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Gardener's workable acreage

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  • Hi WonkeyWomble,
    I was lucky to get £10 to £12.50p an hour and that was not long ago, probably 3 years ago. If they are good clients and pay well most people do not let these clients go.
  • WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,541
    edited August 2021
    Wow that's not good for self employed wage,  think those customers were being unrealistic.  Don't rule it out for the future completely, I started doing housekeeping half the time then as the gardening built up I dropped the housekeeping and just kept some ironing work which I charge £10 an hour for.  
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Maybe suggest your employer gets some quotes from a gardening company for a year’s maintenance and upkeep of the grounds, beds and borders. 

    That might give her pause to think … 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited August 2021
    Sorry ksc..:  My reply assumed that it was your property that you wanted to garden alone.

    Surely it's a simple case of individual negotiation.  Unless you have a Union.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • kscaballardkscaballard Posts: 13
    edited August 2021
    Hi bèdè,
    No, this is someone who I work for on an employed basis as a gardener. Unfortunately, the employer is non negotiable, thanks.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited August 2021
    I think the best solution is to bide your time whilst you find somewhere more sutiable, where your talents are appreciated and not exploited. 
    Then politely give notice and leave them to it. 
    Devon.
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