To think it's really not worth me working for £9.90 an hour

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I've been offered a role as a Care Assistant in admittedly a very nice home. Also, only doing care whereas many homes also require you to work in the kitchen, laundry etc. As well as doing the care.
However, I've seen that Aldi offer a starting salary of £10.50 an hour. Not saying Aldi is an easy job, but feel like 9.90 is just too low really.

Why work for £9.20 when you can work for more! Yanbu

are they both zero hours contracts? Does one offer more hours/stability/better perks?

If you'd prefer the role in care, tell them that you will accept the offer at a rate of £10.50. And then see what they say.

Depends what type of work you think you would prefer really, and if you have longer term career plans in the care sector
For the sake of max twenty odd quid per week before deductions I wouldn't let the decision just be about money

Unfortunately, that’s the wage in care. You could have looked that up before. There’s a lot of places who offer a higher wage. Not just Aldi.

Do you want to progress within either sector

I couldn't have looked it up before as it wasn't advertised, just listed as 'competitive salary'
This home is in one of the wealthiest areas of the country and I feel like it'd be a very nice place to work.
It's also contracted hours and 5.5 weeks paid holidays which is decent

I applied for a 20 hour contract with Lidl and they pay from £11.20-£13.50 depending on the shift you work. £9.90 for something as important as care work is really disappointing

Assuming you’re over 23 that will go up to £10.42 in april

I do want to progress as I'm currently completing an NVQ, but i know that there's no guarantee

Have you actually passed the application process for Aldi and been offered a job? It doesn't sound as if you have.

Yes I'm 31 :) ah brilliant, 10.42 is a lot better.

I haven't applied for Aldi, i just walked past a shop and saw their ad

Care work is shockingly underpaid and undervalued.

why don't you get a job at Aldi instead then?

It depends what your motivation and your ultimate goal is really. Do you actively want a career in care or are you just seeking to find the best paid job you can?

If its the former I wouldn't let the fact that there are marginally better paid jobs available elsewhere derail you. Care works is hideously underpaid and presumably you were aware of this before going into it? But also extremely valuable and rewarding so I assume you have an interest in it. If you want to go into care work the fact that there are slightly better paid jobs in other sectors available is irrelevant really.

If your calculation is purely about maximising your income then fair enough. But also a job in the hand is worth two in the bush etc so there may be something to be said for taking the job you've actually been offered rather than speculating that you may be able to get another one that's been advertised.

Personally, Aldi but then I have zero interest in care work. You clearly do so it may be a case of accepting lower pay in the beginning so that you can qualify.

Care professionals are treated with disdain in the UK.

I'll have a think over it. If the net income is a very small difference and if it's going up anyway in April then maybe it is worth it

You'd have to compare not just pay, but conditions too. Annual leave, sick pay, pensions, any bonuses, career progression or programmes, hours (shifts?). There might be perks such as a free meal at the care home or maybe 10% discount on shopping in Aldi. Basically, check and compare the whole package.

Thank you. In terms of sick pay it's only SSP in this home.

I assume you've done care work before if you're doing your NVQ. Unfortunately care wages are shite and the industry is chronically understaffed. However there is plenty of opportunities for development. I now work for a local authority and get paid around £11.20 with enhancements for weekends and antisocial hours however after deductions it isn't that much different to when I was earning minimum wage but the pension is good. There are other progression routes that aren't strictly management based either like Assistant Practice roles etc.
I cannot comment on Aldi but I believe the work can be just as difficult as a care setting.

YABU to turn down a job you have been given for a higher paying one you have seen advertised but not been offered or even applied for yet.

5.5.weeks holiday is 27.5 days. I think the statuary holiday entitlement for full time workers is 20 days, plus bank holidays. There are 8 bank holidays. So they are offering what they have to.

And this is why care homes cannot get any staff...hence the hospitals are clogged with people needing to be discharged.

I don't blame you OP. I'd go for the supermarket job, not least because you may get a discount on your shopping too.

Here you go. www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights