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To ask you all how much you get paid?

664 replies

UnderWorkedOverPaid · 20/02/2011 11:36

Name-Change if you want to - I have. AIBU to be curious what other people earn?

I am a nurse. Qualified 6 years. Work 30 hours a week.

I earn about 25k (with unsocial hours etc added in)

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ToughShit · 21/02/2011 20:47

part qualified accountant £37k

Georgimama · 21/02/2011 20:52

She's a warrior princess. I've already told you.

charley24 · 21/02/2011 20:57

Dh and I work for government, I earn 17.5 (35 hours per week, term time only) if I worked full time without the holidays would be £21k

Hubby is a band above and earns £26.5, before tax.

Live in north of england

mrsgetonwithit · 21/02/2011 20:57

I need more info, lol.

malevolentpsammead · 21/02/2011 21:06

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Edinburghlass · 21/02/2011 21:21

A bit sceptical about this thread, as I can't help suspecting it's posted by Mumsnet wanting to know more about their clients, but also a little intrigued by some of your answers. I am another lawyer who doesn't enjoy my job. Would be £48,000 full time. I work 3 days per week. Appreciate I'm reasonably well paid for the hours I work, but hate the job and would love to change direction.

emsyj · 21/02/2011 21:22

What sort of work do you do Edinbughlass? I think law itself is okay, I just do a boring area! Would rather not say on here what it is tho as is a niche area and don't want to be 'outed'.

samram · 21/02/2011 21:30

16 hours a week between school hours and ten mins walk from my house.
£6500k

In all honestly i have no idea how much my DH earns.

Xenia · 21/02/2011 21:30

But do we think it's the work intrinsically in these various jobs which bores some people or would they be unhappy whatever job they did and others of us would be happy whatever it were even if we were driving a milk float or in a call centre?

emsyj · 21/02/2011 21:33

I am sure there are some people who would always be happy/unhappy.

I used to do a different area of law and it was more interesting. I forget now why I switched... I think it had something to do with money at the time, although now I have left London I would make the same £££ doing the other type of work (but can't, because there are no jobs in that area in the current economic climate).

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naughtymummy · 21/02/2011 21:35

I am a hospital dr. 67k for 44 hours , seven weeks holiday, study budget and final salary pension. I think I am well paid.

Georgimama · 21/02/2011 21:43

I have had lots of different types of jobs and have generally managed to find something satisfying about them; I think, in a very unfashionable way, that work is good for you. It's good for me anyway.

5DollarShake · 21/02/2011 21:51

I work from home, for an American company. Before I went on mat leave the first time it was a very busy, stressful role.

After I went on mat leave, they re-jigged a lot of my responsibilities and so now I earn exactly the same (just over £50K for a '40 hour week') for doing sweet FA, quite frankly. I probably do about 1.5-2 hours work a day. Even that's a stretch most days. So I will go against the grain and say I do not work hard for my money (although I worked hard to get where I am, as everyone does).

God only knows why I'm leaving the job to emigrate - I must be mad.

GrimmaTheNome · 21/02/2011 21:52

But do we think it's the work intrinsically in these various jobs which bores some people

It can be. I bless the (once accursed) HR people who when I was first applying for jobs turned me down as 'overqualified' so I had to search a bit longer till fortunately found my niche. But then, in a job I love there are still 'boring' parts which can be enlivened by the satisfaction of a task well done - if I've got to write bloody user manuals I'll make sure I polish the phrases.

trixymalixy · 21/02/2011 21:58

I think I would also find something satisfying about any job I did, even cleaning toilets or spending all day photocopying both of which I did as a student.

DH however will always be dissatisfied whatever he does, same goes for my Dad, we just have different natures.

Helenagrace · 21/02/2011 22:29

@badpoet - it's being designed at the moment and I'm currently interviewing potential interns or a WFH mum web designer (if I can find one). TBH I thought it might be a vanity project and that I might be the only one interested...but maybe not!

Catnao · 21/02/2011 22:51

I think my partner and I earn about £30k each. £1600 and odd after tax anyway. Well paid I think.

Loshad · 21/02/2011 22:54

Mid life career changer to be teacher, took salary drop to do so. Currently on £25k as science teacher, love it to bits, much more satisfying than previous job, and the holidays etc are fab.
Happily assisted by DH who is NHS consultant, also with good work/life balance and 7 weeks/yr paid leave.
Could have earned more in other fields sure, but both very happy and importantly both enjoy our jobs, and feel they are socially useful.

Xenia · 22/02/2011 09:19

I am a bit like trixy.

However I think the things which make my work interesting are it is intellectual challenging, well paid, it changes all the time and I do a number of different things. Also as someone said above control seems crucial for some people to feel happy in work. Despite common myths there is more work related stress for those at the bottom of organisations who have power than those at the top who decide what is done and when.

I work reasonably hard at adding things to what I do which probably stops me being bored. There are elements of it I prefer over other parts but just about every part of it is more satisfying to me than say housework or even often reading or 24/7 babycare although I love the balance - the having a lovely large family and spending time with them, having hobbies and the work.

Mumcah · 22/02/2011 09:28

£34k a year for 24 hours a week,about 10 weeks holiday a year. I work in the arts.

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eddiemccready · 22/02/2011 09:48

Part time teacher £16,000 or therabouts mon/ tues 9-4 weds 9-12. I love it it suits me perfectly. It took me a while to adjust from the full time wage, but I just spend less. We pay bills and put a bit aside, I consider myself very lucky. Dh earns £47k as a headteacher. Its the job security which means so much now. Out of a circle of10 friends, 5 are out of work and 2 are really struggling to get enough.

Abr1de · 22/02/2011 20:06

I didn't have a novel accepted for publication until I was about 43. Good thing too. TBH. I would have been too self absorbed before I had children.

fedupwithdeployment · 22/02/2011 20:18

I am a lawyer (about 5 years pqe) although I did other things before (am now 39) and actually enjoy most of my job. I am in house, have a lot of autonomy and work 8-5, full time. I very rarely, almost never work outside these hours. I can work from home when I want, and usually do so once a week. I work in Central London. I have just had a pay rise to £61k, and get a bonus (performance related) of 15%. According to market surveys, I am slightly underpaid. However, I don't feel too hard done by, and life is pretty good. DH is in the public sector, but luckily is not (yet) affected by the cuts.

stillenacht · 22/02/2011 20:30

about 26k a year (0.8 fte) as a teacher (have been teaching 16 years)