hudsonw
Well-Known Member
Having a bad day at work...how much do grooms earn?!!?
Ggrrrr, sometimes I'd love to jack this office hell in and do something horsey.
When I left college many moons ago I worked as a groom at a hunt yard, earned £70 a week and worked 6 days a week.
I then moved to Cheshire and got a job at a riding school as a groom, hack leader and before the days of insurance and red tape even teached a couple of kids lessons a week. I earned £100 for 5 days a week and loved it.
I moved again and got a job as a traveling groom for a British team show jumper and made £80 a week for 6 days and a bonus for any abroad travelling. I really enjoyed it until an accident put me out of action and I had to give up my job.
I then got an office job and although I like the air con in the summer, heating in the winter and a chocolate machine!!! On days like i'm having to day I'd love to work with horses again.
It's been 13 years since I've worked on a yard...has it changed much? What are the wages like these days? Do you need qualifications to be a groom or does experience count more? Do yards employ yard managers or promote from within?
I wouldn't mind even being a rep for a company that didn't necessarily have day to day contact with horses but at least I'd be involved within the equestrian world?!!?
Humph...oh well back to the spreadsheets and meetings for meetings sake!!!!
Ggrrrr, sometimes I'd love to jack this office hell in and do something horsey.
When I left college many moons ago I worked as a groom at a hunt yard, earned £70 a week and worked 6 days a week.
I then moved to Cheshire and got a job at a riding school as a groom, hack leader and before the days of insurance and red tape even teached a couple of kids lessons a week. I earned £100 for 5 days a week and loved it.
I moved again and got a job as a traveling groom for a British team show jumper and made £80 a week for 6 days and a bonus for any abroad travelling. I really enjoyed it until an accident put me out of action and I had to give up my job.
I then got an office job and although I like the air con in the summer, heating in the winter and a chocolate machine!!! On days like i'm having to day I'd love to work with horses again.
It's been 13 years since I've worked on a yard...has it changed much? What are the wages like these days? Do you need qualifications to be a groom or does experience count more? Do yards employ yard managers or promote from within?
I wouldn't mind even being a rep for a company that didn't necessarily have day to day contact with horses but at least I'd be involved within the equestrian world?!!?
Humph...oh well back to the spreadsheets and meetings for meetings sake!!!!
