To think that £10K salary for these perks is not a 'crap' salary.

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My friend has just turned down a job on these grounds. It is term time only and 5.5 hours a day.

Granted, she doesnt need to work she just wanted some extra 'Pin' money as she put it but she's hugely insulted that they would offer her that salary. I think term time jobs are so thin on the ground its not too shabby.

And yeah I know it's up to her and none of my business.

I think
It's a good thing your friend didn't take the job, she sounds ungrateful. Hopefully someone who really needs those hours such as a single mum will be offered the job.

Isn't it the holy grail type job for many parents of young children? Fits in with school hours and all school holidays off?

And if the 10k is what she will get paid (minus minimal NICs and no tax) the FTE is nearly twice that, so it's a comparatively good wage if no qualifications are required?

Surely she knew the pay and hours when she applied for it?

That's just under £9.57 an hour - 47% more than the minimum wage.

Pin money always makes me think of Mrs Bennett when Elizabeth reveals she is marrying Darcy
"Good gracious! Lord bless me! only think! dear me! Mr. Darcy! Who would have thought it! And is it really true? Oh! my sweetest Lizzy! how rich and how great you will be! What pin-money, what jewels, what carriages you will have! Jane's is nothing to itnothing at all. I am so pleased so happy. Such a charming man! so handsome! so tall!"

My job pays £30k for less hours. It's an insulting salary and I don't blame her for not taking it!

That is of course assuming it's 5 days a week, totalling 28.5 hours a week for £10k. Doesn't sound much to me. If it's less days a week than that then it's not bad.

Can you apply for this job OP? Sounds perfect for you?

What job is it and where do I apply! It sounds ideal for me!

You would get to keep nearly all of your salary as the threshold for income tax is 10000, and pay minimal NI. It doesn't sound so bad to me especially if you are in a cheaper part of the country.

£10k for 27.5 hrs/39 weeks is equivalent to £17.2k/year full-time (40-hours).

What do you do Peas?

Maybe peas also in a professional job? It sounds little given it's 27.5 hours, and 37.5 hours is already full time.

Two women in my company does 9-3 but full year. I'm sure it's over £10k or it will be a huge rip off.

Though I'm gathering from the OP it's not a highly skilled post.

It also depends why the normal pay scales are for that employer. If they are proposing a much lower rate as they know their audience are mothers then it's discrimination. They should be paying same hourly rate as other employees in that role, irrespective of hours.

Just re-read the beginning of the thread as was getting for work myself this morning.

So, she's actually getting10k for working 5.5 hours a day, 39 weeks a year? In which case I take back my earlier comment.

I earn a similar wage for slightly fewer hours, although I also work a day a week in the holidays. Tbh as the parent of a primary school child it is a great position to be in, particular if the place of work is also very local.

My job isn't what I trained to do, and sometimes it's bloody frustrating, but the benefits outweigh most things & unless I stumble across my absolute dream job Richard Armitage's personal masseuse I would have to think long & hard about leaving.

As someone upthread said, hopefully the job will go to sometime who really needs and appreciates it.

Your friend has presumably been out of the work market for a few years with dc, supported by her partner. She is now finding out that when you go back to work you DO get a crap salary. That's a hidden cost of taking time out to be with the dcs and another reason why not going back after maternity leave needs thinking about. Relatively few women get to take multiple years out and then pick up where they were - or better. She should take this job - it will only get worse. Some women coming back after longer gaps find they have to take apprenticeships to get back to work. At £100 a week now that's a crap salary! She needs to wind her neck in.

I also think it depends on the other costs and benefits of working.

Three children is a lot of childcare costs that's quite dependant on their ages.
On the other hand a school job means a week of INSET days that will need cover. There won't be any cheap holidays/ weekend breaks using the children's INSET's either. That could be pricy for a family of 5.
She'll also miss lot's of children's moments at school, sports days, assemblies etc.

I have possibly the same job as person mentioned in op.

I work 4.5 hours per day, 39 weeks per year.

My salary is just under 11,000. I take home around £900 per month (bit of overtime in that usually).

I'm a single parent, so although I have earned much more than this in the past, for the hours I do and the bliss of never worrying about child are (except inset days) I am ver very happy to be in the job I am. I feel pretty lucky. Besides, with tax credits etc on top I'm actually on around about the average uk salary. I'd be crazy to go to a normal 40 hour pw, 48 week job with resulting childcare costs. I really wouldn't be much better off.

That doesn't mean anyone else should be happy with it though, horses for courses and all that.

I did a quick namechange as talking about salary and just realise has connotations of thread worms.

Which is nice

I thought pin money was an abbreviation ..... Like shop"pin" money

I work term time only, 30 hours a week. I get paid about £950 a month. It's worked out as 39 weeks a year pro rata. I get 4 weeks paid holiday, which must be taken during school holidays and my salary is then paid evenly throughout the year, ie 1/12 each month.

So I get paid for 43 weeks. Annual pro rata salary of £950 x 12 = £11,400. Hours paid per year 30 x 43 (including paid holidays) = 1,290. Hourly rate is £8.84. If I worked full time I'd be paid for 52 weeks (including paid holidays) at 37.5 hours a week. 52 x 37.5 x £8.84 = £17,238.

That isn't low for an admin job.
What was she expecting? What is she qualified in?
If she's doing admin or reception and part time then that's above average what it often is.

Wrigleysbum what is the role you do? That's a lot for such low hours!

Lol at this thread.

No one knows what the actual facts are!