Chauffeur - Self employed - New business
Discussion
vaud said:
DanL said:
Doesn’t seem worth it for £140/day. You could probably make £100+ a day on Deliveroo and the other delivery apps in London / somewhere with reasonable demand, I’d have thought, and that’s just with the cost of a moped rather than getting a reasonable car to drive others around in…
It's why I suggested car delivery, maybe at the higher end. LosingGrip said:
14 years. Five as a PC. Top whack next year. Now is kinda of the time to make my mind up before I get used to the salary.
I'm looking weekly on the job page, including in other forces. There isn't anything other than surveillance that interests me at the moment. And I'm unlikely to go to that role as its not that family friendly.
It won't be on a whim though. I'm not a big risk taker! B
What do you take home though? I know there have been a lot of revisions to the terms of the pensions but it's still going to be one of the best available. Thats the thing you are walking away from really not the actual salary which I truly believe when you are up and running you would be earning far more. I'm looking weekly on the job page, including in other forces. There isn't anything other than surveillance that interests me at the moment. And I'm unlikely to go to that role as its not that family friendly.
It won't be on a whim though. I'm not a big risk taker! B
Funnily enough our old driver we used for years was a chap that was advertised internally within the Police. My Mrs is ex plod so although she was civvie staff she still had a gold plated pension and loads of holidays she walked away from. I think once you are up and running with your own business and a scaleable one at that you'll be amazed what the possibilities are. Just looking through the pay scales its only the big cheese that gets a salary that would get my attention after over a decade of being self employed. In fact I think our Bathroom fitter would be earning more than Chief Superintendent such is the way of the modern world. Bear in mind also you can earn £55-60k driving HGVs on normal 35 hour weeks these days.
With all the aggravation you get as an officer I really do wonder how they fill these rolls for 40k a year.
Edited by fridaypassion on Friday 15th March 15:32
Simpo Two said:
An Aston Martin specialist with shiny trailer quoted me £2.35/mile + VAT. I live 67 miles away so to collect and deliver they wanted £755! I'm sure you could beat that and still make a margin - though you'd need the appropriate insurance.
And being ex-police might be very attractive to some...
fridaypassion said:
What do you take home though? I know there have been a lot of revisions to the terms of the pensions but it's still going to be one of the best available. Thats the thing you are walking away from really not the actual salary which I truly believe when you are up and running you would be earning far more.
Funnily enough our old driver we used for years was a chap that was advertised internally within the Police. My Mrs is ex plod so although she was civvie staff she still had a gold plated pension and loads of holidays she walked away from. I think once you are up and running with your own business and a scaleable one at that you'll be amazed what the possibilities are. Just looking through the pay scales its only the big cheese that gets a salary that would get my attention after over a decade of being self employed. In fact I think our Bathroom fitter would be earning more than Chief Superintendent such is the way of the modern world. Bear in mind also you can earn £55-60k driving HGVs on normal 35 hour weeks these days.
My take home is about £2,300 with normally two eight hour overtime shifts. Sometimes i do four/five a month. This is after the normal pension, tax, NI plus fed fees, group insurance policy, and a sports club membership/firearms thingy for Taser. Funnily enough our old driver we used for years was a chap that was advertised internally within the Police. My Mrs is ex plod so although she was civvie staff she still had a gold plated pension and loads of holidays she walked away from. I think once you are up and running with your own business and a scaleable one at that you'll be amazed what the possibilities are. Just looking through the pay scales its only the big cheese that gets a salary that would get my attention after over a decade of being self employed. In fact I think our Bathroom fitter would be earning more than Chief Superintendent such is the way of the modern world. Bear in mind also you can earn £55-60k driving HGVs on normal 35 hour weeks these days.
The pension is good but I'm not bothered by it yet. I've still got another 25 years until I can retire. But that will change before then I'm sure.
Money isn't everything for me. I want to be comfortable. My other half was out of work for three months and we managed with some cut backs with no real issues.
I've got no desire to get promoted. Not only do you only get a bit more a year, the risk you carry isn't worth it.
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