To ask if you earn £50K+ what do you do?

[Poppi89]

I have seen a lot of posts on here where people say how much they earn and I am shocked how many people earn over £50K, so I was just wondering what it is that you do?

Also, do you think it is more important to have a high income or a job that you enjoy?

Set up own business

Yet another solicitor here.

I do like my job, problem solving and analysing issues for my clients, but it can be stressful.

It's probably not as good as a pp's job of being an author of smutty books though!

@LettyBriggs £1500 is what most people I know have as their monthly salary for all bills and holidays etc. I think you are right it depends on what social circles you have around you.
My grandmother always said it doesn't matter how much you earn you will always seem to spend it because you get used to that being your normal.

@Mummy0ftwo12 I love that idea!

From what I've seen many low paid jobs can be very stressful when you're there but many of them don't involve bringing work home. In my industry it's not crazy stressful at work but we are expected to answer in the evenings and at weekends... There's a lot of expectation outside of "work hours"

Have I got that wrong or do others agree?

@doadeer I don't know about other careers but I work in a school and the teachers obviously get a lot more money than I do but then I look at their hours, the work they take home, dealing with parents etc and I think is the money actually worth it and it's not great pay either!

An assistant head at a large secondary school.

I earn less than I would if I had taken my chemistry degree into industry but I enjoy working with teenagers, even the 30 we still have in school at the moment.

Senior staff covering to allow teachers to isolate and working this group on a rota basis.

I earn over £50k and I work as a Learning and Development Manager. I absolutely love my job and consider myself very lucky to have a job I really enjoy as well as being well paid.

I took a pay cut when I got this job a few years ago as I was so desperate to leave my last employer. It's was horrible, lots of bullying and really long hours. I had no work life balance and had to work away from home a lot. I'm a single parent, so it was really difficult.

I am so much happier now. Hours are great and I have total autonomy over what I do and where and when I travel. My HR Director is bloody amazing.

There's a lot of expectation outside of "work hours"

There's a lot of expectation outside of "work hours"

I think you are wrong. I never brought work home and I rarely worked more than 37 hours a week. It was stressful when I was in work though mainly due to office politics and colleagues. At other times, the biggest challenge was boredom and monotony which meant people were constantly clock watching and of course it meant that some people carried other people's workloads which led to resentment and further office politics....

OP it would appear you work in the same circle.

I thank you for your nod that the hours and stresses of this particular career may be worth it!

@Poppi89 My sister was a teacher and agree - the amount of work and hours she did was CRAZY plus she left at 7am and was back at 6pm then at least an hours marking per night and half a day on Sunday

Depute Head in a very large local authority primary school in Scotland. I’ve been teaching for 20 years & love my job!

Hi @SimplySteveRedux

If you wouldn't mind, would you be happy to share more about what becoming a Gaming Strategist involves as it sounds like something my son would find fascinating.

Thanks very much.

I work in Asset Management. I love it and it pays significantly more than 50k

To a previous poster, £50K is around £3k net per month take home after tax, NI and pension contributions.

DH is a high earner >£100k and he is a offshore driller working internationally

Senior civil servant - absolutely love it. Wouldn't want to work anywhere else.

Normally very flexible but not at the moment.

I’m an Executive Assistant and absolutely love my job. I’ve had some not so good ones over the years but am now in a role where I am well respected, have full flexibility of where I work from (even before lockdown), I work long hours and it can be stressful but I genuinely have never had that feeling of not wanting to go to work. I get involved in some great projects too.

For clarity op, do you mean per annum or pcm?

Worked in Canary Wharf for global bank - ran the compliance and financial crime global teams, c£200k. Eventually left to work closer to home/DH/DD and travel/commute a lot less. Cut my salary by more than half but it was so worth it.

IT contractor - government is busy trying to put us all out of business though (pre Covid). If it gets much worse I will just retire.

It's the 150k plus jobs I'm more curious about as there are a lot less of them.

@OhTheRoses £50K per annum

Corporate/commercial solicitor working in-house.

University academic and day-rate consultant - both part-time. The University job would just clear £50k if I did it full-time. The consultancy pays better day rates but the work isn't always there.

At the moment the university is paying me a salary to work from home but I'm not able to do the consultancy.