That’s how I started- the general management grad scheme! But we are pretty short of staff at the moment so I think they’re recruiting some signalling jobs externally, might be worth taking a look.Sounds interesting, I work in marketing and finding it v stressful and considering a change. May ask how you got in to this line of work please? I did apply for rail jobs before (grad scheme type thing) without success
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Thank you very much - maybe I'll take another crack
I see jobs advertised for bid writers a lot and I'm never sure what it actually entails. Could you shed some light? I currently work in local government PR and comms.
I know it sounds super-privileged coming from a high-earner, but what you’re paid honestly has hardly any bearing on the complexity of your job. I saw Steven Bartlett (
but just this once…) say that it’s about finding the right room for your skills. eg he could work in-house for a company and take it public and earn X once, or he could do it on a consulting basis and earn nX. It’s been the same for me, tbh. I earned peanuts for my hours and then suddenly it clicked. I soft network like crazy — keep up with people on LinkedIn, etc — and basically sacrificed job security to work for start ups.
but just this once…) say that it’s about finding the right room for your skills. eg he could work in-house for a company and take it public and earn X once, or he could do it on a consulting basis and earn nX. It’s been the same for me, tbh. I earned peanuts for my hours and then suddenly it clicked. I soft network like crazy — keep up with people on LinkedIn, etc — and basically sacrificed job security to work for start ups.
I may or may not have started a little something to slowly get into the tech industry so I might be en route <333I know it sounds super-privileged coming from a high-earner, but what you’re paid honestly has hardly any bearing on the complexity of your job. I saw Steven Bartlett (
I think my plan is to stay where I am for a year to see if I'll get the rise and work from home I'm looking for (I'm still only 24 so don't want to rush too much!) and if I don't get it I'll go to the new tech company !!
Wahoo! Best of luck!
I'm on £65k basic, plus £5300 car, and bonuses - I'm a construction site manager. It can be a very stressful job though, especially in this climate!
100% Agree - I left my site job to become a consultant, I wasn't even a manager and it was stressful !!!
I like it, been doing it for 9 years, it's always busy which I like and it's a mixture of things really, making payments, doing investigations and sending a lot of communication regarding the trades and since 2021 I work almost exclusively from home as there was an office move from down south to North, I go to the office every couple months all expenses paidI need to know your job oh my lord !!
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This sounds like it would be such an interesting job - how do you find it?
Lo sorry I'm so nosey
22.5K lowest band in the NHS majority admin at the min. Not where I want to be but hoping to do my nurse training funded which would eventually push me up to 28.5K.
Only would give me £265 extra a month after tax which is sad considering the amount of training I’ll have done as well as the higher level responsibilities of being a qualified nurse compared to my easy admin role currently.
Only would give me £265 extra a month after tax which is sad considering the amount of training I’ll have done as well as the higher level responsibilities of being a qualified nurse compared to my easy admin role currently.
Was on £82k p.a until I was made redundant.
Now contracting for 8 months on £400 per day.
I'm a specialist in accountancy...qualified accountant.
I live and work c. 30 minutes outside London.
Now contracting for 8 months on £400 per day.
I'm a specialist in accountancy...qualified accountant.
I live and work c. 30 minutes outside London.
No problem, it's basically writing tenders, answering PQQs (pre-qualification questionnaires) for the company. Tenders for our company are completed in PowerPoint, and pretty easy to do as we just take what the construction managers give to us, e.g. tables with costs, health and safety information, all that fun technical stuff, and put it in an easy-to-read format. I also get to do some other marketing stuff like writing articles for the company, social media, and catalogues
We are purely on the pre-construction side of things... but when we win jobs, everybody loves us 
I'm in construction because I was a building surveyor (which I found far too technical and struggled with) which is how I found out about the career, but you can be a bid writer in lots of different industries. I think construction is a great one though as you will never run out of work, and there's great earning potential. Would recommend to any English grads out there who aren't sure what to do with their degree!
Oooh what do you consult in now? Was there any pay drop?
I don’t want to be on site all my life, but at the moment I’d be worried about the drop in pay!
I work in engineering consultancy, along with environmental consultants - its a change but I really love it !!
No pay drop for me, I sweet talked into getting higher than I was already on
I was on £65,000 plus all the snazzy benefits and perks in my last job but it was utter hell with a toxic fake positivity culture. Everyone had a smile plastered on their face while they stabbed each other in the back.
I am taking a £10,000 pay cut to my base salary and letting go of basically every benefit and bonus with my new job but the people are lovely, everyone seems genuine (an old work friend of mine has already been working there a year now), and people just get on with their own tit.
I can't wait to start.
I am taking a £10,000 pay cut to my base salary and letting go of basically every benefit and bonus with my new job but the people are lovely, everyone seems genuine (an old work friend of mine has already been working there a year now), and people just get on with their own tit.
I can't wait to start.
14k working 20 hours contractually in optics and then overtime to make up to full time hours. Works well for me as I have 2 young children and I am a single parent so I drop the overtime in the holidays. Makes it rubbish holiday allowance though. Happy to do it until the children are a little bit older
What's the job?
I work in HR/Operations within the tech industry so the salaries are higher than most. The new job is the same sort of role but the culture is totally different as this company is not a UK business so they have a "work is just work, we are colleagues not family" culture which makes everything much more straightforward.
I hate this 'colleagues are family culture'- erm no they are not.
