To ask how much work you actually and honestly do if you’re highly paid? I am worrying!

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I’m on 58k. I know it’s not huuuge money, but it’s decent. Honestly, I do very little. I worry all the time about job security and have mentioned to managers I have capacity to do more etc. Sometimes more will land and other times not. As I work largely from home I often find myself just hanging around. I wonder if this is common? I have a toddler in nursery so I can collect them early sometimes which I love so I’m not complaining but I do worry… anyone else?

Why do you worry? I am on my feet all day for minimum wage.

I don't think you should worry of the business is doing well.

Over 100k and worked like a pit pony for it, have peaks and troughs of ultra busy and just busy, I'd say if you can't get away with it make hay while you can

90k, less hard than when I earned 20k but I’m getting paid for experience as well I suppose and the decision making etc which is stressful. And the stating the bleeding obvious which does not seem obvious to a lot of people.

It is huge money. It’s well above the average. Only on mumsnet is it not.

I think this depends a lot on the company/industry you work in.

I earn circa £75k for a tech/IT firm and am very very busy, whereas my DH works for a utilities company also in an IT role and his workload is really light compared to mine.

~100k, and honestly, nowhere near capacity.

Pareto principle - you get 80% of the benefit from 20% of the work - so I do that 20% and then as much as I can be bothered with of the rest.

If something comes up urgent it gets done, even out of hours, but mostly there's a lot of busywork in most jobs which really doesn't matter in the general scheme of things, and no one actually cares.

Also, in general I've found that the more senior I am, I'm paid more for what I know than what I actually do...

I earn more and sometimes work very hard/long and other times much less busy.

The way I see it is that they’re paying for my expertise and for my availability. If I’m doing my job correctly the team should do most of the day to day work, I step in when there is a risk or issue. I also take responsibility if things go wrong. I set up, translate strategy into action. I report and make recommendations for change, I implement change and also set strategies.

I work hard when something new lands that needs my input and then the team take it on from there.

In my experience the more you are paid the less busy you are and the more flexibility you have but the higher the pressure and risk if it goes wrong. The buck stops with me.

I wouldn't worry about it.

My DH earns over 100k and does bugger all most of the time, I've no idea how he's still in the job (this isn't his choice, they just rarely seem to have projects for him to work on)

Dh earns a high salary and does almost nothing.
I work a hell of a lot harder for peanuts.

£55k and WFH and feel like I’m never busy. But I think it’s just my industry. Like things I would complete in an hour for the same job in another industry, I’m given two weeks to do in this one.

I earn around £70k and don't do a great deal much of the time.

£66k and posting on Mumsnet.

It's fair money op, lots of people get a lot less.

I am same-ish level and my work is peaks and troughs. I'm paid as a level to ensure the shit doesn't hit the fan but if it does I clean it up. I'm expensive because I'm good at that not because I run at 100% productivity.

Like many posters the pay compensates for potential for risk (yes, many people get paid less for risk and workloads)

I'd only worry if your company wasn't making money or public sector as the middle is where you trim from

Around £70k here and always have capacity. Very rarely am I slammed with work. I echo what PP has said - things seem to move that much slower in my current place so maybe that’s why 🤷

I earn very well and work a lot less than my last job, which was lower paid. As long as they're happy with your performance, I wouldn't worry.

I’m paid similar to you. Wfh mainly but in office sometimes. I’m always busy but very rarely super-stressed-no-choice-but-work-extra-hours busy. Most days I finish on time, but often end up working an extra hour or so. If I wasn’t busy it would be obvious in what me/ my team was putting out and I’d be given work from elsewhere in the organisation

Please could those of you earning a lot and doing little share what jobs those are? I earn less than that and always have plenty and more to do (teacher). Would be interesting to know in the event of carer change or just to advise students and children!

I worked so much harder in the NHS for much less money.

I have come to learn the lower paid people often work the hardest. My role now is over double the pay and half of the work and it seems similar for everyone senior in my org.

Sorry, to clarify I am worried about job security. I am single so feel a lot of pressure!

I earn a similar amount and am rarely super busy, I am a specialist in my field so am paid for my knowledge and experience as much as what I do.

My job is about £41-50k and whilst safety critical, it is not overly busy a lot of the time and so as a result I don’t do much. I came from a job which was very busy so at the moment I’m
relishing the break.

£52K, permanent WFH, very little to do. Have been in the job a long time, so can do an hour job, well, in 10 minutes. Absolutely worked my backside off in a £22K job a few years ago.

Honestly some days I have literally sent two emails and had two 20 min calls then cleaned the house or had a bath. I do say now and then that I have capacity but obviously don’t want to flag it too hard either.

Know what you mean, not me, I'm lowly paid and busy, but dp works from home sometimes and spends most of the day reading articles, watching YouTube and looking at flight radar - he's paid a lot more than you op.

That said he doesn't ever get time off fully, he's working even on holidays, weekends etc so it balances out