How much do you earn?
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johnwilliams77 said:
ArsE92 said:
What do you do? Spending the ages of 19-26 in a high-stress job (when you're clearly not enjoying it) sounds awful. They should be the best years of your life.
I had a very busy job between 20-30. It wasn't stressful particularly and I loved it.
If you can, make a (planned) change as soon as you can.
I would guess that he is a Property Leasing Agent.I had a very busy job between 20-30. It wasn't stressful particularly and I loved it.
If you can, make a (planned) change as soon as you can.
flibbage0 said:
25
Living with parents in the South
£35-38k depending on hours
Pharmacist
Hate it, honestly I can't wait to try something else
Anyone who has relatives or kids thinking of becoming a pharmacist just tell them NO. You'll be doing them a favour
Interesting, how come? It seems like a very stable career. Living with parents in the South
£35-38k depending on hours
Pharmacist
Hate it, honestly I can't wait to try something else
Anyone who has relatives or kids thinking of becoming a pharmacist just tell them NO. You'll be doing them a favour
Or did you mean "street pharmacist"? If so, you're woefully underpaid.
LittleBigPlanet said:
Interesting, how come? It seems like a very stable career.
Or did you mean "street pharmacist"? If so, you're woefully underpaid.
Real pharmacist, I've got a registration number (GPhC number)Or did you mean "street pharmacist"? If so, you're woefully underpaid.
It's highly stressful, also keep getting patients coming in because they can't see their GP which I don't mind helping them, except as pharmacists we haven't been trained to diagnose.
It's the bad side of retail mixed with the stress of healthcare, hours are usually 8/8:30am till 6:30pm so not too bad.
It's stable in terms of I can be stuck on this salary for the rest of my life
My brother's wife is a pharmacist for a supermarket, she doesn't enjoy it. I think a lot go into the career with good intentions but it is a minefield of issues, she's had one case against her. Better to be an on call, from what I've seen.
Edited by Thesprucegoose on Friday 9th November 18:34
I think it’s all very much about work life balance, and how happy you are.
I earn £59k per year basic salary, which in the non-ph universe is a very well paid job and I feel fortunate.
Equally as important, is the fact that I only have to work 37 hours a week. 08:30-16:30 Monday to Thursday, and 08:30-16:00 on a Friday.
I never get phoned up in the evening or weekends, and can pretty much forget about work when I’m not there. I also work in an office with people who are all normal, all get on with each other and and we have a good laugh.
Living in an area of the country where my 4 bedroom detached house ‘only’ cost £240k means I get to have a fair portion of my earnings as disposable income.
I certainly have no complaints, and wonder how much happier some of the £250k+ earners actually are.
I earn £59k per year basic salary, which in the non-ph universe is a very well paid job and I feel fortunate.
Equally as important, is the fact that I only have to work 37 hours a week. 08:30-16:30 Monday to Thursday, and 08:30-16:00 on a Friday.
I never get phoned up in the evening or weekends, and can pretty much forget about work when I’m not there. I also work in an office with people who are all normal, all get on with each other and and we have a good laugh.
Living in an area of the country where my 4 bedroom detached house ‘only’ cost £240k means I get to have a fair portion of my earnings as disposable income.
I certainly have no complaints, and wonder how much happier some of the £250k+ earners actually are.
Paul_M3 said:
I think it’s all very much about work life balance, and how happy you are.
I earn £59k per year basic salary, which in the non-ph universe is a very well paid job and I feel fortunate.
Equally as important, is the fact that I only have to work 37 hours a week. 08:30-16:30 Monday to Thursday, and 08:30-16:00 on a Friday.
I never get phoned up in the evening or weekends, and can pretty much forget about work when I’m not there. I also work in an office with people who are all normal, all get on with each other and and we have a good laugh.
Living in an area of the country where my 4 bedroom detached house ‘only’ cost £240k means I get to have a fair portion of my earnings as disposable income.
I certainly have no complaints, and wonder how much happier some of the £250k+ earners actually are.
Nice balance! I think the answer is: some much happier, some not happy at all. Life really isn't that simple.I earn £59k per year basic salary, which in the non-ph universe is a very well paid job and I feel fortunate.
Equally as important, is the fact that I only have to work 37 hours a week. 08:30-16:30 Monday to Thursday, and 08:30-16:00 on a Friday.
I never get phoned up in the evening or weekends, and can pretty much forget about work when I’m not there. I also work in an office with people who are all normal, all get on with each other and and we have a good laugh.
Living in an area of the country where my 4 bedroom detached house ‘only’ cost £240k means I get to have a fair portion of my earnings as disposable income.
I certainly have no complaints, and wonder how much happier some of the £250k+ earners actually are.
Paul_M3 said:
I certainly have no complaints, and wonder how much happier some of the £250k+ earners actually are.
My brother's combined income with his wife must be 200k a year. So many arguments, mortgaged to the hilt(3 properties), life is never enough, never enough holidays etc. Never believe more money makes you more happier.
Thesprucegoose said:
My brother's combined income with his wife must be 200k a year. So many arguments, mortgaged to the hilt(3 properties), life is never enough, never enough holidays etc.
Never believe more money makes you more happier.
If only half of the youtube/instagram viewers / kids could realise this. There was a study 10-15years ago in the US looking at income and happiness. They found a correlation between happiness in pounds equivalent of 60k (combined income) but beyond that, no marked difference. The logic/findings were that once you can afford bills quite easily/holidays, there are so many other aspects of life which contribute to making you happy.Never believe more money makes you more happier.
Monkeylegend said:
schmalex said:
I think it depends how leveraged you are
Definitely.What the f
k is he talking about ? I didn’t want to post salary in this thread, but there seems to be a lot of thinking that higher earners also have huge expenses, negating the benefit of the larger salary.
My wife and I have a combined basic income of around £245k gross, which increases to £300k or so with bonuses. My wife is the major breadwinner by a country mile.
We are pretty frugal. Our major expenses are servicing a £300k mortgage on a house worth around £1.2m and our son’s school fees (at a middle-ish private school). I drive a 2012 BMW 5 series, my wife drives a 2017 Mustang GT and we have a 2007 Panda for kicking around the village in. We don’t go on massively extravagant holidays - normally we take a villa in Mallorca for 2 weeks in the summer and, maybe, have one other week long break during the year.
We’re not tight by any stretch of the imagination but we’ve worked bloody hard for what we have and want to ensure that we are secure now and our lad will be secure in the future.
My father threw his money away, frittering it on toys and never getting himself out of debt such that he was constantly juggling creditors. He now has hardly any pension as he chose to divert all his funds to frivolities during his career (nothing wrong with that, but he bemoans not being able to buy a new car or flat now).
My wife and I don’t want to end up in that position, so make sure that we split our free cash between doing fun stuff now and investing a bit for the future.
Edited by schmalex on Friday 9th November 21:20
schmalex said:
Monkeylegend said:
schmalex said:
I think it depends how leveraged you are
Definitely.What the f
k is he talking about ? I didn’t want to post salary in this thread, but there seems to be a lot of thinking that higher earners also have huge expenses, negating the benefit of the larger salary.
My wife and I have a combined basic income of around £245k gross, which increases to £300k or so with bonuses. My wife is the major breadwinner by a country mile.
We are pretty frugal. Our major expenses are servicing a £300k mortgage on a house worth around £1.2m and our son’s school fees (at a middle-ish private school). I drive a 2012 BMW 5 series, my wife drives a 2017 Mustang GT and we have a 2007 Panda for kicking around the village in. We don’t go on massively extravagant holidays - normally we take a villa in Mallorca for 2 weeks in the summer and, maybe, have one other week long break during the year.
We’re not right by any stretch of the imagination but we’ve worked bloody hard for what we have and want to ensure that we are secure now and our lad will be secure in the future.
My father threw his money away, frittering it on toys and never getting himself out of debt such that he was constantly juggling creditors. He now has hardly any pension as he chose to divert all his funds to frivolities during his career (nothing wrong with that, but he bemoans not being able to buy a new car or flat now).
My wife and I don’t want to end up in that position, so make sure that we split our free cash between doing fun stuff now and investing a bit for the future.
Anybody who works hard deserves the rewards that go with it. The people I find difficult to have any sympathy with are those who earn well, waste it and then complain of always being hard up.
^ My brother has his own accountancy business. He earns about £1m pa from this and the 14 houses he’s invested in over the years. He lives in a modest 4 bed house and drives a modest car (5 year old XFR). He’s happy but also works his arse off even though he doesn’t need to.
We have very similar lifestyles but he has more money than me and I’m too lazy to do what he does. When you have enough money to be comfortable, you have enough IMHO.
We have very similar lifestyles but he has more money than me and I’m too lazy to do what he does. When you have enough money to be comfortable, you have enough IMHO.
db10 said:
“Influencing people”. I tried one of spaceys lines out on someone and it actually worked!
I do wonder if any real life meetings have ever gone like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhy7JUinlu0Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff