To ask what you do and what you earn?

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Apart from the fact I'm curious, making a career change. My heart is in midwifery but the pay is bad. I'm money motivated so know I could do something I'm less passionate about if it meant more money.

Currently doing an access course.

@Bashbaby. I used to know an equine vet who made 14k. Started his own business and is the most successful equine vet in the area now. Earns millions!

Lawyer at the Leadership level - £150k + bonus. I’m expected to be on call 24/7 and sometimes the hours can be gruelling but no complaints as I know how fortunate I am to earn this amount of money.

Private care PA, South East, 17hrs pw, approx £9k. Job satisfaction, which I have loads of, helps a lot!

@Dan68 are you on a 7 there?

I teach part time stop if upper pay scale. I earn 1400 a month after tax, ni, pension and student loan.

• Top of upper pay scale

Finance assistant in a school £10.5k I’ve never been happier working part time but hardly any spare cash but the time with my young children is worth more

Senior Project Controls Manager £52k
Early 50's, live in NW, currently commute weekly to SW but could be 'sent' anywhere.

Would definitely recommend Project Management or Project Controls as a career.

Teaching assistant: 12,000 a year (26 hours a week)

Child Development Officer
FT Term-Time £22K. 52 weeks salary £27K
Not a bad wage considering you can do a HNC in 1 year.

@Penners99 Sat 16-Nov-19 15:07:01
IT Architect, contractor. Up to £3.5k per day

DH knows this industry very well, and tells me the above is bollocks.

Same! Would love to know what you do to earn 3.5k/day though:)

Urgh, bold fail, sorry

I’m absolutely loving reading about everyone’s careers- I am really surprised at how many STEM type roles we have, and what a broad education and age range they’re across, proof that a degree is useful to have but not absolutely essential. Also completely in awe at how many of you seem to do it all- successful, fulfilling careers as well as juggling the needs of your families. I’m also a tad jealous at those who have their shit together because I’m completely winging life- both work and motherhood most of the time.

@InforaPenny7

My thoughts too...

@InforaPenny7 DH thought they might be talking another currency, but they specified GBP so that's bollocks.

Legal PA ..24k

I hate it...if I didnt need the money at the moment I'd leave and look for a job I would enjoy

Electrical engineer. I work on a consultancy basis within explosive atmospheres.

Earnings vary depending on how much I want to work but circa £80k for what works out at about 4 days per week.

Carer to two disabled children £66 a week.

Husband works in finance and earns £56k a year.

Oh, I'm mid 30s, in the North.

Apparently there is a serious country wide shortage of sonographers and once you are qualified you can walk into a job anywhere. It’s a big issue at work.

FastAway

There’s a serious nationwide shortage of midwives.
The problem is that it doesn’t mean:
A) that they’re hiring to fill the shortage
B) they’re funding/have sufficient facility to train the deficit worth of student midwives. It requires a lot of willing and trained qualified midwives to act as mentors, funding and capability by the universities.

There’s more leaving, I think, than could be organically replaced.

It’s a mess

£30k, Talent Acquisition Advisor. South East.

Media, £100k a year, maybe more if we've had a good year.

I love my job and colleagues and laugh til I cry at least once a week.

It is absolute nonsense that if you earn good money you have to kill yourself. That's what people earning less who mind about it tell themselves.

Practice manager at a firm of chartered surveyors. I get paid £25K a year. I'm very well paid for a pretty standard job in the north west (lancashire).

@Pardonwhat after your comment and I checked. My local university doesn't offer the conversion course. But glad I checked now and didn't get my hopes up later.