list your job and wage

Blitzwing85

Calibration Engineer - £28,000
Manufacturing Company, North East and I'm 28.

Benefits - Decent Pension scheme
- Funding a Hons Degree in Design and Innovation

It's also right next to where I live (10 mins walk) and a very secure company.



However, I got knocked back from 2 roles recently in the company that were £55-£65k a year and was told I impressed in the interview but simply lacked experience.
(my job is very secluded - only I do it in the entire company accross UK and I have no manager)

So There is a position up this week as a 2 year secondment but it's £25,000 - however will help me get the experience which cost me the possibility of the other jobs.
The catch is. this month I'm about to move home and up my out-goings by £250pm, then take a £150pm pay cut.


But - i'm sure it'll be worth it. I've been complaining about being stuck in my role for years now so have to take any chance I can.



So i'm looking to move out of Engineering and into Portfolia Management / Product Management / Project Management sort of role.

siross

I'm 28, just! and I'm a Senior Procurement Officer for a University - £37,382 with increments of £1,200 up to £45k if I'm here that long.

Farel01

Fab thread! Everyone I know is always so secretive about salaries and I'm a curious monkey

I am 28, Application Support Engineer in Scotland for a small-medium software company.
Salary 32K including shift allowance.
27 days + bank holidays. Bupa health. Pension.

Pro's: Great team, manager just let's me get on with it, exposure to new technologies, pension ok (company gives 7% if I pay 5%), decent salary for what I do.

Con's: No real career progression possible as every employee above my level just seems to stay in the job forever. Family business, yay for nepotism. Shifts are unsociable though very well paid.

I figured I'll stay here for another year or two; learn everything I can, finish my OU degree in computing and move onward and upwards. I get headhunted quite a lot so shouldn't be too difficult.

DH is on 41k, sr software engineer, works for a fantastic company with lots of perks. All in all we are very lucky! :j

A few people commented on why people with decent salaries are on the MSE forums. For me; I hate paying more for stuff than I need to. Guess it's true what they say about the Dutch However following advice from this site; I have managed to cut about 2K a year in places that do not affect my day to day life (like home insurance). That is 2K that can go towards my mortgage / holiday etc..

Question for all the self employed and off shore workers posting; what do you do when you are not working? I'd go absolutely stir crazy if I was without work for 6 months!

tiger_eyes

motorguy wrote: »

For the bulk of people running your own business means long hours, financial insecurity and a high risk of failure.

Therefore it may not suit a lot of people.

I'm earning far more now as a 'wage slave' than i ever was when self employed and i come home and forget about it every evening.

Got to admit that as much as I enjoy running my own business, it would be nice to forget about it every evening.

lovehackney

Career history so far:

Age 14: £3.00/hour, working at a racing stables. No major perks although I did get to ride. Salary went up to £4.00 when I was 15! Also had a part time job at a Brewers Fayre restaurant for £3.65/hour, waitressing, but only lasted 3 nights as the kitchen was disgusting

Age 16: £6.10/hour, Pricing Prescription Authority (now named something else I think, had to type numbers on prescriptions into a computer. So boring but pretty good money for my age)

Age 17: £5/hour, PA at an accountants, easy money and I liked the job

Age 19: £5.45/hour, shop assistant (part time while at university)

Age 20: £20,000 p.a., management consultant for an IT company (placement year from university, in London)

Age 22: £32,500 p.a., strategy consultant (in London), 6% pension from my employer (if I contributed 4%), meals allowance for working late (£30/day), 25 days holiday

Age 23: £55,000 p.a., strategy analyst (in London) for a large retailer, final salary pension, 10% off in store, options to purchase shares on save as you earn type schemes

So pretty happy with my salary although London rents are very expensive, especially when you live alone!

System

You should be buying on that kind of money, i am similar age, earning similar and have saved enough to buy outright

PeteW

Anyone else think there are a few people telling fibs on this thread..?

JLS1901

24, self employed part time relief milker - £10 p/h before tax... This is seeing me through whilst I do my degree...

guitarman001

Who do you think are telling fibs?
£55k looked good until I saw it was London
Farel01 and her partner have a great combined income!
Saying that about London, I've often considered a move to California - salaries ~$150k + restricted stock options but it's a similarly expensive place to live. Might do it just for the sunshine though!

PeteW

guitarman001 wrote: »

Who do you think are telling fibs?

Well… I'd be very surprised if any company, in any industry (especially retail!) would pay someone with one year's experience £55k!

And then saying you're in a final salary pension scheme when they are virtually all closed to new members (again, especially in retail!) and my 'something fishy' radar starts beeping!