To find salary offered an insult?

@InterIgnis The UK is Capitalist, and OP works in a high paying sector. Wages aren’t decided based on how virtuous you consider a profession to be, no matter how much you would like that to be the case.

That was my point, not yours.

Who are you to dictate that nobody needs more than 100k? I am a single woman earning just under that in London and I actually would need quite a bit more to properly enjoy life, eat out, go to theatre, do social activities, go on overseas holidays, have Netflix. Things that make life enjoyable.

When I worked on an NHS secure psychiatric ward our manager was on about £42K and was reponsible for managing a team of about 25 which comprised of nurses and HCAs. Not London admittedly but it seems very small beer compared with the six figures that the OP is talking about.

You are not being unreasonable. The way tax kicks in over 100k due to the erosion of the tax free allowance it’s not worth it. I wouldn’t do it.

@Willowtree5 My initial response to your opening post is that you're a jerk.

Upon reading your subsequent comments and after careful consideration - as I try to see the best in people and give benefit of the doubt - is that you're a jerk.

It really depends on the industry. I manage 6 people and earn £68k so that sounds great to me. But I work in a low paid industry so you would need to manage a lot of people for that level of salary. What do you do?

It really depends on the industry. I manage 6 people and earn £68k so that sounds great to me. But I work in a low paid industry so you would need to manage a lot of people for that level of salary

A close friend of mine likewise manages a similar number of people on around £60k.

I’m NHS. I line manage 40 and my salary is less than half of that!! That’s only part of my role too! I fancy a career change. What do you do?

In 1986 I was making a great deal of money working for a US senator.
I married and had to leave due to a move.
After a few years i went back to work in a different area and they offered me less than half my old salary - I thanked them, got up, and walked out.
Another company offered me well over twice as much as my old salary and I took that position.

Value yourself.

I early £45 k and manage 30 people. I could only dream of your salary!!

At your existing salary you should be managing at least 3-5 people.

If you do take it, I’d salary sacrifice the uplift into your pension, and since your employer will be saving their employers NI contribution on the extra, ask them to top your pension up with it.

I manage more people than that and my entire salary is £40k.

It is irrelevant whether anyone thinks this offer is an insult. You obviously know your industry and have very different expectations from most people.
You seem extremely confident that you can walk into another role easily so perhaps you should do that.

MN off on a tangent again because of the level of OP salary.

I voted YANBU. The increase will likely not even be reflected in your net monthly pay for the work and responsibility. I personally wouldn't do it.

Sadly intellect doesn’t correspond with salary, it’s more to do with industry. If you work in an industry where people turn away from you at a party when you tell them your job, you need to be handsomely compensated.

Love the idea that people are “insulted” by being offered over £100k. 6 figure salaries simply don’t exist in my industry, regardless of how many people you manage, how many post grad qualifications you have or how hard you work!

OP, we didn’t need the clarification, your whole thread has been “tell me you work in the finance industry without telling me” 😆

Why ask on here? You know what the job involves and whether you feel the trade off between extra work and extra pay is worth it to you. No one else will know the context of your work environment or you what you value personally. You have a decision to make and it's strange to me that part of the input into your decision making process is opinions of random people on Mumsnet with no knowledge of you or your job.

Of course she is. The type of person that has the intellect to earn £100k does not need advice from a bunch of strangers on the internet. It's obviously a wind up and a horribly insensitive one in the current climate. Why are people so vile these days? Is this really supposed to be funny?

It’s not every day you get a 20% uplift.
It depends on your job role, level, sector & experience.
Do you have people management experience? Or is this a development area for you? What’s the scope for growth in the role? What’s the external market like? Are there plenty of other companies you could switch to for more? Do you enjoy where you’re working.

If you’re not happy, counter the offer. But you’ll need to pull together a rational proposal and clearly set out what your expectations are. Can you ask for an ad-hoc equity grant? One time retention bonus? Guarantee your next bonus at target and on your new pay?

It depends. 3 reports is a lot less than many line managers have. But after deductions/tax etc I'm not sure that 20k would make much difference every month in comparison to the potential stresses. Can you ask for more?

This. You are likely being overpaid already compared to the average person and their professional responsibilities.

Im also sure this is a goady fake post just looking for responses - sad really.