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  Mick Gammage February 7, 2011 at 6:56am

  is that per month....? ;)
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  Busy Bee Garden Services Limited February 7, 2011 at 7:08am

  Thats normal for the royal household, although it does not help when trying to sell your service...
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  Nigel Colborn February 7, 2011 at 7:32am

  Royal pay is notoriously tightfisted, I believe, but then horticulture is obscenely under-rewarded anyway. A marginal difference between a head gardener's salary and a banker's I suspect.
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  Jason Felstead February 7, 2011 at 8:21am

  Thats shocking, but most people will syill go fo it tho especially if its working for the royal household.
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  AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo February 7, 2011 at 10:15am

  How about this then?

   

  Calling All Gardeners!

  Us!

  UKME provides a 6* service to our VIP client under the umbrella of luxury hospitality and property management. We are currently looking for high calibre, professional Gardeners to join our high performing operations teams in Surrey on a seasonal basis from approximately March through to October 2011.

  The Job!

  The purpose of this gardener role is to ensure that the gardens and grounds are maintained to a high standard.  Duties include:

  - planting summer beds

  - mowing lawns

  - maintaining hedges and gardens

  - pond weed control

  This role will involve operating gardening machinery  including strimmers, mowers and blowers. You will work a  minimum of 40 hours per week. Overtime is available!

  You!

  Successful candidates will need to be enthusiastic, conscientious, flexible and be an excellent team player. You will need to be able to commit to working long hours and weekends. If you have previous professional gardening experience, possess knowledge of horticulture and landscaping, can operate gardening machinery and hold a full UK driving licence then we would be very keen to hear from you!

  Apply now! 

   

  £7.50 per hour. I can't wait to apply...
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  Nigel Colborn February 7, 2011 at 10:25am

  That's almost a crappy a deal as being a freelance garden writer.  Could any one afford to live in Surrey on £15,600pa?  And as for the language in that advert - who writes that sort of crap? The job spec gives a pretentious description of a massively important, highly motivated role which doesn't match up to the pay mentioned.  Doesn't look as though there's any job security, either.  It's little more than a bloody insult to anyone's intelligence.  Thank heavens I'm self-employed.
  
  AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo. said:
  

  How about this then?

   

  Calling All Gardeners!

  Us!

  UKME provides a 6* service to our VIP client under the umbrella of luxury hospitality and property management. We are currently looking for high calibre, professional Gardeners to join our high performing operations teams in Surrey on a seasonal basis from approximately March through to October 2011.

  The Job!

  The purpose of this gardener role is to ensure that the gardens and grounds are maintained to a high standard.  Duties include:

  - planting summer beds

  - mowing lawns

  - maintaining hedges and gardens

  - pond weed control

  This role will involve operating gardening machinery  including strimmers, mowers and blowers. You will work a  minimum of 40 hours per week. Overtime is available!

  You!

  Successful candidates will need to be enthusiastic, conscientious, flexible and be an excellent team player. You will need to be able to commit to working long hours and weekends. If you have previous professional gardening experience, possess knowledge of horticulture and landscaping, can operate gardening machinery and hold a full UK driving licence then we would be very keen to hear from you!

  Apply now! 

   

  £7.50 per hour. I can't wait to apply...
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  Phil Voice February 7, 2011 at 10:31am

  Maybe Prince Charles can give this job a go....!

   

   
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  David Cox February 7, 2011 at 1:52pm

  £15000 is not too bad If you get perks - I know a local country estate North of Leeds (Not Harewood incase anyone guesses), where you get £14k, a cottage, 1/4 acre garden, Vehicle all included, which does push up the value of the job alot.

  
  Also - £15000 is what a huge proportion of the population earn, 50% living on under 20k, so for half the population, this is seen as an acceptable income.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_Kingdom

  This possibly does have a bearing on why many people are reluctant to pay enough to cover our operating costs, let alone leave us with a good wage.
  Nigel Colborn said:

  That's almost a crappy a deal as being a freelance garden writer.  Could any one afford to live in Surrey on £15,600pa?  And as for the language in that advert - who writes that sort of crap? The job spec gives a pretentious description of a massively important, highly motivated role which doesn't match up to the pay mentioned.  Doesn't look as though there's any job security, either.  It's little more than a bloody insult to anyone's intelligence.  Thank heavens I'm self-employed.
  
  AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo. said:
  

  How about this then?

   

  Calling All Gardeners!

  Us!

  UKME provides a 6* service to our VIP client under the umbrella of luxury hospitality and property management. We are currently looking for high calibre, professional Gardeners to join our high performing operations teams in Surrey on a seasonal basis from approximately March through to October 2011.

  The Job!

  The purpose of this gardener role is to ensure that the gardens and grounds are maintained to a high standard.  Duties include:

  - planting summer beds

  - mowing lawns

  - maintaining hedges and gardens

  - pond weed control

  This role will involve operating gardening machinery  including strimmers, mowers and blowers. You will work a  minimum of 40 hours per week. Overtime is available!

  You!

  Successful candidates will need to be enthusiastic, conscientious, flexible and be an excellent team player. You will need to be able to commit to working long hours and weekends. If you have previous professional gardening experience, possess knowledge of horticulture and landscaping, can operate gardening machinery and hold a full UK driving licence then we would be very keen to hear from you!

  Apply now! 

   

  £7.50 per hour. I can't wait to apply...
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  Paul @ Ashgate Garden Care February 7, 2011 at 3:48pm

  It's how the rich keep their cash.(Plus I doubt they've any idea of the cost of living for a normal person)

   

  A freind of my folks went for a job interview at a well known local stately home. She inquired how much the salary would be at the interview. The interviewer replied quite shocked and stated that working for the estate was more about the prestige than the money.

   

  Come the revolution comrades.....
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  Mark Watson February 7, 2011 at 7:48pm

  Its almost worth applying for a laugh :-)
  
  AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo. said:
  

  How about this then?

   

  Calling All Gardeners!

  Us!

  UKME provides a 6* service to our VIP client under the umbrella of luxury hospitality and property management. We are currently looking for high calibre, professional Gardeners to join our high performing operations teams in Surrey on a seasonal basis from approximately March through to October 2011.

  The Job!

  The purpose of this gardener role is to ensure that the gardens and grounds are maintained to a high standard.  Duties include:

  - planting summer beds

  - mowing lawns

  - maintaining hedges and gardens

  - pond weed control

  This role will involve operating gardening machinery  including strimmers, mowers and blowers. You will work a  minimum of 40 hours per week. Overtime is available!

  You!

  Successful candidates will need to be enthusiastic, conscientious, flexible and be an excellent team player. You will need to be able to commit to working long hours and weekends. If you have previous professional gardening experience, possess knowledge of horticulture and landscaping, can operate gardening machinery and hold a full UK driving licence then we would be very keen to hear from you!

  Apply now! 

   

  £7.50 per hour. I can't wait to apply...