to be pissed off with the SEISS?

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My dh is self employed and has worked consistently in the West End Theatres for 20 years. His income was £52k, so a good income.
Now of course his work is closed and his income has dropped to £9k.
AIBU to be pissed off that our friend who is paye and normally earns £120k is getting £2.5k pm whilst not working, and we're getting nothing? Friends wife is still earning her £65k wage.

So our family income has now gone from £62k to £19k, and we get no help, but friends income has gone from £185k to £65k and they're getting help from gov.

I know we're talking about good wages here, but I'm feeling pissed off. Our savings have almost gone, and we've still got just under £20k tax to pay in Jan.

But they have to set the line somewhere. I assume they thought people who earn more than £50K are likely to have savings

So why is there no £50k threshold for employees?? What's the difference?

@Sooperdooper19

Sorry but I’m really confused...if I you’ve been self employed for 20 years earning over the threshold (which you have been from what you’re saying) then you would have been entitled to 8k in May, 7k in August and then the same at the end of November. Why have you not been entitled to this? My husband is self employed with reduced/no income and has relied these payments no question asked

If profits are over the arbitrary and illogical threshold of £50k, there's no support.

@rwalker I work on a regional level making decisions about whether people retain their liberty or not that ultimately lead to protection of the public and public safety (or not, bad decisions by people in my role have led to deaths). I earn less than a friend who manages a shoe shop . Not equitable as far as I'm concerned, we don't get end salary pension any more they got rid of them years ago, and yes maybe I get two or three more annual leave days than she does, but that's nothing compared to the unpaid overtime that's expected week in week out and without which the system would fall apart. Burn out is very real and very present in my line of work, I don't think you can say that about footwear retail. Also keep in mind we had a pay freeze from 2010-2018. Six months ago people clapped on their doorsteps, now no-one gives a toss.

In the world of footwear retail it is common to be timed on how long it takes you to fetch shoes from the stockroom and fired if you are not consistently fast enough. Which I imagine is quite stressful. Not to mention the stress of unreasonable customers, being treated without respect and smelly feet and weekend working.

Yes definitely a direct comparison in terms of responsibility and impact if you fuck up....

Well the capitalist system isn't known for fair rewarding of its workers.

Just pointing out that working in a shoe shop isn't necessarily as easy as you might think. Working conditions can be pretty awful.