How Much Do You Earn? #2

[peachesandcreamz]

I was in an Office Manager/Administrator/PA role in my early 20s and was on £18k! That was rubbish money for that job even then I'm now over 40 and earning just shy of £50k and I work in project management/commercial insights/data analytics. I've always felt like I've been shafted when it comes to money, earning less than people I managed, earning less than people doing the same job, earning less than people with less experience. Never really felt able to fight for myself though. As for my friends, they earn a really wide salary range, everything from £20k to over £100k. I'd love to earn more but at the same time I want to go part time for my mental health and for my kids so can't win them all!

Damn you were still doing better than me back then, and I'm in my 30s!!!

 

[thegoodnaysayer]

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 shit.

I can't wait to start.

What's the job?

 

[Meg78]

Oh interesting, is your husband earning £70K as a recruiter now? Recruiters in my work are 3 pay grades below me and I’m paid £25k less than your husband! I’m wondering where your husband works as my level must be paid 6 figures, which is absolute goals

He is indeed a recruiter, not agency and in quite a technical/niche area, base 70k currently with car allowance and discretionary bonus although if he’s received one of those in the past year he hasn’t shared it with me He’s now looking for a more senior role, head of talent acquisition etc, but he would actually divorce me if I gave away which industry as it’s so small

 

[xlaurenmarie]

I am ACCA. Was made redundant (perm was £ 84k) and contracting now. Last role was £400 a day for 8 months. Now have an interview for £500 a day through my limited company.

how do you find contracting compared to being employed if you don't mind me asking?

 

[MensaBarbie1985]

This is a hidden problem in the NHS I think many people in private companies don't think about. The jump between bands in terms of pay isn't that much but the jump between bands in terms of responsibility is massive in a lot of professions/career paths.

That's absolutely how I feel - my Band 7 role is non-managerial but there are barely any 8a roles out there that don't require extensive staff management skills so I feel a bit stuck right now! There is a senior version of my role which is an 8a but we are making cuts at the moment so one of them is actually going to lose their job by the looks of it...

It's marginally better than it was when the pay scales used to overlap as at least I wouldn't be getting paid less than others on the band below but seriously having to consider what I want to do next now...

 

[DWASN]

£21.5k FTE - I work in recruitment admin, 21 hrs per week working from home with 2 days a month in the office. Any overtime gets paid.

Was made redundant a year ago from my office manager role- 30 hrs per week on £30k FTE. Was pretty stressful and had to rush from the office 25 minutes away with a 30 minute window to do the school pick up. constantly pulled between HR, finance and office related responsibilities! Can’t say I miss it (apart from the take home pay each month)

 

[Homebird44]

I’ve never paid “rent” to my parents and I’d never charge my own children, it doesn’t sit right with me

Thats up to you.

 

[al255]

Wow, your take home is more than I get working full time and teaching! Are you a single mum?

Yes I am, I’m lucky that the gov helps for me to be part time. My full time wage wouldn’t even cover bills, mortgage, petrol / rising costs etc, not to mention nursery 4 days a week would be over £900 a month

 

[no-no]

I previously commented on this thread about studying HNC Admin & IT and was unsure about what I wanted to do next such as go on to HND or degree. I’m curious, and am sorry to be derailing the thread slightly, but does anyone know if online IT certifications actually mean anything here in the UK? By that I mean certifications offered by Microsoft, Google, Coursera etc. I see a lot of people online rave about these courses and how you can get into ‘high paying careers’ with them, but that just seems far too easy to be true?

The reason I ask is that there is VERY limited IT on my course (even though it’s called Admin & IT..) and I would love to learn more and potentially open doors for a new career. I’d be looking into basic, introductory courses first and then possibly move into a more specific area if I found I enjoyed it. Would these certifications mean much alongside my HNC, without a degree in an IT subject? Or are these certifications more for those already in the IT field?

There’s very little room for me to grow in my current job in the NHS unless I wanted to move into management, which I definitely do not want. I can’t stay on the wage I’m on now as I’m really struggling and don’t want to jump from boring job to boring job just for a little extra cash. I want to find something I actually enjoy AND pays well.

This thread seems to have a lot of reach in the IT/techy side so I’m hoping someone can offer some advice, but feel free to ignore me if it’ll derail the thread too much.

Did you get any further on this? Are there any IM&T training opportunities at your NHS trust? Can you approach someone in the business/information management teams to see what they work on?

If you want an IT job you can work your way up quite quickly from an entry level role (IT customer support) to an average wage in certain public sectors but it would involve managing small teams. It also depends on what IT work you enjoy.

Online courses are good if you’re into analytics/coding and can create projects with the skills you’ve learnt to prove your capability to employers. Project management courses are also sought after.

 

[xbxbx]

I previously commented on this thread about studying HNC Admin & IT and was unsure about what I wanted to do next such as go on to HND or degree. I’m curious, and am sorry to be derailing the thread slightly, but does anyone know if online IT certifications actually mean anything here in the UK? By that I mean certifications offered by Microsoft, Google, Coursera etc. I see a lot of people online rave about these courses and how you can get into ‘high paying careers’ with them, but that just seems far too easy to be true?

The reason I ask is that there is VERY limited IT on my course (even though it’s called Admin & IT..) and I would love to learn more and potentially open doors for a new career. I’d be looking into basic, introductory courses first and then possibly move into a more specific area if I found I enjoyed it. Would these certifications mean much alongside my HNC, without a degree in an IT subject? Or are these certifications more for those already in the IT field?

There’s very little room for me to grow in my current job in the NHS unless I wanted to move into management, which I definitely do not want. I can’t stay on the wage I’m on now as I’m really struggling and don’t want to jump from boring job to boring job just for a little extra cash. I want to find something I actually enjoy AND pays well.

This thread seems to have a lot of reach in the IT/techy side so I’m hoping someone can offer some advice, but feel free to ignore me if it’ll derail the thread too much.

 

[ems1982]

Any recommendations

I haven’t I’m afraid……. I’m not in the engineering industry at all. But you could search on job boards for project analyst or junior project manager roles and see what kind of skills they are looking for and see if you match up at all x

 

[mcfeez]

Work in IT, 30 years old - 36k a year. Also get bonuses and have had pay outs from gifted stock options too the past few years which was very nice.

 

[Habsy123]

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 shit.

I can't wait to start.

One year on… how’s it going!?

 

[Megansnarkle]

QUOTE="LifeOfMog, post: 15741367, member: 306382"]
Unsure if this is classed as off topic or not, but does anyone do / have any side hustles?

I'm a graphic designer part time so would love to know if anyone else does anything alongside their 9-5?

Would be a good idea for a new thread.
Trying to set one up...
[/QUOTE
I think there was one for side hustles but maybe I'm misremembering.

 

[Romy]

its child maintenance. So my daughters dad only has her one-two nights a week overnight so it’s a government calculation based on that x



that includes 85% of nursery fees paid, so once I’ve paid nursery I’m left with £950ish

Ok thank you. That's interesting.

On the other hand, I've been reading this thread, it seems like every worker doesn't have the right to paid holidays, bank holidays or to be sick and have day off. How peculiar?! Is there not a minimum of paid holidays and social security to pay your sickness days?

 

[LifeOfMog]

I work in software and he works in property. Yes iv done my time managing I think . I would love to change industry as not the most exciting but the pay is good.

Any tips for how to get into software? I'm currently debating moving into the tech world but I'm worried I'll have to take a huge pay cut (which I cannot afford to do lol ) so any tips on things to do training wise?

 

[no-no]

Has anyone with student loans moved in to the higher rate of tax, what was the difference in net pay like?

 

[JOHN1967]

https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/highest-paying-jobs-2021 I call bullshit on the 850

Just have a google , the highest paid jobs are nowhere near that, . maybe They meant 85k,

Did they say they were in the UK, maybe it includes bonus and share options.

 

[Shinythings]

Self employed counsellor/psychotherapist.

Working in a big city in England.

Qualified with a degree 2yr ago. Made 27k first year, forecasted to make £34-36k second year.

I charge £50/hr, work 4 days a week either taking Mon or Fri off. I see approx. 8 clients per week which takes that income to circa £400/week, and I do some self-employed work for a large local organisation advising them on mental health which pays approx £30/hr which tops up the rest of my income.

There is room to see more clients per week as I start to become more experienced but I'm not rushing - it's easy to burn out if you go too intense too quick, and you couldn't physically see more than 25 clients per week because there's the admin side of things e.g chasing payments, responding to enquiries, adjusting appointment times, booking rooms to work from etc.

So all in all I work average 17-20hrs a week for my £34-36k salary (I'm in my 20s).

I've been thinking about doing private work but not sure if it's worth it with the tax and paying for a place to do it out of.

 

[super grateful]

55k plus bonus. I work for a Pharma company. I could earn more by actually trying but my job is a piece of piss that takes me a couple of hours a day and that suits me for now.

Any nurses looking for a change - would suggest looking at research nursing, then it's a fairly easy jump to industry.

Tell. Me. More.

I love ICU but more £ is good. I did some very brief time in the covid research hub, but had to do loads of training for it. Will my one stop NIHR training translate.