Spot on !!! like you i'v been in the trade since 1977 and have been lucky enough to reach and take retirement in the last month, glad i'm out of the rat race, but wish i knew then what i'v learned over many years, but that's life.
Nice to hear some sensible talk about the trade. I am an ex chippy, worked into my seventies self employed for forty years plus. Brought up four children or rather my wife did. I was at work average six days a week. Proud and privileged to have done so. There is a but though ... that was then and now's now would I do it again only if forced by circumstances. Enjoyed your talks keep it up.
i am 71,finished at 62 after my 3 rd back operation and struggled pain wise ever since.everything you said i agree with....i still miss the job.the weather seems to be more wet even in the summer nowadays.when i see glazed tilers earning more than bricklayers i know the worlds gone nuts
Great vid. Started as a roofer,then went on to carpentry,6 month course,city and guilds qualification. Had a great time worked all over the country,and abroad. Wouldnt change anything. Made plenty of money. Retired now. Happy days.
Nice one Andy. You hit the nail on the head.. the House price (and rental cost if you are a renter) to Wage ratio. It's has been a gradual creep over decades to a modern form of "enslavement" because of constant Fiat money expansion. How much further can this go on for?
Dead right I started in 84 ,,on the Hod ,within. 3 years I was in a share gang,driving big Granada motors, alot of brickies had jags and smoked cigars ,bus stops and roll ups now ,I'm on the trowel now im 58 in Jan, it's fucking Shit now, no gd times, we used to do the rain dance when we see dark cloud the money was that gd,great video m8
Your currency is being devalued . Simple as that. The current monetary system is being propped up and is ready to pop. A reset is coming . Expect some upheaval in the world as they ll need chaos to hide what they have done .
Well said...i packed sites in other year and do more extensions,house builds privately...i no other gangs jacking sites some the game altogether...ive said and will continue to that if bricklayers truly stuck together they could demand pretty much their worth...without bricklayers u essentially dont have a site..sadly most gangs are selfish and in it for themselves...out of 10 gangs u might bump into 1 helpfull one..seen all the underhand tactics...bunging forkies to hide material,emptying the cabin of ties,damps etc,known of gangs taking the silo lead so u cant get a tub in the morning...list goes on and on...there will always be a greasy gang who will stay despite pay cuts,despite extras been added and subbies know this and play on it.. so even if the gangs on site walked one will always stay....bricklayers truely are their own worst enemies...brilliant job...shit industry...
Not a bricklayer but you speaking about wages and prices of stuff these days hit home for me. Don’t feel like it’s worth going to work in this country. For what? A few extra beers and take aways on the weekend. Only stuff that’ll put you in an early grave anyway along with the stress of working just to get by. Save up to get a mortgage and what do you actually get? Half a million for an ex council house where you’ll be living on the same road as people who aren’t going to work anyway. England is finished I’m sad to say. I mean on top of all this, you’ve got the other problems. The knife crime, the doctors arriving by boats etc. If your skilled your better off going abroad. Where even if you might earn less your quality of life is better.
Most heroin crack users get about 1700 a month benefits 400 housing element Universal credit 396 Pip 600 Lwrca 300 Social workers and drug workers refer them all and do the forms to make sure they get all them benefits
Andy such very true words most bricklayers suck it up and get on with it just to serve been doing the job 40 years now being told how to do it by a snot nosed 24 year old who cant even tie a shoe lace The holiday did you good mate you look healthy 👍
Wow Andy you sure did save the best till last what a fantastic video I’ve been a bricklayer since 1981 same story as yourself I’m still working hard would I recommend being a bricklayer today hmmmm I’ve loved it and at times absolutely hated it but the problem now is the school leavers do not want to graft for their money simple as that we are the last generation of grafters thanks Andy have a great Christmas keep well 👍
Great video, Andy. Bricklayers are building houses now, which in a lot of parts of the country are worth on average 10 to 20 times more than the same houses we were building. As just pointed out by you, we were getting well paid for it in relation to the cost of living. Wages paid to the trades is nowhere near on par. The large developers, along with the banks and allowed and backed by successive government's is the reason why.
@@richardfitzgerald4812 Exactly Richard but a lot of people especially the younger ones can't see it for the simple reason they never experienced the good times and think this is the norm.
The vast majority of trades in the construction industry over the years have been de-skilled for one simple reason and that is to reduce pay and improve the corporate bottom line !
Andy you have hit the nail right on the head we were better off ....even the yts sheme which i did ... 27.50 a week we still had money monday morning to get you through the week ... .... supply and demand drives up the prices ... the woke youth will run away from construction...
More swings than roundabouts' getting paid on time was the biggest, i've had contractor's railing at me almost in tears because they haven't had accounts settled on time , not even my job. Then again, more the norm, on small sites travel time is considered part of the working day WTF! It is gutty work and being ker fucked by the mid 50's is the truth, all billy big bollocks being 'super hod' (at the time) but the wage should represent the graft and it's toll.
Nobody wants to say it, but mass immigration has devalued wages. Adjusting for inflation no real rise in pay since the early 00s. And ironically with all the new regs most of the work now is shocking. Most of my jobs were putting right other peoples mess!
Yes like you andy under captain manaring,yes a lot to ponder for the youngsters thats if you can get them of the computers or from in front of the telly,the parents have to take some of the blame there to soft with them,let them do what they want spoilt comes to mind not like our day we went and got a job 15 when i started i could go on you know yourself,have a good week and looks like you had a good😊 time in aus
Nearly 69 yeaes old and happily retired . The best times were the 70' / 80's.. The trade is finished . It used tp be like the Wild West and you got paid by your speed and talent . Profile monkey's now . Have a great Christmas everyone and all the best ! 👍🏴
Mate I fully respect you and all brick is. However it's a easy job in world apart from weather. It's so simple it's a joke , you lot have been having it of for to long . Apart from weather. Could any of you strip a engine down and remember where every single part goes . Nope
@@Nobodie99I don't know why you are on this site, leave alone commenting. After all you are a Nobody and Nobodies have nothing worthwhile to say!! Good for a laugh though mate😂
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Spot on !!! like you i'v been in the trade since 1977 and have been lucky enough to reach and take retirement in the last month, glad i'm out of the rat race, but wish i knew then what i'v learned over many years, but that's life.
Nice to hear some sensible talk about the trade. I am an ex chippy, worked into my seventies self employed for forty years plus. Brought up four children or rather my wife did. I was at work average six days a week. Proud and privileged to have done so. There is a but though ... that was then and now's now would I do it again only if forced by circumstances. Enjoyed your talks keep it up.
From one Andy to another, us bricklayers needed this video !! All facts mate
i am 71,finished at 62 after my 3 rd back operation and struggled pain wise ever since.everything you said i agree with....i still miss the job.the weather seems to be more wet even in the summer nowadays.when i see glazed tilers earning more than bricklayers i know the worlds gone nuts
Jacking my job in Tomorrow now 😂, on a serious note, spot on with what you said its a grind every day with all the crap that comes with it
@@Changy_C 😂👍
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Great vid.
Started as a roofer,then went on to carpentry,6 month course,city and guilds qualification.
Had a great time worked all over the country,and abroad.
Wouldnt change anything.
Made plenty of money.
Retired now.
Happy days.
We have lived and worked in the best times.
Nice one Andy. You hit the nail on the head.. the House price (and rental cost if you are a renter) to Wage ratio. It's has been a gradual creep over decades to a modern form of "enslavement" because of constant Fiat money expansion. How much further can this go on for?
Dead right I started in 84 ,,on the Hod ,within. 3 years I was in a share gang,driving big Granada motors, alot of brickies had jags and smoked cigars ,bus stops and roll ups now ,I'm on the trowel now im 58 in Jan, it's fucking Shit now, no gd times, we used to do the rain dance when we see dark cloud the money was that gd,great video m8
Your currency is being devalued . Simple as that. The current monetary system is being propped up and is ready to pop. A reset is coming . Expect some upheaval in the world as they ll need chaos to hide what they have done .
Propped up big time since 2007/2008, never adjusted to that one. Really since 1929
Blissfully unaware of Talmudic Judaism
@@NeilMelling-pw6ts 👍
I thought I was listening to myself for a second there. I couldn't have put it better.
Spot on Andy 56 now and feel it all the best mate
Well said...i packed sites in other year and do more extensions,house builds privately...i no other gangs jacking sites some the game altogether...ive said and will continue to that if bricklayers truly stuck together they could demand pretty much their worth...without bricklayers u essentially dont have a site..sadly most gangs are selfish and in it for themselves...out of 10 gangs u might bump into 1 helpfull one..seen all the underhand tactics...bunging forkies to hide material,emptying the cabin of ties,damps etc,known of gangs taking the silo lead so u cant get a tub in the morning...list goes on and on...there will always be a greasy gang who will stay despite pay cuts,despite extras been added and subbies know this and play on it.. so even if the gangs on site walked one will always stay....bricklayers truely are their own worst enemies...brilliant job...shit industry...
Well said.
Not a bricklayer but you speaking about wages and prices of stuff these days hit home for me. Don’t feel like it’s worth going to work in this country. For what? A few extra beers and take aways on the weekend. Only stuff that’ll put you in an early grave anyway along with the stress of working just to get by. Save up to get a mortgage and what do you actually get? Half a million for an ex council house where you’ll be living on the same road as people who aren’t going to work anyway. England is finished I’m sad to say. I mean on top of all this, you’ve got the other problems. The knife crime, the doctors arriving by boats etc. If your skilled your better off going abroad. Where even if you might earn less your quality of life is better.
Most heroin crack users get about 1700 a month benefits
400 housing element
Universal credit 396
Pip 600
Lwrca 300
Social workers and drug workers refer them all and do the forms to make sure they get all them benefits
Great hearing ya, cheers for getting in front of the camera. Mates do £750 a day, that's for to bricks + labourer. (Kent)
Andy such very true words most bricklayers suck it up and get on with it just to serve been doing the job 40 years now being told how to do it by a snot nosed 24 year old who cant even tie a shoe lace
The holiday did you good mate you look healthy 👍
Wow Andy you sure did save the best till last what a fantastic video I’ve been a bricklayer since 1981 same story as yourself I’m still working hard would I recommend being a bricklayer today hmmmm I’ve loved it and at times absolutely hated it but the problem now is the school leavers do not want to graft for their money simple as that we are the last generation of grafters thanks Andy have a great Christmas keep well 👍
Spot on 👌
Nice listen andy , not just relevant to brickies …. All trades really
Plastering has gone down the swanee big time
Enjoyed that Andy 👍
No ....earning chicken feed , full to the brim of EU lot ....1 bloke to working to 3 yuppys inspecting .
Great video, Andy.
Bricklayers are building houses now, which in a lot of parts of the country are worth on average 10 to 20 times more than the same houses we were building. As just pointed out by you, we were getting well paid for it in relation to the cost of living. Wages paid to the trades is nowhere near on par.
The large developers, along with the banks and allowed and backed by successive government's is the reason why.
@@richardfitzgerald4812 Exactly Richard but a lot of people especially the younger ones can't see it for the simple reason they never experienced the good times and think this is the norm.
Spot on Andy 100% Agree..My son who leaving school soon said he wants to work with me become a Brickie are i said no chance..
The vast majority of trades in the construction industry over the years have been de-skilled for one simple reason and that is to reduce pay and improve the corporate bottom line !
I was on sc60 card on day work in 2006 earning 200 a day on chippy work building work is fucked
The thing is if we don't do it, you'll get another million foreigners coming in to do it
Andy you have hit the nail right on the head we were better off ....even the yts sheme which i did ... 27.50 a week we still had money monday morning to get you through the week ... .... supply and demand drives up the prices ... the woke youth will run away from construction...
More swings than roundabouts' getting paid on time was the biggest, i've had contractor's railing at me almost in tears because they haven't had accounts settled on time , not even my job. Then again, more the norm, on small sites travel time is considered part of the working day WTF!
It is gutty work and being ker fucked by the mid 50's is the truth, all billy big bollocks being 'super hod' (at the time) but the wage should represent the graft and it's toll.
Nope, if I could turn back time I certainly wouldn’t be doing it now. It’s way too over regulated.
interesting stuff from a proper geezer.
Nobody wants to say it, but mass immigration has devalued wages. Adjusting for inflation no real rise in pay since the early 00s. And ironically with all the new regs most of the work now is shocking. Most of my jobs were putting right other peoples mess!
Yes like you andy under captain manaring,yes a lot to ponder for the youngsters thats if you can get them of the computers or from in front of the telly,the parents have to take some of the blame there to soft with them,let them do what they want spoilt comes to mind not like our day we went and got a job 15 when i started i could go on you know yourself,have a good week and looks like you had a good😊 time in aus
Not really got any other choice lol
Nearly 69 yeaes old and happily retired . The best times were the 70' / 80's.. The trade is finished . It used tp be like the Wild West and you got paid by your speed and talent . Profile monkey's now . Have a great Christmas everyone and all the best ! 👍🏴
I walked away i am 40 bricklaying on site is a joke
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Mate I fully respect you and all brick is. However it's a easy job in world apart from weather. It's so simple it's a joke , you lot have been having it of for to long . Apart from weather. Could any of you strip a engine down and remember where every single part goes . Nope
Your bricklayers not scientists. Get over yourself
If you don't like it do something else
@@Nobodie99I don't know why you are on this site, leave alone commenting. After all you are a Nobody and Nobodies have nothing worthwhile to say!! Good for a laugh though mate😂
Always wise words Andy. Glad to hear you’re on the mend 😷🤒🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild 👍💪😁