To ask how much you earn

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How much do you earn per anum before tax? What is your current position/job/career? Do you enjoy it?

£42,500
Editor of scientific journal.
Love it.
Work from home full time.

I have two jobs - one in admin and the other in retail. I work 38 hours between the two and earn £18k . I am reasonsbly happy with my lot. I feel valued and I enjoy going to work. Both jobs fit in around kids and pets etc.

@hoodiemum. Join up a club, preferably sport - I set up a netball club - don't really like netball but it was fun and made me more active. Now I do other group physical activities - it doesn't work if you think, 'I'll fit it in around my work' because you never will. Has to be a fixed time, paid for thing (that cash is hard-earned). And in a group.
Or a book group or volunteering activity.
Create your own 'work group' - find online groups for your field on twitter or other social media. Join special interest groups.
I've also become a school governor, which is quite hard to fit in during 'feast' periods but has been rewarding and gives you a sense of belonging.

@Chesneyhawkes1 I'm trying to guess your TOC as I thought most with a salary that high were Sundays inside! Are you part of the DB group though? That's my best guess.

I'm also a train driver, it takes our trainees about a year, sometimes less depending on their depot. We're 49k, plus committed Sundays as overtime for a 4 day/35 hour week. The shifts can be brutal and I work 2 in 3 Saturdays but I walk out the door and that's it until I'm next in. I used to get the Sunday blues, log in remotely from home and dread coming back from holiday in my old job. Not anymore and that's worth a great deal to me. I don't chase overtime but you can earn plenty over the base salary if you want.

64k (in euros.....so whatever the current exchange rate is into GBP)

Quality Assurance Auditor (ISO 9001) - sounds boring, but I actually love it - get to travel and meet so many different kinds of people. And best part is being mostly autonomous and able to schedule my own hours round family and social commitments. Perfect for working from home when I need to and having lots of flexibility.

£1.2m. I’m a QC. Don’t enjoy it.

@blueshoes if you read my previous posts you will see that I was responding to a previous poster who claimed people wouldn't work if they didn't need the money. I was disagreeing.

I know that many, many people work because they have to and in jobs that they don't necessarily enjoy. However, I'm an academic researcher who specialises in careers, career development and career decision making behaviour. In an ideal world salary shouldn't be the primary concern. Finding a career that suits your personality, that you enjoy and are passionate about are important factors - however, I do realise that that is not as easy as it sounds.

I've also never said that women must aim high. Only that my research ( and others) shows that women's careers are often disadvantaged due to the patriarchal society we live in. I gave an example of a woman I interviewed who was working as a nurse who ended up leaving her job because her husband felt his job was more important purely because he earned more...he felt this meant he was exempt from changing his working patterns once they had children despite her job being more valuable to society.

About £75k, I'm in HR and work 4 days per week. It's quite a senior role, but I can work flexibly and from home when I want. Not too much travel. I really enjoy it.

GP 33 hours a week - 48k but professional insurance, fees and CPD to pay out of that add up to about 8-10k so 38k before tax

@dms1 - I'm at the top of band 6 as well but get Greater London weighting.

@blueshoes also, I know it's possible to enjoy your job and earn good money. I'm simply saying that salary shouldn't be the sole reason for choosing a career.

I also think it is important for women to aim high ( if that's what they want to do) one of my particular research areas is women's career development.

21k, midwife. It isn't enough for the responsibility.

Over 50k plus various add one, but local govt so it’s never going to pay big money.

Vet - mixed practice earn 27000, working 3 days, 2 nights a week and one weekend in 5. Mainly l like it - though not getting up at night and then still working the next day. Today was a good day however, got to treat one of santa’s reindeer.

I should add to mine, that's a part time 24 hour wage, I'm top band 6. I don't get any unsocial enhancements as I work set week days, so always earn the same and have no room to increase my wage until my young children are grown enough for me to work full time.
I'm currently caught in a trap of childcare as a single parent.

Love my job as a lecturer but 18k a year for a job that is supposed to be part-time but fills the entire week is hardly economically sustainable.

a previous poster who claimed people wouldn't work if they didn't need the money. I was disagreeing

To be fair, the claim was that most people wouldn't work if they didn't need the money, and that's probably true. How many lottery winners continue working in their previous job?

@MacavityTheDentistsCat
Why do you hate it? I’m currently studying for my translation exams and was kind of hoping to do legal translations.

Please , please tell us more of the downside of you job🙏

£42,500
Editor of scientific journal.
Love it.
Work from home full time

Jealous. That's one of my dream jobs!

I'm a translator and legal stuff is the last thing I would translate. By which I mean, I would never ever do legal stuff. Can't stand this thing in law of saying everything in a verbose, repetitive, complex (and often barely readable) way just to make yourself sound smart.

Another lawyer. Just over £70k. Job is hard work but stimulating. Rely on DH to keep the family and house running.

£70k professional STEM career.

@jeremy many people wouldn't continue working in their current job but many would do some sort of work .... people in this situation have the opportunity to persue their dreams. Interestingly, people don't often see that as work but that comes down to how we define employment. It's not as straightforward as it seems.

£90k head of operations team for a well known bank. Work from home 2 days per week 90 minute drive each way the other 3 days.

Ok I get you. I was reading "wouldn't work if they didn't need to" as "wouldn't work in their current job if they didn't need to". The latter I'd say is most people, the former not so many I guess, since most people need something to fill their time.