I mentioned this the other day.
Standard childcare cost in London (for a qualified registered minder; nothing special) is about £12 an hour. Say you're working a 40 hour week and you spend an hour a day travelling to & from work, so 45 hours a week = childcare costs of £540 per week out of net income.

So you need to earn about £40k a year just to cover your childcare costs.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 4 Feb 2013, 9:02, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Well that's a bit shit innit?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 4 Feb 2013, 9:03, Reply)

That you have to pay for something you need?
We should apply this logic to everything. I can't afford it so people that work in this industry should be paid less.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 4 Feb 2013, 9:07, Reply)

I want a Bentley, but I can't afford one. So all the employees who build the cars should do a day for free so I can afford one.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 4 Feb 2013, 9:10, Reply)

Exactly.
I've got a "returner" who is supposed to be coming back at some stage. She is acting like the firm HAVE to accomodate her wishes. Silly, baggy vagged baby machine.

I keep telling everyone I don't need her, hopefully they will get rid. Fucking working mothers, pain in the neck.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 4 Feb 2013, 9:28, Reply)

Haha, you'll struggle to get rid of her.
She can swan in and out as she pleases now.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 4 Feb 2013, 9:30, Reply)

Yes.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 4 Feb 2013, 9:11, Reply)