To ask if the salary offered is crap, reasonable, or good?

[nicenewone1]

I've been out of work for so long bringing up the family and have lost touch with all reality

It seems that to talk about money amongst friends is not the done thing, and I can't seem to find out how the salary offered compares to others in my area

Don't want to go into too much detail for fear of outing myself, but after deductions I will take home £350 a week for almost full time, 5 days a week Monday to Friday. Does it sound like not a lot, or OK?

I live in the north east if it helps.

Many thanks in advance for any feedback!

We can't say. After deductions - does that mean salary sacrifice for childcare? Pension contributions? Just tax and NI?

Plus it depends on the job. It'd be quite an unaffordable paycut for me, but more than some of my friends earn, and we all live in the midlands. We just all have drastically different careers and expenses.

If you go on sites like payscale.com or glassdoor.com you can get an idea of salaries for comparable jobs.

Would totally depend on the job, I used to take home just a little bit more than that for 37.5 hours a week in a call centre in the North West - this was considered good.

NE cost of living is quite reasonable (like the NW), so 1400 a month take home (which is what you would take), is more than fine.

If it is for a more "professional" type role, then it may not be that good.

That is more than a teacher or a nurse's starting salary.

what a weird question.

Surely what the job actually is is far more relevant than where you live.

Even if your friends did tell you their salaries, it would be completely irrelevant without knowing how long they'd been working there, what other benefits they had, their qualifications and prior experience, public/private sector, working hours, what deductions you're talking about (just NI & tax, or also pension, union, student loan, childcare & charity contributions, cycle to work/season ticket schemes, etc etc).

app. £18k after tax and NI, £22 before (going on other posters' calcs) would be a good wage for a cleaner in London, an ok wage for a nurse in Bristol, and a low wage for a lawyer in Cumbria.

Agree with everyone else, go on glass door or something and see if it's equivalent to similar roles.

Also - if you need a job any job is better than no job, surely. If you don't need it then work out how much you would need to be paid to counteract what you would lose, and if it's more than that, take it.

How on earth do you think anyone could answer that without knowing what the role is?!

Doesn't fill me with confidence about the OPs ability in the work place TBH!

Well like I said, I can't be too specific.

But. It's self employed, £350 take home pay, NI not included, non skilled, guaranteed weekends off

Thanks for those actually sharing their wage/hourly rate, that's really helpful.

And I love the job actually

Yello thanks so much

If you're a surgeon, or an emergency plumber, it's a bit shit. If you're a lollipop lady, it's not a bad scratch.

Why would saying what the job is be identifying?

Is the take home pay guaranteed or 'projected'?

For non skilled I would say it's very reasonable. But without even an indication of industry it's really a pretty impossible question for people to answer properly.

I earn that in the NE for a supervisory level admin job 4 days a week with lots of nights and weekends.

I'd happily take a 5day week on the same pay for guaranteed evenings and weekends off.

How can you know what your take home pay will be, if you are self employed?

Self employed and no NI deductions? That makes a huge difference then. I take this is some sort of sales and they've quoted you on target earnings?

I'll be contracted to work for a company on a self employed basis, and it's a set amount agreed from the start.

Yabu and ridiculous to expect answers without knowing the job. Do your research into similar jobs in your area instead of asking stupid questions

Is it after tax?

No I meant my employer pays my NI contributions.

Do you know what, I should have known better than to jump into the lion pit that's this board. I don't know why people need to be so rude.

I'm checking out now, thanks to those who gave helpful replies

sounds ok but i think you don't think it does...

sounds good as if bluedoor says you have been out of the workforce for years.

ensure you pay your NI contributions separately though as they aren't.

If your employer is paying your NI, you're not self-employed.....

All sounds VERY dodgy. Not Uber, is it??

I can't see any rudeness? Think about it - how can anyone say if the wage is good or,otherwise without knowing more detail.
It's like asking if we think you'll look great in a green size 12 dress.

oh wait they pay your NI contributions and presumably if self employed you aren't taxed?

well you need to ensure if you earn a taxable salary that you get an accountant for when you need to complete self employed tax forms (forget exact wording).

£350 "after deductions" are you sure you mean after tax? If you're slef employed (genuinely) they won;t be deducting tax from you, you'll have to sort that yourself.