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John_Pierpoint

Reactive wrote: »

EDIT: This thread is depressing me. How can train drivers make £50k/year?

Anti social hours - 7 day roster - tough union - easily disrupted system - high cost of entry, employer enjoys a temporary monopoly on most routes - high capital cost of equipment used - union operates restrictions on qualifications and entry to the "craft" - opportunities for overtime......................

Compare this with coach drivers and doctors working in hospitals.

All three, coach&train drivers and members of the BMA union, earn peanuts compared with a professional footballer - who said the system was meant to be "fair" & "equitable"?

kingsi15

23 earn 20,000 a year as a pro kids football coach, also get fuel expenses paid (4k a year) and a company phone .

Flower08

I work part time as sales assistant. Earn around £7000 a year.
No benefits, unless you count free tea and coffee :rotfl:

OH works as Security Officer - earns around £15,000 before overtime, but quite regularly does a lot of overtime.

Not a massive amount between us but we are certainly happy with what we have things could always be a lot worse!

tankgirl1

tankgirl1 wrote: »

Qualified Veterinary Nurse, 31yo, 13.5k

Depressed - we have to be regulated and answerable for our mistakes (Fair enough! Couldn't agree more!!)

Takes from 2-3 years to train and qualify as a VN - during which time you may be unlucky enough to be on either apprentice wage, or student loans. I got £50 a week when I started out!

But for 13.5k a year, plus paying for our own professional body fees - RCVS, BVNA, BSAVA - makes me want to cry!

John_Pierpoint

Supply and demand again I am afraid.
My son thought he wanted to be a Vet a dozen years ago. He then discovered it was much more difficult than being a doctor.:eek:
He needed at least three AAA++++ results and preferably a year as an unpaid intern doing something like your job for free. I'm not sure how much his work experience as a 15 year old, being a van driver's assistant delivering herpetology stock to pet shops, would have counted.
So he took his science and maths A levels into a scientific discipline and has a really interesting life.

Tight_wad2009

Assistant Manager (salaried) at McDonald's.

£22,000 but pro-rata so around £18,000 for working four days. Flexible hours available with my children.
Private healthcare, telephone expenses paid and 6 weeks holiday per year.
I have an extra 8 weeks paid sabbatical leave this year - ten years service. So whole of summer holidays off paid.

However long hours (36 hours per week if I do 4 x 9 hour shifts) for the money.
Hubby earns around £40,000 a year with Aviva as an RAC man. However he works 12-hour shifts to earn this amount.

SaranJames

LadyMorticia wrote: »

I'm finding this thread very interesting.

Is anyone here a librarian/library assistant? How much do you earn?

littlesheepy wrote: »

Yep. Work 37 hours in a public library as a library assistant for very little over £15k

24 years old, work in an academic library. About £20,000/year.

Perks: Up to 100% discount of degree courses run by the university, access to various environmental schemes, really good staff training schedule, beautiful surroundings - love 90% of my job!

bendix

Just accepted a new job offer.

Head of Marketing for Asia for a law firm, based in Hong Kong.

HK$2,160,000 per annum (go check the currency rate)
Guaranteed bonus of around 15%
Medical / life insurance / usual perks

15% flat income tax, and no National Insurance. Wooooo hooooooo

somethingcorporate

bendix wrote: »

Just accepted a new job offer.

Head of Marketing for Asia for a law firm, based in Hong Kong.

HK$2,160,000 per annum (go check the currency rate)
Guaranteed bonus of around 15%
Medical / life insurance / usual perks

15% flat income tax, and no National Insurance. Wooooo hooooooo

Good job Bendix :T. You could stick a few 0s on the end of that and it wouldn't be enough to tempt me to work abroad.

John_Pierpoint

You won't have to worry about the central heating but the air conditioning bill can add up!
Finding somewhere away from fellow members of the human race can be a challenge - hence the sport of flying kites, when space is at a premium.