Paid holidays.

[joe-90]

If the UK is going bust - shouldn't annual leave be the first thing to go? The self employed don't get them. The things given in the good times should be withdrawn in the bad times. If the good times come back - then you get them back.

 

[enyam]

Yep,Christmas and Easter should disappear right away.

 

[^woody^]

The self employed don't get them. .

Not true

They price their jobs to factor in costs of time off at some future time

 

[joe-90]

For the protected professions like surveyor that might be true.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Bit short on work front eh Joe?

 

[joe-90]

Not that bothered up to Christmas.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Get a job as a posty?

 

[^woody^]

No, if you go out to hang a door, you have the door cost and then whatever else you think you can charge for the fitting

Your actual expenses will be much less than your actual costs, so its mostly profit. So you use some of this for your business expenses, others for living and put some away for holidays etc

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Whatever happened to Joe's conservatory roof insulating company?

 

[joe-90]

But many self employed are dropping their prices - so their holiday pay drops.

 

[cantaloup63]

Whatever happened to Joe's conservatory roof insulating company?

It fell through

 

[joe-90]

Whatever happened to Joe's conservatory roof insulating company?

Still working on that one. That will be a line to push in the spring. Still sorting out the best way to do it.

I want to build some bespoke porches too.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

But many self employed are dropping their prices - so their holiday pay drops.

Maybe they're just crap at being self employed? Doll queue beckons?

 

[joe-90]

But many self employed are dropping their prices - so their holiday pay drops.

Maybe they're just crap at being self employed? Doll queue beckons?

Maybe they are being displaced by Poles?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Good workers the poles, fair play to 'em.