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Thetruth123

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My daugter turns 17 this year and works part time buy t I think in the climate children must get to grips with spending and have a reality check financially! It angers me financial health is not taught in schools!!!!

but me and hubby have said we would like 20% of her wage and we will put into a savings account so when she does move out she will have a nice little lump to help her plus hopefully it will teach and Instil budgeting

I was really stupid with credit when I turned 18 and am determined to start my girls on the right path xx
How was she with money? My dad was very strict, my mum more flippant with rules lol. I got my Dads work ethic but my mums spending habits 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️
 
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Hurrah54

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Wow I feel like crap reading this thread 😞
I never realised how little I earn in comparison to others. I absolutely hate my job as well..and there's no added extras etc because it's NHS 😂
I'm applying for others but I can't seem to get anything even slightly higher 🙃

Bleurgh. Money has never really been an issue though, I just don't have anything fancy.
 
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Cloak

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£79.5k plus around a £9k bonus. Fintech marketing. Will definitely stay in finance now because although the work’s dry the pay is good!
 
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Rxt156

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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.
How long have you been doing it? Do you show your face? This stuff interests me coz I’d love the ££££ but don’t want me face on the web 😂
 
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goosecat

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I 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 :)
I’m a signaller- the base salary is only 47k (obviously I know that’s still a great amount!) but each Sunday is £500 and rest day is £250, plus night shift premium and 32% flexi premium, it soon adds up! I try to do 2 Sundays and 3 rest days a month at the moment
 
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shhh1712

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£130k as a compliance officer for a medical devices company. 9.30am - 5pm Mon-Fri. 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus 2 week company shut down over Xmas and new year.
Can I come and work with you please 😂 do you like it?
 
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SmokeySapphires

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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).
 
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FannyAdams29

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For those of you earning good money who didn’t go to university, what industries are you in? Did you go down the route of online learning instead of uni? Apprenticeship?

I’m band 3 admin in NHS earning £21,709-£23,603. If our pay rise is accepted (which I don’t think it will be..) it’ll go up to £23,914-£25,808. I want to earn more but I have no idea what I want to do. The natural progression route in my current role would mean going into management if I wanted to earn decent money but I definitely don’t want to be in management. I can’t afford uni as I have a mortgage to pay and am a single person/income household so looking at other options to upskill.

I’ve looked at things such as AAT, Open University, HND (already have HNC) etc but since I have no idea what my end goal is apart from earning more money, it’s hard to know where to start😩
I currently earn about £60K and have been at the same corporate company since I was 20 (32 now) I started on £12K in customer service/order entry and have worked hard, expressed interest to learn, embedded myself into the company ethos and just generally had a good attitude.
I have zero qualifications and am only now thinking about next steps as I don’t particularly enjoy what I’m doing at the moment.
If I did leave I would likely have to take a lower paid job so I’m biding my time whilst I work out what I actually want to do.
 
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Spider12

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TA on £22,850 a year. For what we do, an absolute joke. Yes we get the holidays (unpaid I might add) but we're teaching interventions daily with groups of upto 10 children yet classed as "non-teaching staff". On top of everything else - constant photocopying, trying to bring down dis regulated children amongst 400+ other things 🤔🤣
Teacher here! TA’s are worth their weight in GOLD!!! And the pay you are given for what you do makes my blood boil. Having my wonderful TA is the only reason I am still in the job. Our school budget dwindles by the day and we are constantly being told we might not be able to have TA’s in school in the near future. I teach 4-5 year olds, high SEN and behaviour needs with lower ability children who need daily interventions in reading, writing and maths. It’s such a hard job, I thank my lucky stars every day I still have her ⭐
 
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Peachy9

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Its reading threads like this that make me question my career choice of being a nurse in the NHS 😂
I'm top band 6 but in a very niche area, which geographically speaking is also limited (we are commissioned to deliver a specific service here which doesn't exist in the rest of the county.) The only option for me to go up to band 7 is to move into a completely different job, or management (but again in a different speciality 🙄.) I actually left a band 7 role for this job, as they mentioned in the interview that there is scope to progress. Unfortunately there is no longer the budget for that in the trust anymore 😞
Its frustrating that I have done a masters and I'm working in a role that I love and am skilled in, but financially tbh i'm trapped.
 
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Littleelf

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What an interesting thread, makes me realise how little I earn 🤣

I work in reinsurance for a london broker, im not based in the city hence the low wage!
15k 21 hours a week to fit around childcare - yearly bonus is pretty good - plus overtime is allways available so I can top up my income. Especially great around Christmas ect.

I am one of the most experienced people on my team so I do consider my wage to be quite low compared to my knowledge and experience. But I'm happy enough as my managers are incredibly flexible, very aware of mental health and have let me change my contract to continue working from home when everyone else is returning to the office. They've been really great this last 18 months and I'm grateful to work in such a good company, I know I'm a valued employee and I think that counts for alot compared to previous companies ive worked for where they do not care one bit
 
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BettyCrockerr

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Agree it’s not the be all and end all in terms of employment but my social life was unmatched at uni, I feel sorry for those that didn’t get to experience that time!
I feel sorry for you if you think university was the pinnacle of your social life 😂😂😂😂😂
 
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xx3221

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Are your parents not charging you rent? My eldest starts his new job in a few weeks and I've ready emailed him the invoice.
Nope. My dad pays for everything and we aren’t expected to contribute towards bills etc. Very fortunate!
 
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880411

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I was advised about a potential promotion yesterday.
I earn mid 30’s now and I would really like to be in the 40’s for the new year *fingers crossed*
 
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