IABU to ask you to guess my pay from my job description?

[upyourninja]

If I describe my job, could you tell me what you think my pay might be/what would be fair remuneration?

Highly specialised role within a not-for-profit sector
Most jobs in London/south of UK, so had to relocate to get into the industry
Required to travel overseas 4-6 times per year
Manage a small team, which is the department for the whole company
Present our product to international clients; most of our business is in Asia
High level of expertise and 8 years of experience in the industry
Take part in several senior committees within the company
Daily international meetings via conference
Originate, authorise, and sign contracts
Report on trends, achieve a set target revenue (increasing every year despite a difficult market)

High academic qualifications are required and many colleagues are Oxbridge/Ivy League educated.

And... out of curiosity, what is your profession and do you feel adequately compensated for your time?

£55k you work in retail or sales

30k

I mean retail/sales for charity. Piching campaigns,travelling to see vendors

Come on!!!!!!!!!

Are you a member of the Royal family?

£25k. You only go into the not for profit sector if you want very very low pay even in London or you have a private income or you are not attracted to or unable to get jobs which pay better.

45k I reckon in not for profit

It comes down to responsibility imo, does the buck stop with you, if not then not more than 30k.

Wind up

25-28k is my guess.

Is it anything to do with water or global warming. This is like what's my line!

Ok. I shall confess.

Publishing sector, so competitive but not generally very well paid.

I earn just a fraction less than the national average, though it tips over with my bonus. Not London, but some very expensive house prices here and cost of living is expensive.

I asked because I do think I'm underpaid. I'm addressing it with our director and I will have a salary review next year. Every salary study for my industry I've ever seen puts me at the bottom of the range for the role, particularly with my experience. I forgot to mention that it's generally expected that I will be available outside working hours for queries, but that's a company culture thing which we are trying to redress.

And I threw the Oxbridge/Ivy League thing (it is true though) because in my experience it certainly doesn't come with pay benefits, but probably does help with getting interviews in the first place. I may be taking on a lot more next year and I want to be in a position to negotiate. Or figure out if I should move industry.

From what some of you are saying, I really think I should! You have some interesting experience there folk

But what's the salary?!

JD isn't accurate reflection of ability or worth
Ive seen some JD in press that big up things.like the apprentice contestants do
Theyre masters at embellishing the ordinary

Well that clears it up totally

Good luck asking for more.

People do say women tend to be underpaid partly because we don't ask for more.

The only reason I mentioned about the Oxbridge/Ivy league thing not necessarily meaning lots of money is that I think there is a certain kind of person who assumes if you push your child to apply there, they will walk into a 25k job straight out of university without lifting a finger and, frankly, it annoys me! It's no reflection on you, though.

My mate is in publishing and sounds similar to you, and I think she earns about 30k although I am getting that from casual conversations rather than her stating the figure, as we don't usually talk about it. She is in London, though.

You work in publishing sales?

And to answer a few cross posts, yes, I'm almost maddeningly left to my own devices and problems are mine to deal with.

I love my job but I think it's time to negotiate up a bit.

At the idea I 'chose' to get into not for profit. Love my job and it has its perks, but when I started working jobs were very very hard to come by. Even harder now.

But what's the salary?

Are you going to look for another job then?

LRD I agree completely - at 18 when I got in to Oxbridge I had some very lofty dreams for myself!

Sorry, national average in in UKand it is £26.5k this year.

£20-25K

Scottishmummy, it's a branch of sales. Subsidiary rights, so intellectual property.

Oh finally