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ceminem

Audit monkey £35k

an9i77

HR Advisor in London
£35k plus bonus when the company meets its targets (most years it doesn't), health cash plan and pension
For that they expect you to give your life and soul to the company!

JasX

guitarman001 wrote: »

Jesus - and that rings true from people I know.
BUT what sort of engineer are you, and is it a service company or ... ?

Basically I design control systems for oil platforms -did a degree in electronic engineering, now chartered. Day to day I mostly work with PLCs, instrumentation, etc, defining the logic/operational requirements we want these systems to have; everything from the main control system that monitors the whole facility to the small 'packages' that have tiny PLCs in and do more mundane stuff (eg the one that treats water for flushing the toilets with)

I work direct for the major/household name oil company, the figure includes a few things like annual bonus (around 12-14% salary) and the typical 'standard inland revenue approved' share schemes.


Pay is pretty much the same across engineering disciplines (mechanical, chemical/process, instrumentation all are on a similar scale). Subsea engineers I think are in shorter supply and get a bit more, particularly contractors.

guitarman001

JasX, thanks for that! Please see your inbox - I sent you a message

Albannach

Onshore 'valve turner' in the oil industry. Salary is £65k, more than double that with a wee bit of OT plus benefit package. I work around 140 days a year and have a non contributory final salary pension scheme.

I'm not an engineer, they don't make enough money, have too much stress and work too many hours...

guitarman001

Jesus!! I could weep. I really chose to go into the wrong field post-graduation. I CANNOT get a foot on the oil ladder honestly.
What were your quals and how did you get the job? Please feel free to PM me!!!

I went on glassdoor and listed all UK salaries high to low for a laugh. The laugh quickly faded after at least 48 pages of director salaries over £150k...

Bmth100

Fraud investigator, on 22k

*Scottish*Lass*

30 years old, work as a bookkeeper in an accountants firm (on the job training only, no actual qualifications) earn approx £16k (before tax) work 9-5 Monday to Friday.

Also have a fortnightly weekend job - 6 hours on a sat & 4.5 hours on a Sunday - minimum wage on a sat @£6.31 and £6.50 on a Sunday minus 20% tax = £53.69 every second weekend adds approx £1,400 to my take home pay a month.

Rent privately @ £500 a month (have lived here for 4 years 5 months so have paid £26,500 of my landlords mortgage - makes me feel sick!) but can't get anywhere else to rent that's as good a deal as what I have. No help with any bills or anything, hence working 2 jobs it's a good feeling knowing I work to support myself though

jaymeskenin

Somewhere between 25 & 30. Communications Officer, £19,700 basic, to £25,700 with location pay and shift allowance. Work 21 days out of 35.

motorguy

guitarman001 wrote: »

Jesus!! I could weep. I really chose to go into the wrong field post-graduation. I CANNOT get a foot on the oil ladder honestly.
What were your quals and how did you get the job? Please feel free to PM me!!!

I went on glassdoor and listed all UK salaries high to low for a laugh. The laugh quickly faded after at least 48 pages of director salaries over £150k...

With respect to those in the oil industry, they get paid big money because of the length of time away from home, the conditions and the risk.

If thats how you want to live then by all means go for it.