there and found the high paying customers...it can be done.
No-one needs to be worried in our lifetimes about people saturating the market...you will never escape the stigma attached to most peoples conception of a window cleaner...low paid, low skilled menial job done by ex.cons, unemployables anywhere else, beer money etc etc.
There are millions of uncleaned windows out there and nowhere near enough window cleaners.
If you work long days in window cleaning, you should be RICH because your hourly rate (including travel) should be and CAN BE £20 plus an hour...every hour.