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sepinroth

Hi Rufus86

I work in the English - Polish and Polish - English language pair. My native language is Polish. I agree with you that native speakers of foreign languages are more sought after, but not always. It seems that qualifications and experience is the key.

I've got 2 x degree (one from UK), Diploma in Translation + 10 years of experience, so I think it is worth a shot if you got the 'right' papers and can get some useful references.

AngryDog

I'm 31, IT Support (bespoke software) and earn £26000 PA. 5% pension contribution and basic health scheme, work in North Yorkshire. 28 days holiday PA. No bonus.

Before joining this company I was 20 doing IT Support and earning £11,800 inc bonus).

Lomast

32 Company director £25k basic + dividends as shareholder (varies by year)

13-16 paper round & gardening round £20-30 / week
16-18 Full time student scrounged of parents:o
19 Part time student agency factory worker £5.60-£12.80/hr depending on job
20 (Part time student 1 day) Electrical fitter £14k
20-24 Engineer at current firm £15K
24-now as above

vickiv55

33
Food services assistant, earning 5200 p/a.
I do get tax credits which I live off, as my earnings just cover my rent.
Pros - free Costa coffee, and 12 weeks holiday a year
Cons - I smell like chips and stale coffee after work so now am bordering on OCD with the amount of showers i take! lol

Brief work history...

16 - Sunday papergirl £5 per week
17 - Copy shop and tshirt making assistant
17 and a half - Worked in Laura Ashley, part time
18 - Worked in Logo part time,
18 - Worked and became shop manager of a mexican furniture shop
19 - Worked as customer service in Holiday hypermarket, and part time promotional staff for pubs
20 - Full time bar supervisor, part time bar staff and part time coffee shop barista (working every hour, every day only last 3 months before I totally crashed!)
21 - Bar supervisor, still
22 - Full time lingerie sales assistant
23- Full time mum
24- Still full time mumming
25 - Part time receptionist for letting company
26 - Part time sales assistant for new look
27 - Part time sales assistant for new look
28 - Part time sales assistant for new look
29 - Part time sales for Ciro Pearls. Full time supervisor for Jane Norman
30 - Full time funeral arranger
31- Full time funeral arranger
32 - food services assistant
33 - food services assistant
All jobs bar the Jane Norman one, I was on the minimum wage for my age at the time.
Also studied primary teaching from age 17 - 19, and hospitality management from 20 - 21...
Its safe to say I really do not know what I want to be when I grow up :P
Vicki xx

Wannabedamned

Go on then, I'll join in. Have a read of mine to see someone fall from grace

Attempting to build myself up again though....

First job - Freeserve Internet - Customer Services
Second Job - Freeserve Internet - Tech Support
Third Job - Database administrator - Carpet Express
Fourth Job - Computer Technician - University of Sheffield
Fifth Job - Computer Technician - High School in Dewsbury

Current Job - Problem Resolution for Asos

It may sound like I have a nice job, but trust me. It's working nights, and the wage is not all that great. A massive cut from previous jobs, but after being made redundant at the High school, I was unemployed for nearly 2 years so basically took anything I could get.

I'm on £12,600 a year. Thats down from £26,000 at the school, plus student holidays off work

I'm applying for work within asos, just missed out on a job working IT last month, But the person I lost out to was like battling a giant, He had essentially built the computer systems at Asos from the ground up here in Yorkshire, where as I had the same experience but external to the company.

I will be back working as an IT Systems officer...OH YES I WILL.

Anton123

Gone through many pages of this thread and got to say a little surprised that salaries of most people are not as high as I was expecting. Maybe I have a warped view because I earn a pretty good living from not working very hard. I run my own sites and an online store and earn between £3k and £4k a month after tax. I put in about 1 to 3 hours a day and that's it. (occasionally I might put in a 10 or 12 hour day). The thing is I could be earning a lot more if I put in 5 or 7 a day instead of the 1 to 3 that I do. However, when I first started I did do very long hours in the first 2-3 years to establish myself.

Its a payoff between quality of life and the extra income from the extra work put in. I've gotten very lazy in the last couple of years so prefer the existing schedule. I also have a quite a nice side income from spread-betting stocks and make anywhere between £5K and £20K a YEAR from that. I did take losses in the first 3 years I recall when I got started in spread betting, but persistence has paid off as I always make !!!!!! profits than losses these days.

I am not bragging here, but I must say I thought the salaries people are being paid for many of the job titles they mention throughout out this thread do not pay accordingly. I was expecting higher salaries. Of course, there may be some really big earners who prefer to not mention their earnings.

It just goes to show how unfair the world is. We have people in the entertainment industry, sports industry who make many millions for work everyone would love to do. We have people who are the engines of the economy (the regular joe) and yet they are paid relatively little compared to these people. Essentially, we pay actors, sports stars, singers because if we don't download movies, songs, attend venues, then these guys wouldn't be paid such astronomical and immoral figures.

However, I do not begrudge millionaire/billionaire businessmen because they have ingenuity, great idea(s), great invention(s). They employ 10s of thousands of others in the process.

fashionlover10

I work in Sainsbury's as a General Assistant and I'm on £6.79ph.
My partner works for a mechanics as a Valeter and is on £8.50ph.

orlwaysbroke

Hi - I work as a freelance forklift instructor.
Current daily rate varies between 85 - 100 for local work (under 1 hour drive) and between 95 - 120 for more travel.

No milage, no perks, have to do the tax etc myself. I pay for my training, health insurance, professional memberships etc.

When there is no work there is no pay! This year Jan and Feb and August have been washouts with just 15 days in total for the three months! Christmas off every year - unpaid!
When I'm busy its adequate, when I'm not, its not.:eek:

(Having just read it - why do I bother!?!)

morganedge

28 years old.
Warehouse worker earning about £15,000. Looks like this is it for me.
Even worse is I have a hell of a lot of friends my age who are earning disgusting amounts of money, lol. A few of them on 85k+

Looking to find a poorer group of friends to stop me feeling so depressed!

morganedge

Anton123 wrote: »

I run my own sites and an online store and earn between £3k and £4k a month after tax.
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I also have a quite a nice side income from spread-betting stocks and make anywhere between £5K and £20K a YEAR from that.

What do you sell? Do all of the sites sell things, or are they info based sites and you get money from advertising?
I'd like to make money from websites but wouldn't know where to start.

Also, interesting to see someone else who spreadbets stocks. I've been trying for about 4 years / paper trading and went live this year, just trading at 50p per pip or so. I'm up nearly 4k so far this year. Hopefully won't lose it all before Christmas. Are you more TA based or FA based with your trading?