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bjarvis2785

I'm a Business Development Manager (posh name for sales/account manager really).

I'm commission based, but over the last few years i've been doing around the £55k mark on average.
Also have the benefit of a company car.

It's great money for my area and age, but not exactly what i thought i'd end up doing. Would rather be making a passive income (wouldn't we all?)

sarahj1986

Finance Assistant - £18,300 pa

I am studying my AAT, Hoping to be a forensic accountant one day and investigate fraud.

Suarez

sarahj1986 wrote: »

Finance Assistant - £18,300 pa

I am studying my AAT, Hoping to be a forensic accountant one day and investigate fraud.

I've nearly finished AAT. I would also love to be a forensic accountant! Maybe just because I'm nosey! haha

EGGP1878

I'm 22. Newly qualified Air Traffic Controller earn £39,000 pa. However, I only qualified recently so thats the bottom of the rung. Never went to Uni just worked bloody hard, saw an opportunity and took it.


Perks: Lots of time off, good dosh, exciting career, good pension.

Cons: Shift work can be unsociable.

sarahj1986

Suarez wrote: »

I've nearly finished AAT. I would also love to be a forensic accountant! Maybe just because I'm nosey! haha

Ive only done level 2 so far so a long way to go. I think I worked out its another 10 years of studying :eek:

but yeah I loved reading about Enron and Baring bank scandals, its how they do it and think they can get away with blatant fraud that interests me. I guess if I did it as a job it would be smaller amounts but I think Id enjoy looking into fraud within business.

guitarman001

Electronics engineer.
Age: late 20s.
Earn mid-high 40s. Usually have a couple grand bonus added on each year.

I have some high-flying friends earning easily over £100k in oil & gas, electrical (power) engineering contracting, recruitment consultancy (for IT) and other... used to think ~£40k was good but then I realised... I thought that back when I was 10 years old, so not much has changed? Can earn more in the States, or if converted to oil & gas or electrical in general, Aberdeen pay high salaries (£85k avg) as do companies in Australia (just check salaries on "seek" - $140k+ easy). Wouldn't mind if it weren't for the fact you need to be a millionaire to buy a house! Considered doing an MBA, not sure if it would be of benefit. Money's not everything - I recently turned down a job paying a little more (and 9% pension contribution from the company!) as I enjoy my current job more.

guitarman001

uptomyeyeballs wrote: »

SCADA/PLC programmer in plastics factory. £34k per annum. 2 years min to work before I hope to retire.

Lots of dosh in that in oil & gas - did you ever work in that industry? I think that job sounds quite interesting, but personally it pays less outside of oil & gas than what I do now

DemiDee

guitarman001 wrote: »

Electronics engineer.
Age: late 20s.
Earn mid-high 40s. Usually have a couple grand bonus added on each year.

I have some high-flying friends earning easily over £100k in oil & gas, electrical (power) engineering contracting, recruitment consultancy (for IT) and other... used to think ~£40k was good but then I realised... I thought that back when I was 10 years old, so not much has changed? Can earn more in the States, or if converted to oil & gas or electrical in general, Aberdeen pay high salaries (£85k avg) as do companies in Australia (just check salaries on "seek" - $140k+ easy). Wouldn't mind if it weren't for the fact you need to be a millionaire to buy a house! Considered doing an MBA, not sure if it would be of benefit. Money's not everything - I recently turned down a job paying a little more (and 9% pension contribution from the company!) as I enjoy my current job more.

What exactly does one do when working in oil and gas, and what kind of training do you need? I think I did the wrong degree!

Reue

EGGP1878 wrote: »

I'm 22. Newly qualified Air Traffic Controller earn £39,000 pa. However, I only qualified recently so thats the bottom of the rung. Never went to Uni just worked bloody hard, saw an opportunity and took it.


Perks: Lots of time off, good dosh, exciting career, good pension.

Cons: Shift work can be unsociable.

You forgot the most obvious con associated with ATC: Stress.

guitarman001

ATC sounds good - I considered that.

I don't work in oil & gas, but a friend of mine just started. Moved from £22k (civil engineering) to £48k + overtime + offshore allowance (looking at senior/principal jobs he stands to earn £80k+ and more if contracting). Not sure if I should go for it or not.

I design electronics at the nanometre scale for things like cameras, phones, motors, etc (have to read up all the time to keep up to date). Guess I should be thankful - job's good, boss is great, love it! And going by some of the salaries on here - WOW! A lot are much lower than I would have expected - people in the UK are getting shafted!! I thought I had a tough time trying to save for housing (which is SUCH a con in the UK). IF I went into oil & gas I'd probably be a controls engineer (controlling the running of a site through the use of programmable logic controllers and the like).

DemiDee, what degree did you do? I did electronics & electrical (Masters) and an MSc. Started on £27k or so around 2007. Bonus can be up to 10% each year, I'm going to say 6-7% average. 31 days hol total, something like 5% pension match. No overtime. Most important: I don't work in an expensive city like London! Mate of mine does the same job in the States, ~$120k + share options. Europe you're talking $60-90k or so, I believe. Still some ways to go for me, hopefully. I think it's a young man's game, though. British engineers/graduates seem to falling way short of the mark - a lot of the best engineers now seem not to come from the UK (education standards, society problems etc)


And FYI buyers on here seem to have good salaries. Whatever they do!
FYI trades can be decent. Got friends who did apprenticeships (engineering) and they're on ~£30k + overtime. Not bad considering a lot of grads wont hit that and will be landed with £40k+ debt.