Grooms wages?...

[oli_lawrence2]

Just wondering really.... as above - what's the normal wage for grooms and do many actually have set hours or is it just work till its done? Is it usual for accommodation to be included as well?

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

all employers governed by the minimum wage now! so it depends on your age. By law you cant be expected to work more than a 48 hour week i think. Your accommodation is usually deducted from your wages, and if you are in a training job (apprentice type) i think minimum wage rule can be altered.

 

[MerryMAL]

Depends what the groom does - 'groom' can be muck out/pick feet/hay/feed/water and it can be full groom/muck out/feed/water/hay/exercise/tack clean/rug change/bring in/bring out/groom again...

 

[V1NN]

i was paid £160 p/w (started at £50p/w) at most when i worked at an equestrian centre? so maybe not exactly the info you were after but accomadation was not included for me and i was supposed to work 8.30 - 5 but it was more like 8.30 - 7 most nights and i was never paid for working late hope this may help

 

[worMy]

well where i worked briefly for a few weeks, accomodation provided,,but very small, full, very old small caravan thing.
horses livery 56 quid a week was deducted from wages. (feed and bedding etc all included)
*think* wages started off at around 100 per week (livery deducted from that) and then it would change depending on people and how long worked there etc, raises etc.
this was for full time eventing groom with pro rider and deff worked more than 48 hours per week!! (one day off a week)

 

[ihatework]

It really varies wildly.
Good, reliable grroms are hard to come by though and there are yards out there who value their staff.
I did a summer on a SJ yard. It was a 6 day week, no set hours but generally on non show days 8am-6pm with an hour lunch, plus a share am feeds at 7am and evening check at 10pm.
Included nice accomodation plus leccy/gas, use of car, use of swimming pool.
Wage was £180 pw which for the working conditions was pretty good.

 

[Kentisheventer]

where i went in the summer at RP's (dont quote me on this!) but the groom that had a horse had accommodation, food and all horse cost paid for but did not get much more at all. She worked 5/6 days per week for that and worked 2 evenings to subsidise wages.

 

[Steeleydan]

When I was a hunt groom in Liecestershire, for a master I got £250 per week (before tax and NI). A flat and all my bills paid, no set hours, early starts when cubbing, late finishes on proper hunting days, no day off per week during hunting season. But 2 days off a week in the summer. If you added up all my hours it would not be any where near the minimum wage.

 

[MillbrookSong]

Luckily in racing wages are all set on experiance and age so i get £460 per 2 weeks plus we get over time for racing and get extra when its our weekend to work - we work 1 in every 3 sundays (We work every sat morning to 1 anyway)

 

[Super_Kat]

Worked at a pro SJ yard during a summer and was on £150 +accom thrown in free p/w for 6 days 8-5:30/6 on non show days with an hour for lunch. Lovely people to work for, they generaly rode in the morning then you were just left to crack on quietly in the afternoons. Good little package for what I did I thought

 

[Andy80]

Obviously, employers are flouting all the rules here. A bit ironic low wages, but use of swimming pool.
European working time directive.
Minimum wages all apply even to the equestrian industry.