I have been thinking about an article in the Cambridge News from a week or so ago and I am still fuming. A website PeoplePerHour has the paper suggests listed what the hourly rate of individual trades.
There are also quotes from the company such as"Everbody has freetime and a skill or service that has value to someone. It helps people not only earn extra cash by 'moonlighting', but also take the first step in creating a fully fledged entrepreneurial business".
It goes on to say "By bringing the unit of work down to as little as one hour, and giving power to the worker to define what they can do and at what price, we're unlocking a huge untapped market for micro-services that people can deliver in their spare time".
There is the lovely statement that " Those who earn less per hour are not always worse off, especially if they are in professions where it is possible to clock up the hours."
It appears to suggest you should employ people for the time you need them for a particular task.
Now some of the hourly rates as listed in the newspaper article;
Receptionist £6.80
Chef £9.75
Gardener £10.23
Builder £12.52
Primary teacher £17.31
and on and on.
Is it just me! Encouraging 'moonlighting' entrepreneurial business, blah blah blah. We have issues with zero hours contracts and exploitation of employees a plenty and this sort of claptrap is being spouted.
Oh and by the way I dont work for £10.23 an hour and cant think of many self employed gardeners who do, but then I'm self employed with insurance and paying tax etc etc etc and not shoving cash in my back pocket.
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