I’m on 27k a year, get a 10% bonus as well as perks like shares, good pension & free private health care. I’ve only been with the company 6 months but I’m hoping I’ll get a pay rise in October and this is when they review them annually. I work within the tourism industry in a lower management role, it was the industry I wanted to get into out of university so hopefully I’ll be on at least 35k within a few years.
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I'm in the RMT so if asked to strike, I will. Not done it before, hoping it doesn't come to having to need to strike and things get sorted out beforehand. Older colleagues say it's almost happened in the past but not been needed where I am.Are you going to be going on strike with some of us though!? That is something I'm not looking forward to
25+ year qualified solicitor (although I don't fee earn currently, my role is more backroom working in house) £60k. 10% discretionary bonus, minimal pension, no other perks whatsoever.
My hours are fairly regular, stress is low but given my level of experience (and the fact I am bloody good - and also highly modest
) it doesn't feel like a lot to show for my Cambridge degree, years of training and a lot of long hours along the way - which I was never well paid for then either! - when I was younger.
Currently feeling a bit miffed having discovered there are a lot of people in the organisation I work for who are earning as much as me, or more, in roles which require no formal qualifications. Which explains why they are all buying £800k houses!
Part of me thinks I should be earning 6 figures by now. I'm nearly 50 and planning to retire in 5-10 years max so now is when I need to be maximising my earnings. Then again I tell myself how much money do I need?
My hours are fairly regular, stress is low but given my level of experience (and the fact I am bloody good - and also highly modest
) it doesn't feel like a lot to show for my Cambridge degree, years of training and a lot of long hours along the way - which I was never well paid for then either! - when I was younger.Currently feeling a bit miffed having discovered there are a lot of people in the organisation I work for who are earning as much as me, or more, in roles which require no formal qualifications. Which explains why they are all buying £800k houses!
Part of me thinks I should be earning 6 figures by now. I'm nearly 50 and planning to retire in 5-10 years max so now is when I need to be maximising my earnings. Then again I tell myself how much money do I need?
I'll be a potted plant in your office if that pays
Wow I know someone who is only 3 years post qualified and is on over 80k plus bonuses25+ year qualified solicitor (although I don't fee earn currently, my role is more backroom working in house) £60k. 10% discretionary bonus, minimal pension, no other perks whatsoever.
My hours are fairly regular, stress is low but given my level of experience (and the fact I am bloody good - and also highly modest
Currently feeling a bit miffed having discovered there are a lot of people in the organisation I work for who are earning as much as me, or more, in roles which require no formal qualifications. Which explains why they are all buying £800k houses!
Part of me thinks I should be earning 6 figures by now. I'm nearly 50 and planning to retire in 5-10 years max so now is when I need to be maximising my earnings. Then again I tell myself how much money do I need?
Consultant in a fairly specific field….just over 100 of us in UK. Just over £50k a year. 9-5 Monday-Friday, term time only. Love it!!!!
That's 99 too many, if you can somehow manage to get rid of the others, then think how popular you'll be.
Law is a funny one - if you work for a big Magic Circle firm in the City doing corporate/commercial stuff, you start as a newly qualified on about 50k! But they do make you work for your money. 18 hour days, weekend working, the time billing requirements are impossible to meet unless you work a LOT of extra hours. Outside of that, a lot of lawyers earn much more average salaries, typically £30-40k for junior lawyers, £40-50k a year for more senior, especially if you're in one of the less well paid areas of law - so property/ conveyancing, family personal injury, crime etc. I work in one of those
I do frequently wonder if I have wasted my potential and should now be on double or more. I'm considering trying to find a way into Business Resilience/ Risk because the salaries are £150k and more, and I do some elements of it in my current job. However based on that it's not very interesting, and I really think I'd struggle doing it FT!
I'm a general manager of an independent restaurant/bar and have just been given a 7k increase to 32k. I was the assistant until 2021 when the general manager left, so as it was uncertain times and I was pregnant I only had a small increase from assistant to general manager, tbf though the owner did pay me in full for my 4 months mat leave. Since I came back in dec I have worked really hard to grow the buisness after all the uncertainly and thankfully was rewarded. 35 hours a week, my latest finishing time is 830pm which is great for the sector.
Brand Manager, 37 and on £29k. Not quite where I’d envisioned being when I was a bright eyed graduate with my first class honours business degree but hey ho, reality lol
I’m 29, band 3 clerical/admin for NHS in Scotland (£21,709 - £23,603). Absolutely not where I want to be but it’s paying the mortgage for now.
I’m studying HNC Admin & IT and have quoted your post as I was considering going on to study a business management degree (unsure of specialty). What did you make of the business degree? Was it worth it? I don’t have a career in mind just yet but my HNC allows me to start at year 2 on a business degree (or year 3 if I do the HND first) so it seemed like obvious next step.
Also open to anyone else who studied a business degree and wants to offer any advice
Difficult one. I don’t think my Salary reflects qualifications (I’m level 7 CIM, chartered marketer accredited too) but when I took an entry level role 13 years ago it stated a degree was required, so I wouldn’t have got the job without it
That said, i might’ve got a better one lol
That said, i might’ve got a better one lol
I’m 29, band 3 clerical/admin for NHS in Scotland (£21,709 - £23,603). Absolutely not where I want to be but it’s paying the mortgage for now.
I’m studying HNC Admin & IT and have quoted your post as I was considering going on to study a business management degree (unsure of specialty). What did you make of the business degree? Was it worth it? I don’t have a career in mind just yet but my HNC allows me to start at year 2 on a business degree (or year 3 if I do the HND first) so it seemed like obvious next step.
Also open to anyone else who studied a business degree and wants to offer any advice
I did hnc then HND admin and it, I went onto do a business management degree just did 3rd year, I didn’t stay into to do my honours year. I got a job 2 months after graduating earning 27k so from my experience it was worth it. Without my degree I wouldn’t have had the experience to get into the area I wanted to.I’m 29, band 3 clerical/admin for NHS in Scotland (£21,709 - £23,603). Absolutely not where I want to be but it’s paying the mortgage for now.
I’m studying HNC Admin & IT and have quoted your post as I was considering going on to study a business management degree (unsure of specialty). What did you make of the business degree? Was it worth it? I don’t have a career in mind just yet but my HNC allows me to start at year 2 on a business degree (or year 3 if I do the HND first) so it seemed like obvious next step.
Also open to anyone else who studied a business degree and wants to offer any advice
Yeah, I’m finding a lot of higher band roles in NHS are looking for a degree. I can still progress without one but then I’d need to have X years of experience instead of the degree and I’m hoping to earn more money a lot quicker than that.
Oh, interesting, the same route I’m considering! Tbh it does make more sense for me to do the HND and then the degree once I know which area I’d want to specialise in. I’m thinking either finance or HR but don’t know enough about either areas yet to say for sure.
I thought my wage was good until I came on here. Now I'm just sad lol
A little bit but I also find it super interesting! everyone’s circumstances are different too and it opens your eyes to what is actually out there. So many jobs you don’t even know about isn’t there.I thought my wage was good until I came on here. Now I'm just sad lol
i really want to have my own little crafting business but I just seriously lack confidence to start. I don’t think I’d earn what I do now but I think I’d be happier and once I’ve had children I’d love to be able to work part time and have flexibility, my current work are really tit with people being part time.
I earn £24,232pcm for working 24 hours per week. Job is pretty boring but easy so I feel well paid given the flexibility I have to work around childcare. My husband is self employed in an incredibly niche role so I won't say what and earns anything from £400 a week on a bad week up to £2k a week working 3 days a week. We are very fortunate but I am concerned his industry is likely to be effected by the increasing prices, so his earnings might drop considerably come April, at which point he will look to get work elsewhere if it becomes unsustainable.
24k a month ???? Blimey, what job role do you have ? I'd only want to work 1 month a year & that'd me
21k NHS admin
If you are getting paid that much, let your hubby sit at home and be a kept man.