Not Asking For Much...Just Not Minimum Wage!

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armywag

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Fed Up With Not Being Able To Work With Horses Because Of Low Wages!
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Anyone else in the same boat?

What are you doing about it?

Time to get out of my office chair and take action!
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I used to work with horses and started my BHS exams (got up to stage 2) so was thinking while I’m not working with horses I will carry on taking my exams starting with Stage 3 & PTT.
(using weekends to prepare)

Maybe then job and wage offers might increase slightly ???

Worth a try....
 
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I used to work with horses and started my BHS exams (got up to stage 2) so was thinking while I’m not working with horses I will carry on taking my exams starting with Stage 3 & PTT.
(using weekends to prepare)

Maybe then job and wage offers might increase slightly ???


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Sadly, I think not.
 
I did think of doing this, as I got up to my Stage 3 and NVQ 3, but the problem I have is money and also the time to train!

It was easy when I worked with horses, but now I only have 1 lesson a week, it would take me forever to learn upto BHS III - Especially as I failed it the first time round!!
 
Well I just got a job working with horses (leaving office job of 9 years) and I must say the money isn't that bad, the perks ie horse and flat certainly go a long way so it is possible!
 
It's never going to change sadly, it's just the way of the world. When I did my NVQ's, I was working 6 days a week, 10-12 hours a day (even longer on show days) and was on £40.00 a week.

It's the same with all animals. My Mum told me not to do it (after she worked at Newmarket and gave up because of the same reasons) but I did it anyway and I'm afraid to say she was right! Lol.

If you love horses and want to be with them, get a good job, work hard and have enough money to buy one of your own. It's taken me a while to realise, unless you're born into a world of money and horses, this is the best way!
 
Find a rich man who panders to your every need - then get him to buy a house with a load of land, build some stables and open it as a livery/competition yard..... well thats my plan anyway :P! Unless you train as someone who works with horses instead of for them (eg a dentist, physio, chiro etc instead of a groom) i dont think you will ever get more money sadly
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. But that would mean becoming a student again - which is impossible for most!
 
When I was at school I was convinced I wanted to work with horses, and I did a years work experience at a livery and competition training yard. At the end of that year I knew it was not for me, the cold, the hard physical work and obviously the money too were the main factors, and I also found I had much less enthusiasm to ride my own horses during that period.

For me personally, I made the right decision not work on a yard, and I'm glad I did that year, as I'm not left wondering what it would have been like.
My two horses I have now are my indulgence and my escape from the day to day reality of working life, and that's the way i'd like it to stay. I think if had gone down the working in horses route, I might have lost that.
 
I work with horses part time, on a private grand prix dressage yard. Pays well and I love it
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From my experience its better to work for a private yard rather than a livery yard etc
 
Unfortunately working with horses is a vocation! I work part time at a stud for minimum wage and then supplement my income by doing another job 2 afternoons a week which pays double!

It can be done if you really want too.
 
What is the going rate then at the moment? Is £7 per hour (before tax etc) considered good / bad / average? I'm so out of touch with what other jobs pay that I don't know how it compares to other jobs.
 
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