Do you feel appropriately paid for your work?

[shivawn]

Do you feel that your wages fairly reflect your skills and labour?

I'm just curious how people generally feel after chatting with my own colleagues a few days ago. They were complaining that we're underpaid and that they will struggle to live on these wages as they get older and want to start families etc. We're all nurses on a public payscale so on the same or similar pay (working in Ireland where nurses are better paid than in the UK). I felt really surprised as I consider myself well paid for doing a job that I love, probably more than many of my friends in other professions.

Are you happy with your wage in relation to what you contribute to your employer or do you think you're worth more?

I do. I’m a nurse, but employed by a GP surgery so not included in the usual nurse pay scales. I negotiated my salary but argued for extra per hour to cover (to an extent) the lack of sick/mat/holiday that my NHS colleagues get.

Nurses in the hse in ROI are relatively paid more than NHS in UK.
As qualified more they rise up the pay scale. Community nursing with travel expenses is the way to go. A huge drive now for these services. Check it out.

I'm a registered veterinary nurse, and we are definitely underpaid for our skill set. I wish we had pay banding like our human counterparts.

I'm overpaid.

Still hate my job though.

Yes I do

I needed to ask for what I felt I was worth though

Some might say I’m not paid enough but it’s a balance of flexibility and pay for me

Relative to the cost of living, no. I think that's true of a lot of jobs in the UK though. If housing was cheaper we'd probably all feel better off and like we were earning appropriately because we'd be able to have nicer lives on what we do earn.

I was in hospitality for ten years before moving to the public sector. Consequently I will probably always feel well paid because I have things like a pension and contracted hours now. All my ex hospitality friends feel similarly.

@Nannyamc

Nurses in the hse in ROI are relatively paid more than NHS in UK. As qualified more they rise up the pay scale. Community nursing with travel expenses is the way to go. A huge drive now for these services. Check it out.

Yeah I work for HSE in ROI, earn about €1000 more a month here than I did working for the NHS. I dont think community nursing would be for me, I love the buzz of the wards and having a good team around me. It does pay really well though.

The amount I earn isn't bad, but it definitely doesn't reflect the level of responsibility I have.

No

My job is much better paid in the private sector! But then I guess I chose public sector for other reasons.

And like pps I feel I have a lot of responsibilities for the amount that I’m paid.

Yes

I teach EFL at a university, on about 40k. The hours aren't long, great working conditions and I don't have a lot of stress. There's almost no admin compared to other teaching contexts. Small classes, great students, relative freedom to teach what I decide. It's pretty good for a teaching job. My friends who teach primary have more stress, more hours and usually less pay.

@Hankunamatata

Yes I think my pay is fine. NHS worker (decent pension and holidays).

I'm totally embarrassed about people hammering on about 1% payrise and talk of industrial action. There are so many people out there who dont have jobs and being made homeless.

clearly you’re not a nurse. you might not think they’re worth more than a 1% pay rise but you’re in the minority.

Objectively my salary is fairly decent. I’m paid at the absolute bottom of my pay banding though and when you compare my level of technical skill, responsibility, and the value I’ve brought to the company I’m massively underpaid. I’ve formally asked for a review of my responsibilities vs pay band because I definitely consider myself to be working at the band above. It’s unlikely to change though.

Unlike PP I don’t think all employers should get a free pass to fuck over their employees just because other people have it worse.

Nope, I could do my managers job and do a better job of it too! She is on £84k. What got mr the lost is I went for a promotion only to be told I didnt get it because I had no line management experience. (Well isnt that the point there needs to be room to grow and that job didn't automatically mean I had a team to manage). My current line manager has zero line manager experience and got the job. And she is an awful manager. thats the crap that goes on in my work place.

Nope, A&E sister who is in charge of a department whilst on shift, often left with the crash bleep for the hospital if there's no site manager.

Definitely don't get paid enough.

Yes, mine is fair on the whole but we haven’t had any increase for this year so it’s becoming unfair (HE management). Salaries are very low relative to private sector but we are meant to at least get inflation linked increases as we are on a national salary scale.
If they don’t make good in 2022 there will be issues.

No. Public sector.

No I work in criminal justice and make decisions daily that if made poorly will result in people being seriously harmed or killed, managing a specialist multi-agency team. My sister in law work in clothing retail also in a management role and gets paid the same as I do, but if she does get job poorly they just sell fewer dresses. My husband works in a psychiatric function in a prison and earns less than my brother who is a plumber. We are both significantly more qualified than they are. We don't live in a meritocracy. I'd say what my brother does is vital except he only chooses to work on high end new build developments in London because that's where the money is. (I don't blame either of them, good luck to them, just stating facts)

No. I work in education. I’m currently working 33% more hours a week than I’m paid for each and every week to get the work completed. As are almost all my colleagues.

No. For the amount of stress, huge workload, lots of responsibility I am very underpaid.

No. I'm thinking about raising this with my boss again tomorrow. I'm sure a man won't be working like this.

I think I’m overpaid.

Have complete imposter syndrome and can’t believe they’re paying an idiot like me so well.

I feel like I'm paid far too much for the job I do. Which makes it difficult to leave, I'd be looking at a 10k pay drop for similar/senior role compared to what I get with my company.

Yes, I think I’m paid well (60k) for a relatively low stress, but highly qualified job. Great pension too.