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I used to be a teacher then became a manager (context was education) but that was awful and stressful. I now work in international events and love it. I earn 33.5k ...big salary decrease but I get perks like loads of events and travel around the world (not at the moment obviously!) Plus less stress and a great team.
My partner earns 78k as a project manager for international insurance companies . Since working from home I realise he earns every penny.
We don't have kids. We live outside London which is sooooo expensive.
Just very lucky we still have our jobs right now.
My partner earns 78k as a project manager for international insurance companies . Since working from home I realise he earns every penny.
We don't have kids. We live outside London which is sooooo expensive.
Just very lucky we still have our jobs right now.
Found out today that I’ve had a pay rise!! 
currently work in Social Services with elderly people, going up to £25000 a year
currently work in Social Services with elderly people, going up to £25000 a year
congratulations xxxxFound out today that I’ve had a pay rise!!
Thank you!! After a tit week it’s the little silver lining I need xxx
A lot is not so much what your earn its how you spend it and how you plan/allocate your money. Our two children are early thirties and I've banged on and on and on about planning for their future since they started uni then work and they are both very very good with money, my lad now has three buy to lets and my daughter has moved house and up the property ladder every couple of years, she's 35 and on house number 6 but this is the one she's worked for, Penarth, four bedrooms large garden, double garage...not bad for an NHS Charge Nurse 
I work as a qualified counter assistant (& also a supervisor) in a pharmacy 40hrs/week and get £18400 a year (14p above minimum wage! It’d be minimum wage if I wasn’t a supervisor) although I’m currently on maternity leave so am only on SMP.
I haven’t decided what I’m going to do when I’m due to return. (Not due until Feb although SMP runs out in Oct) I had aimed to look for other jobs or attempt to reduce my hours but it all boils down to childcare (my parents used to help, but obviously this isn’t doable for the minute).
OH stacks shelves full time in a supermarket on nights. I’m not 100% sure what his pay is, just that he’s able to cover the monthly bills (we don’t have a mortgage) and I pay childcare. I don’t think he could afford to pay me an ‘allowance’ to be a SAHM, but it’s too early to be able to sit down and try to work out all the specifics. Except that as it stands, sending both kids to nursery would cost me £19.12 more than I earn each day.
I haven’t decided what I’m going to do when I’m due to return. (Not due until Feb although SMP runs out in Oct) I had aimed to look for other jobs or attempt to reduce my hours but it all boils down to childcare (my parents used to help, but obviously this isn’t doable for the minute).
OH stacks shelves full time in a supermarket on nights. I’m not 100% sure what his pay is, just that he’s able to cover the monthly bills (we don’t have a mortgage) and I pay childcare. I don’t think he could afford to pay me an ‘allowance’ to be a SAHM, but it’s too early to be able to sit down and try to work out all the specifics. Except that as it stands, sending both kids to nursery would cost me £19.12 more than I earn each day.
that is bloody hard, with the considerable skills and knowledge you’ve picked up in your role there must be a job that pays a bit more.
28-30k (bonus dependant) - Admin Manager in the Motor Trade.
Want to change careers as it’s not an enjoyable job (and to earn more £££) but I am lucky on my salary so feel stuck in a rut!
Want to change careers as it’s not an enjoyable job (and to earn more £££) but I am lucky on my salary so feel stuck in a rut!
I’ve only worked in this job for the past 4 years, although I was on maternity for the second year And now this year as well. My original intention at the end of this ML was to look at other jobs that may be better suited to us but with everything going on I don’t know if that’s feasible. But it’s too early to tell yet.
I’d be interested to know how people managed to get into their job/industry. I’ve only ever worked retail which is woefully underpaid (I used to be a store manager and earned around the same as OH but with far more stress and responsibility). I’d love to find a job that paid better than MW but I just don’t know where to start
41k pa working in an office
Community pharmacy jobs are crazily underpaid unless you're an actual pharmacist, it's a joke. People don't realise how hard it actually is - the amount of responsibility you have, how much you have to continually learn to keep up with new information, new products, new regulations, etc etc. You have to be 'switched on' every minute of the day.
In fact retail in general is grossly underpaid. It's such physically and mentally draining work. I could never go back to any form of retail and I always try to be extra kind and respectful to retail staff.
£40k property lawyer
Would love to know the correlation with mortgages and earnings property prices seem to differ all over the UK
I would be very interested in this too.
I'm 23 currently and trying to get on the property ladder. Have a very sizeable deposit thanks to some help from my parents but because of my single income I still wouldn't be able to get a house in the area/bracket I want even though I have well over 20% deposit. Its interesting to see differing rates with banks and lenders dependant on areas/job security/age/marital status etc.
20% seems like a good deposit, we needed that for our first house and it was under 70k. We were advised to only have my now husband on it as he was self employed and I was temp in my job. We were told we were too risky for both to apply. Turns out it was poor financial advice as we learned when we bought our second house.
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I think the main thing COVID has shown is how underpaid the “essential” workers are!
Retail manager 18500pa..
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