Average pay for a day's work doing silage

ciaranmul123

I'm 16 and I am doing silage for a local contractor.. My dad got me the job and I haven't discussed pay yet with the contractor what should I be roughly asking for an hour?

djmc

ciaranmul123 wrote: »

I'm 16 and I am doing silage for a local contractor.. My dad got me the job and I haven't discussed pay yet with the contractor what should I be roughly asking for an hour?

At 16 you might not have a lot of experience driving at silage so l wouldn't go demanding so much an hour.
You could ask him what the going rate is a day and maybe ask for a raise when you have done a few weeks work.
If you know any lads you could ask what they are getting.
Don't be taken advantage of either

Mad4simmental

+1
Don't be afraid to ask questions if your unsure about anything. The boss would much prefer a young lad asking questions than penance.

Pull out the geese gun when you get a chance. Keep your cab clean. Take your time for the first few weeks and you'll be as good as anyone.

And most important, if in doubt hit the diff.

Kovu

Mad4simmental wrote: »

+1
Don't be afraid to ask questions if your unsure about anything. The boss would much prefer a young lad asking questions than penance.

Pull out the geese gun when you get a chance. Keep your cab clean. Take your time for the first few weeks and you'll be as good as anyone.

And most important, if in doubt hit the diff.

Mad4simmental

Ha fcuking spell check!

Reggie.

Jaysus I remember when I started wrapping for the contractor 17 years ago I got 20 pound a day

Aska

Reggie. wrote: »

Jaysus I remember when I started wrapping for the contractor 17 years ago I got 20 pound a day

I worked full time for a young farmer (who shall remain nameless but passed away a couple of months back and is known here) for 18.18 a day, I will till the day I pass never know how the daily rate was set at that.

Re: Contract work, yea the age is a killer on you for that, you probably don't have big expenses at this point in your life so you could chalk this season up to experience and take whatever few bob he is giving you and smile (grin and bear it as they say), if you are handy and live somewhat close then the contractor will maybe be thinking along the lines of how convenient you are in the coming years so you could do well out of it all.

onyerbikepat

I heard of a young guy near me getting €10 an hour with a contractor / farmer.

paddysdream

Lads, by the sound of your replies ye can all come and work for me!!!
Anyone ,young or old, should expect a days pay for a days work.

Always always always get paid by the hour drawing silage.Some contractors try it on with a youngster with a daily rate.Grand at 100 per day when you start at 8am and finish at 8pm ie 9 euro an hour.Different crack when its off at 7am and finish at 1am for the same money.
Know there is no fortune in hire work but expecting someone to work for minimum wage or less and giving them maybe 100k of machinery to fly around in all day and night hardly makes sense.

Drew silage for a good few years and no contractor around here would even entertain a 16 yr. old in this day and age.
Even so if you same doing the same work as someone else then why not the same pay.

djmc

paddysdream wrote: »

Lads, by the sound of your replies ye can all come and work for me!!!
Anyone ,young or old, should expect a days pay for a days work.

Always always always get paid by the hour drawing silage.Some contractors try it on with a youngster with a daily rate.Grand at 100 per day when you start at 8am and finish at 8pm ie 9 euro an hour.Different crack when its off at 7am and finish at 1am for the same money.
Know there is no fortune in hire work but expecting someone to work for minimum wage or less and giving them maybe 100k of machinery to fly around in all day and night hardly makes sense.

Drew silage for a good few years and no contractor around here would even entertain a 16 yr. old in this day and age.
Even so if you same doing the same work as someone else then why not the same pay.

I'm not a contractor but I would think too many 16 yos have turned silage trailers upside down keeping in form cars on bad roads traveling too quickly backing into walls and other machines.
You can't expect someone starting a job new to be paid the same as a lad with years of experience no matter what they are at that's why they have apprenticeship and internments in most other jobs.
If the op is asking for a set amount an hour with no experience the contractor might hire someone with a few years experience instead
However if he proves himself in the first week or two and see what he gets he can then ask for a raise or leave if not happy + go for the next driving job with some experience.
I would agree that someone with a few seasons done should be paid the same as anyone else once they turn up in the morning and look after their tractor.

_Brian

I'd expect a 16 yo to be in minimum wage ~€8.75/hour.

Maybe if he proved exceptional after a while a bit more.

bogman_bass

minimum wage if you are under 18 is €6.06. This is what you would get working in the local Centra so I wouldnt expect any more driving tractors

GreaseGunner

A thought, if you're working with bales he might be giving so much per bale too. Maybe it's a rarity now but I used to be on 50c per bale, whether I drove the mower, baler or wrapper.

WheatenBriar

For a 10 to 12hr day if you're doing a good job,that min wage figure tallies with about €100 a day
You might have tax deducted but you'll get it back and you may be USC exempt being a student?
FRS iirc take an hour off your total for lunch ,2 ifit's provided for you

DACC

Asked a young lad who works in a garage the other day "how come your not at the silage this year" his reply "at €3 per hour they can get somebody else"

Reggie.

DACC wrote: »

Asked a young lad who works in a garage the other day "how come your not at the silage this year" his reply "at €3 per hour they can get somebody else"

Dead right

have2flushtwice

get in early, grease and diesel your machine and be ready to work first - always. even if it means your sitting in the cab with your flask waiting for the boss man to get up.
get a name as a hard worker and it will stick, you will never be short of work as long as you can adapt - word does spread.
start slowly - you are still 16. after a while the wages will increase(maybe it will be in another job) but the experience will stand to you.

once you get the name for it you can slacken off (as long as nobody notices!!)

sucklerlover

ciaranmul123 wrote: »

I'm 16 and I am doing silage for a local contractor.. My dad got me the job and I haven't discussed pay yet with the contractor what should I be roughly asking for an hour?

A ladwhose 16 gives me a hand and I pay him 7.50 per hour plus his grub.

Limestone Cowboy

10/hr. You'd want to be mad to be getting paid by the day at it.

White Clover

WheatenBriar wrote: »

For a 10 to 12hr day if you're doing a good job,that min wage figure tallies with about €100 a day
You might have tax deducted but you'll get it back and you may be USC exempt being a student?
FRS iirc take an hour off your total for lunch ,2 ifit's provided for you

Incorrect. Clock stops when eating. Paid for every hour worked. Same as every other job. No one ever paid me to eat !

















yet !!

Reggie.

White Clover wrote: »

Incorrect. Clock stops when eating. Paid for every hour worked. Same as every other job. No one ever paid me to eat !

















yet !!

Your missing out

White Clover

Reggie. wrote: »

Your missing out

I'm not ;-)

AP2014

Reggie. wrote: »

Your missing out

He's not a hard working public servant like ourselves Reggie!

Buona Fortuna

ciaranmul123 wrote: »

I'm 16 and I am doing silage for a local contractor.. My dad got me the job and I haven't discussed pay yet with the contractor what should I be roughly asking for an hour?

Hi, Just a thought. Is the contractor doing your Dad a favour? Just that the contractor round here often has a young lad with him. They work with him for a few weeks to learn how to use the machines.

They don't get paid very much.

Bullocks

AP2014 wrote: »

He's not a hard working public servant like ourselves Reggie!

You probably have a nice kitchen and toilet in the office AP!

I go al fresco for lunch (jeep with the windows open ) and toilet is eco friendly ( long grass or behind bushes ) !

CloughCasey1

Bullocks wrote: »

You probably have a nice kitchen and toilet in the office AP!

I go al fresco for lunch (jeep with the windows open ) and toilet is eco friendly ( long grass or behind bushes ) !

Most of the country trying to spray off briars and your manuring them!!

Reggie.

Bullocks wrote: »

You probably have a nice kitchen and toilet in the office AP!

I go al fresco for lunch (jeep with the windows open ) and toilet is eco friendly ( long grass or behind bushes ) !

Using dock leaves as toilet paper

Limestone Cowboy

Reggie. wrote: »

Using dock leaves as toilet paper

Always throw a roll of kitten soft in the tractor when I'm going at it!

Reggie.

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Always throw a roll of kitten soft in the tractor when I'm going at it!

With a dash of aloe Vera

Bullocks

Reggie. wrote: »

Using dock leaves as toilet paper

As LC said I wouldn't leave home without toilet roll , I'm fairly poor but I like to afford myself that luxury !

Jb1989

Bullocks wrote: »

As LC said I wouldn't leave home without toilet roll , I'm fairly poor but I like to afford myself that luxury !

You haven't lived till you've tried the baby wipes.... Jus saying

Reggie.

Jb1989 wrote: »

You haven't lived till you've tried the baby wipes.... Jus saying

Oh the universal baby wipe

CloughCasey1

Jaysus tis easy get of the point. I don't know how loosening a button and dealing with the aftermath will help this young lad get a few extra quid for a days work. :-) :-D ;-)

Seamus1964

Reggie. wrote: »

Jaysus I remember when I started wrapping for the contractor 17 years ago I got 20 pound a day

That was big money back then.
20 pound could buy you 12 pints of beer and second hand VCR player along with 5 brand new VHS tapes
( so you could record live TV shows while away and watch them later on )

Good ould times..

Reggie.

Seamus1964 wrote: »

That was big money back then.
20 pound could buy you 12 pints of beer and second hand VCR player along with 5 brand new VHS tapes
( so you could record live TV shows while away and watch them later on )

Good ould times..

Thems were the work of the devil I tell ya

I said

Seamus1964 wrote: »

That was big money back then.
20 pound could buy you 12 pints of beer and second hand VCR player along with 5 brand new VHS tapes
( so you could record live TV shows while away and watch them later on )

Good ould times..

Ya could have got a Betamax for free and drank more porter

frazzledhome

I said wrote: »

Ya could have got a Betamax for free and drank more porter

There's young lads reading this scratching their heads

Reggie.

frazzledhome wrote: »

There's young lads reading this scratching their heads

That I have no doubt

ganmo

Here's me thinkin he was buying betamox

I said

frazzledhome wrote: »

There's young lads reading this scratching their heads

Aye like the ad what's a tracker mortgage