How Much Do You Earn? #2

[Louby@21]

£25k top of my band 4 NHS. A little more for enhancements for weekend pay. i’m 34.5 hours a week. No bonuses. Pay rise may arrive some time before Christmas when it’s been fought over i’m sure. ( 15 years in current role)

Wish careers advice had been better in the mid 90s. A lot of caring/healthcare type roles are so low paid for the effort and hard work, often with little progression ( apart from management which is more stress but never much more money for that stress!) to the numbers that are regularly talked on here

 

[Zenchick101]

Parents have the ability to teach this too
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I mean not necessarily, immigrant parents who don't know their new country's economical landscape, and parents who are familiar with one industry but not how others work, abusive parents in any form. I mean depending on your social economic level or situation you can't really know what you don't know. @Rxt156

 

[Lulu Goss]

for me i just feel like i’ll never come close to these sort of wages i work in retail currently and have no plans on going to uni. it seems impossible to get a good wage without a degree, someone please change my mind because i’m losing hope that i’ll ever make enough money to live without going to uni or being extremely talented

what jobs do you guys have (well paying) that you didn’t need to go to uni for? interested. i don’t want this comment to come across wrong! i’d just love to see my options.

I didn’t go to uni, I didn’t even do a-levels. I joined a company at 19 doing admin and worked my way up into management. I got my first manager role at 22 (5 years ago now) and my salary is now 42k. All the other managers I work with have degrees but non really relevant to our role and they’re all mid/late 30s or 40s.

It can be done, sometimes you have to just get your foot in the door somewhere.

 

[BettyRose]

£26600 - full time, 40 hours a week.

Top it up by about £2500 with a second and third job a few hours each week, and pick up overtime when I can too.

 

[Happy35]

I earn £53k as a civil servant, I know everyone thinks civil servants gave the life of Riley but my job is pressured and stressful, but I agree not all do

 

[thegoodnaysayer]

Can't believe how much people are earning. I have clearly made some very, very bad decisions in life! I'm a TV Producer. £32,000.

 

[JOHN1967]

Two jobs here.
I earn around 43k as a Civil Servant and another 24k from blogging.

If it's not too personal what kind of blogging. Is it family friendly. Is it actually blogging or is it a YouTube channel.

Whatever it is, well done. Am really pleased for you.

 

[Begborrowsteal]

I don’t have a degree….I actually did an apprenticeship and have ended up earning more than any of my friends (most of them have degrees)

An apprenticeship, depending on level, can be equivalent to a degree. Great way to learn and get real life experience.

 

[Avenged7Fold]

I gave up a well paid office job in 2018 to become a carer. I earned around £25K in my office job
I started on about £8.50 an hour as a carer. I’ve worked in a care home, as a home carer and a support worker. I’m now a one to one support worker for a young man with very complex needs ((tube fed, deaf, partially sighted and other disabilities) I’m paid £12 an hour now because of the complexity of his care. Boils me blood when we are classed as unskilled workers !

 

[GossBoss]

I was the youngest in my year at school and left in the July when I was 15, 16 in August. I started a full time job almost immediately and was earning £60 a month (I'm going back a bit) & gave my parents £15, 25% of my wage. This was the same even if I want away for a week. I did my own washing and ironing & when I queried paying if I was on holiday my Dad made the very valid point that if I wanted a bed when I came back I paid. They stilll had the bills and mortgage to pay so
Made sense to me.

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

So many replies to my comment and I've been unwell with a stomach bug so unable to reply sorry ! You all raise some good points. I personally can't see myself working full time with kids, being at home all day is probably the dream as I'm very introverted with a lot of hobbies. I couldn't see myself ever getting bored or wanting to work (despite currently having a very good job) but I guess you don't truly know until you are a mum! As people have rightly said, everyone is different and I particularly relate to wanting your own disposable income (so long as it's not instantly eaten by childcare costs. Maybe granny can have them on the ONE day a week I drag myself to work).

I thought being a SAHM sounded good until I did it. I feel like going to work is a break Im not maternal though. I hope you enjoy it when your time comes. Its definitely not easy despite how its portrayed by society but youre contributing a lot by doing it.
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Nope! No generous sick pay and every minute of the day timed! I try to do a good job, but held back by a lack of resources.

Im also a civil servant and can agree with all of this.

So under resourced and trying so hard to make a difference. We are viewed so negatively, hard not to take it to heart.

 

[Emzykins]

I'm a sales admin, been at my job for 7 years and I work 32 hours a week, I'm on £23k. Early 30s. I'm a single parent and sadly can't afford the nursery fees to work an extra day, so I do 4 days a week.

 

[HoGi]

My employer has a huge transparency clause so we all know know what everybody earns. Our team leaders spend their days in meetings and earn double what us call agent staff do. Everybody now starts on the same pay which is the same as what myself and colleagues who have been there for years earn. That's the one thing that winds me up, I'm training you and you're earning the same as me.

I'm public sector and we are the same.

Whilst it's great you don't have the issue we used to get e.g. Jan who has been there 20 years and is a useless sack of shit who does fuck all earning 10k more than Martha who has been there 3 years and if you had an office full of Martha's there would be no backlog but she can never catch up to Jan's salary due to the ridiculously small increases and pay bands etc. It is ridiculous having new starters on the same salary as people who can do the job

 

[Tunacanoe]

Would also agree that maths isnt as important for accounting between financial systems in use and calculators and excel if anything I found your discouraged from doing the mathematical elements in your head to ensure accuracy and having workings as backup for any calculation.

 

[Littleelf]

for me i just feel like i’ll never come close to these sort of wages i work in retail currently and have no plans on going to uni. it seems impossible to get a good wage without a degree, someone please change my mind because i’m losing hope that i’ll ever make enough money to live without going to uni or being extremely talented

what jobs do you guys have (well paying) that you didn’t need to go to uni for? interested. i don’t want this comment to come across wrong! i’d just love to see my options.

I didn't go to uni, but I've worked very hard in my field (re/insurance) and have completed multiple exams and quilifications within this job. I started at the bottom 11 years ago and have built up alot of experience. And I still don't get paid a huge amount - I could do alot more but I am part time and have a young family so right now this is where I'm at.

No matter what industry you are in you will need to work hard to earn a good living wage unfortunately.

 

[TangfasticTart]

I work two jobs, one part time in retail Friday-Sunday. (20 hours)

One is from home doing webcam Tuesday-Thursday. Monthly I bring in between 2-3k depending on how busy webcam is. I also receive CB and maintenance from my sons dad. I obviously pay out tax, NI and my son recieves the 30 hours funded so no nursery fees.

 

[peachhes]

£9120 a year. I work 2.5 days a week at the moment, haven’t got the childcare at the moment to be full time. My old job before kids I was on around £19k.
I’m very lucky with my current job though, couldn’t ask for a better boss so I don’t mind earning less than I need really.

 

[Secretadmirer]

I didn’t go to uni, I didn’t even do a-levels. I joined a company at 19 doing admin and worked my way up into management. I got my first manager role at 22 (5 years ago now) and my salary is now 42k. All the other managers I work with have degrees but non really relevant to our role and they’re all mid/late 30s or 40s.

It can be done, sometimes you have to just get your foot in the door somewhere.

Yep, similar to me. I was told I needed to go to uni, in fact my Mum was disappointed I didn’t as I did a levels intending to go but I just knew it wasn’t for me. I got an apprenticeship at a company, qualified, have worked my way up, have been promoted more than once, love my job and at 28 have a job title and salary I definitely didn’t expect to have at this age so I’m actually glad I started working at 18 because I feel like it’s enabled me to have the experience needed to get to where I am today. They don’t need me to have a degree to see I’ve always been hard working and passionate about my job.

 

[azzarzar7]

£31k - I work in brand & influencer marketing. I wish it was more and I’m hopeful for a pay rise later in the year, but also I LOVE my job which I know lot a lot
of people can say so I’m very grateful for that!

 

[Begborrowsteal]

Yep. I get that its the needs of the business, I wouldn't want the office to be half full, its not fair on the rest. But if we have five people off already, then you've got no chance.

I mean, if its 5 from one area - fair enough and itll be first come, first served.

I wouldnt worry too much about any action taken from a sickie. References now typically only want the dates of employment. Thats all we give and ask for.