Surprising salaries.
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Anthony Micallef said:
I work in IT Im 37 and dont even make £25k a year. Its so depressing as Im fed up of being on such a pitiful wage at my age.
Ant, that is shocking, one of my ex lodgers is in IT and was on £22k/annum before he went travelling, he has just come back from a 5 month stint in Thailand and is contracting for the same company doing the same job at double the price.For the record, I was a Chef the money was ok but the hours were long, I decided I didn't want to cook for customers anymore and some how found myself working as a Security Guard, for the last 5 years I have comfortably exceeded £30k every year. I now find myself moving moving into the whole Site/Facilities Managment side and my pay has gone down slightly.
ETA There are a fair few guards i've known who would only work nights and go to uni during the day, 4 on 4 off, some nights they are knackered because they have been at lectures, lots of time to do essays at night and in 3 years they all had degrees, no debt and a job that payed more than most of their class mates.
Edited by omgus on Thursday 25th February 17:42
musclecarmad said:
The one area that you do make good money is sales. Eg medical salesmen i know were earning around £60k per year, no degree etc, working from home and you have a company car which is prob a £7k per year benefit.
dentists earn a lot if they are switched on HOWEVER i don't think i'd want to put my head in someones mouth every day - i simply would get depressed.
Med reps for a decent pharma company are usually degree educated.dentists earn a lot if they are switched on HOWEVER i don't think i'd want to put my head in someones mouth every day - i simply would get depressed.
Dentists - very difficult to get into that career.
Anthony Micallef said:
Cheeky! But you may have something there 
I work for a large IT Services company in the North West which is where I think my problem is. I need to get to a smaller company doing something more technical.
It's not the size of the company holding you back - it's the fact that they're a bunch of tight-arsed Northern monkeys! (said with genuine affection, of course) Seriously I've worked for a number of firms and the Northerners have a *completely* different perception of what constitutes a good wage.I work for a large IT Services company in the North West which is where I think my problem is. I need to get to a smaller company doing something more technical.
Edited by theboss on Thursday 25th February 19:55
Kudos said:
Anthony Micallef said:
The company isnt Northern though they are American.
Not an excuse. I did a contract in the NW for a large company c2003 for £400/day...I still see plenty advertised way above thatI had a friend who did the Aldi store manager job for about 2 months before he decided to pack it in. 50 hours a week is a bit on the low side.
He said it was easily the worst job he had ever done, and wouldn't do it for double that salary.
I never really found out the gruesome details, and since no one here has, I can only assume that it involves some sort of bum sex initiation ceremony.
He said it was easily the worst job he had ever done, and wouldn't do it for double that salary.
I never really found out the gruesome details, and since no one here has, I can only assume that it involves some sort of bum sex initiation ceremony.
DangerousMike said:
the aldi job obviously involves working your arse off to not only manage the store but also do a lot of the jobs that the poorly paid, badly motivated and intellectually challenged staff haven't done. Can you imagine trying to run a business where none of your employees give a s
t?
I remember looking around at these jobs about 8 years ago and the Aldi till ops gotpaid £7 p/h then which I thought was pretty damn good. I doubt tesco pay that now.t?musclecarmad said:
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Chris_OCR said:
This has got to be the most surprising one -
Graduate trainee Store Managers at Aldi start on a £40k basic with an Audi company car.
Unbelievable!
Apparently its not quite as easy as it sounds...Graduate trainee Store Managers at Aldi start on a £40k basic with an Audi company car.
Unbelievable!
What's so surprising?
stick at it and its 55k in 3 years etc and then you can jump ship.
i don't know anyone that's gone the distance.
be prepared to talk for 3 minutes on a subject of your choice to an audience
EDLT said:
The petrol tanker drivers and tube drivers are paid so highly because they both have quite a strong union, I can't see it lasting forever though.
FFS part of the reason why they get paid so highly is that it is A LOT or responsibility in regards to safety, hence that means increased pay. The unions play a part, but to say they alone mean the highish salaries is very narrow minded.TwistingMyMelon said:
EDLT said:
The petrol tanker drivers and tube drivers are paid so highly because they both have quite a strong union, I can't see it lasting forever though.
FFS part of the reason why they get paid so highly is that it is A LOT or responsibility in regards to safety, hence that means increased pay. The unions play a part, but to say they alone mean the highish salaries is very narrow minded.swerni said:
pano amo said:
Anthony Micallef said:
I work in IT Im 37 and dont even make £25k a year. Its so depressing as Im fed up of being on such a pitiful wage at my age.
eh, what exactly do you do in IT? Thats an appalling wage for what is quite a highly skilled industry. Plus at 37, you really should be making much better than that in this area(no offence!)Contract your ass down to London and treble that!
Also, depends on the industry - e.g. I am a Java developer working in the banking industry. I would probably earn much less in other industries (used to work in electronics manufacturing). OTOH, I could earn a lot more if I went to London as a contractor!
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