Dental nurse £21000 a year. Severely underpaid and overworked. Many dental nurses are choosing to leave the career as there is no room for progression, paid minimum wage, overworked, and can get paid more per hour working at a supermarket. Ridiculous to say we have to pay for CPD, registration and train for 2 years to be able to do the job.
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Started as a Support worker on £12000 a year, got asked to ‘help out’ in a managerial role due to a shortage of managers. Was studying a degree from home with the Open University at the time which I continued for 6 years and completed whilst acting up and then gaining the managerial role permanently. Didn’t use my degree as was happy stumbling into my new found job role. Had my degree funded too due to being on a low income. Have been put through and completed a Level 5 QCF in care management. Currently earn £27,000. Would like more, wouldn’t we all but am grateful everyday for what I have and being able to afford a roof over my head, car etc.
Thank you!
But of course, there is also the marketing and content which isn’t account-specific, which i hadn’t clocked! Thanks for clarifying.
Thank you for the explanation. I’ve been in the City for longer than I like to think about, but haven’t worked alongside any teams that have done your type of role. I thought of this function as three areas (1) specific fund reporting as Factsheet + commentary directly from the fund manager, (2) research (e.g. macro or market reports from the in house team) and (3) sales/marketing led by account managers/relationship teams.
But of course, there is also the marketing and content which isn’t account-specific, which i hadn’t clocked! Thanks for clarifying.
Which route did you take to do this - if you don't mind me askingFinancial accountant £45000, I’ve been qualified just under a year but already have friends that have moved up to a £50k/£55k salary that qualified a few months before me that’s making me think about my next move but I like my job and company so it’s difficult
nah I don’t mind, I did a big 4 grad scheme in audit after uni and got ACA qualified.
It's blogging about a specific topic - definitely nothing rude lol. No YouTube/social media; all through good writing and SEO. I don't want to say the topic because some people may work out who I am. I'm a very small fry in the blogging world though! This is not much to earn - people who do it full time are on 6-figure incomes, especially recipe bloggers.
It differs between departments. I’ve just moved to a new department earlier this year. Previous role was home based so I didn’t go to the office for 2 1/2 years. New role requires 40% of the working week to be office based though this is about to change, most likely to be 20%.
Has anyone with student loans moved in to the higher rate of tax, what was the difference in net pay like?
Plug in your salary (old and new), student loan plan and pension contributions to Listentotaxman.com to see what the difference is.
Oh wow! Was the training mentioned when you applied for the initial band 2 job? Do you know if it is common to be offered this training?I am a band 6 biomedical scientist started off as a lab assistant in histology at a band 2 and was offered IBMS training and support with degree on the job. Moved up the bands as I completed more of the modules and 3 years later I was a band 6Ask if there is any training you can be given whilst in the job there could be something
I’m a band 3 but out in the community with no real prospects of climbing the career ladder unless I want to do nursing …which I don’t! This role sounds fascinating
Thanks, had a quick look and I have two different loan plans
Not got a new salary yet but thinking of the impact of any raises etc.I work as a Head of HR, I’m just turned 35 and salary is £78k plus bonus of around £3k a year linked to my KPIs - public(ish) sector, work 35 hours a week officially (probably 40-45 in reality). I know it’s not normal - I earn about three times as much as most of my friends so I tend to keep it quiet in real life...
This is the dream! An excellent salary with very reasonable hours and hopefully you like your workplace as well.
This might be a stage of life thing but I've also found that as I entered my 30s, the disparity in income and lifestyle between my old friends and I have widened considerably and it's definitely led to some tensions, even though I never share my salary or talk much about my work unless it's stuff like a tough client or long working hours recently. People will always assume based on what you do and my partner also can't help but sometimes share how proud he is of me for my professional accomplishments, and that definitely makes things awkward with some people in his circle as well.
Get better friends.
Definitely have done that! Most of my good friends now are from my professional circle or university. I do miss the childhood friendships though and wish I had more of those, but not much I can do about that at this point.
This has been something I’ve thought but with family, not that they have a problem (at least haven’t said anything to my face), but I come from a pretty poor family who still struggle now. All of my other siblings earn minimum wage or mid £20,000s and kind of just get by, but I was earning £45k plus bonuses (hopefully) by the time I was 26. I’ve worked for it by being the first in my family to go to uni, then getting a masters and professional qualification, but there’s just the awkwardness of talking about my life sometimes, like my mum asking why I need my nephew to watch my pets for a couple of days and it’s because I’m going on my 3rd holiday this year. Even something as stupid as offering my family a cup of tea and biscuits and they were M&S and my dad commented how they were posh biscuits, you don’t know if that’s just an observation or a funny comment.
I feel like the kids of today would call this imposter syndrome, but it’s a worry I have that my future children and their cousins will have two different lives and that could grow resentment toward them.
I have a very similar story to share ! My father was the first in his family to go to university and my mother is the only one of her siblings to do so. While trades can pay extremely well, no one in my extended family works in those areas so my family has always been better off relatively, and there has been a lot of tension from my cousins as a result. Unfortunately, I barely speak to them these days and a big part of that was them resenting me since we were kids. I don't even have a memory of this but my mom told me that they found my cousin's scribbles once when we were taking a family vacation, and in it, she talked about how much she hated me and how she thought I was lucky and didn't deserve everything I had. We were five and six. It's hard to have conversations with people who think you're bragging at every turn, even though you're just answering their questions about what plans you've made or offering them some biscuits. My family and I try to be generous with gifts and attention when we do see them, but that adds a whole other layer of complications where people feel like you're looking down on them. I sincerely hope that won't be the case for your future children but at least in my personal experience, it's been tough! One of my uncles is a sweetheart and is super proud of me and my mom, but his wife and daughter resents us.
I'm sure your parents are proud of you and always will be, but it's harder to know with siblings and especially their kids.
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