Pay Day In The 70’s.

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16-09-2021, 05:29 PM
mickd1961

Pay Day In The 70’s.

Remember queuing up to get your small brown envelope with an absolute pittance in it? 🤣🤣

I started work on July 3rd 1978 and earned £18.60 before stoppages! 😩

I earned so little that I didn’t pay tax but did still have to pay £3 in National Insurance and union fees.

Then when I got home mum put her hand out for £5.50 housekeeping money that left me with just £10.10 for the week 😢

I was getting £5 a week pocket money before I started work and keeping my dinner money ( unbeknown to my parents! ) so when I started work I was doing a 40 hour week and was actually worse off!! 😤😤

Tough times and a very tough era and a harsh regime in the workplace and at home.

Wouldn’t have had it any other way, it’s what made me.

The old pay packet though......long gone I guess!?
16-09-2021, 05:54 PM
DaveP67 is back!

Always had the corner cut off, you had to count the notes through as they wouldn’t fix any issues once you opened it!
16-09-2021, 06:52 PM
phild

All the older blokes I worked with at the factory, when collecting their pay packet on a Thursday night, generally handed it over to the wife unopened.
16-09-2021, 07:11 PM
baggieal

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Originally Posted by mickd1961

Remember queuing up to get your small brown envelope with an absolute pittance in it? 🤣🤣

I started work on July 3rd 1978 and earned £18.60 before stoppages! 😩

I earned so little that I didn’t pay tax but did still have to pay £3 in National Insurance and union fees.

Then when I got home mum put her hand out for £5.50 housekeeping money that left me with just £10.10 for the week 😢

I was getting £5 a week pocket money before I started work and keeping my dinner money ( unbeknown to my parents! ) so when I started work I was doing a 40 hour week and was actually worse off!! 😤😤

Tough times and a very tough era and a harsh regime in the workplace and at home.

Wouldn’t have had it any other way, it’s what made me.

The old pay packet though......long gone I guess!?

Prince Andrew still gets brown envelopes in the year 2021 and for a special treat a young girl thrown in too!!
16-09-2021, 09:11 PM
TipperaryBaggie

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Originally Posted by DaveP67 is back!

Always had the corner cut off, you had to count the notes through as they wouldn’t fix any issues once you opened it!

Having worked in payroll for a number of years, you'd be amazed at some of the tricks the employees tried. One such trick was to wrap some double sided sellotape around a pencil and roll out a note from the end of the envelope. Got the staff to put a staple through the notes to stop that one. Was so glad when most employees reverted to BACS payments instead of cash.