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RenStar

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle wrote: »

Oh thats a bit harsh...there are more to this than just the train drivers going on strike. The unions tend to be poor and make strange decisions...but even though the train drivers get a good wage the others who do the jobs around them and keep the service running too don't get such a great wage. The benefits of own and spouse's free travel (on that line or 75% off on others) is the good bit.

I personally am not working (SAHM to a toddler) so my income is a big fat £0 but my OH is a train service engineer and he is on £21K so that has to hold up the family (not as easy as you'd think). Even though the train drivers do get good money the others don't really - and my OH does really long and unsociable hours. Spare a thought for the drivers though, i know more of them than you'd think have had to deal with more than one suicide - yes that is someone jumping straight out in front of you, and you cannot do a thing to prevent it - and to add to it all its a dead boring really unsociable job with long and weird shifts.

I completly agree. My husband is also a tube driver and yes the money is good and the perks are too, but he spent 8 years having abuse hurled at him and being spat at on the gateline for just doing his job, endured several months of hard training, passed some very rigorous assessments before he qualified. The hours are also very unsociable and incredibly isolating - his friends all go on about how much he earns but when he mentions what time he starts work in the morning or finishes at night sometimes, they all say they don't know how he does it. What I'm trying to say is that there is a reason those jobs are well paid, if it was easy everyone would be doing it. It may look like they get a lot of holiday but when you consider that they work 364 days a year (only closing Christmas Day) most of the leave is actually time back for the unsociable hours they work and missed Bank Holidays. Nor do they get a choice on when they take thier leave, it's fixed for them in advance and if for example you're getting married and need a certain day off to attend your own wedding which doesn't fall in your leave period, you have to find someone else to swap with you!

And one more thing, just for the record, just because the union calls for strikes doesn't mean all tube drivers strike. Just get fed up with people making ill informed judgements about things they know little about. Rant over.

stardrops42

I work 20 hours a week in admin and earn approx £8,500. Benefits are 5 weeks hol, paid sick leave and flexible hours/days. Very laid back employers and I'm basicly left to get on with it so quite happy;) I also sell FM perfumes which is earning me another £200+ a month so far:D

whatsername

I'm 29 and a support worker earning £8.47 (£9.47 at weekends). Working 30 hours a week at present over 2 nights. The main benefit is the flexibility that the (sleeping!) night shifts give me, but I'm tired of my job for a number of reasons and looking for a complete change...if only I knew what

adrian_bond

Phirefly wrote: »

Wow this is fascinating. I think its disgusting how poorly paid people are in this country.

I'm not particularly desparate to share but I feel obliged to now I've read all yours...

I'm 30, self-employed designer and it varies but I clear around 42k gross p/a with very few overheads.

hi phirefly,

what do you design? im 28 and design bits for yachts (windows, doors, sunroofs, electric bits etc) and earn about £22282 with no benefits at all. id like a piece of the £42k potential! cheeers

G_Model101

I work for local government. It's a temp job, salary 14k a year. Truly depressing to think that the agency take probably half of what the council are paying them though.

pipk62

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countrygirl27

age 25
job primary school teacher
wage £25K (3 years service)

Perks - a good final salary pension, long holidays, at times the best job in the world!

Negatives - ULTRA stressful at times, people who moan at you for the length of your holidays. (If its such an easy life, why aren't they doing it?)

I think earning between £25-£30K is a reasonable wage for most people. It does irratate me when people seem to be making upwards of £45K for doing jobs which seem to have little responsibility or skill, and don't get me started on city bankers wages!!!! But thats just my opinion. I'm happy with how much I earn for the job I do, and I'm lucky to be safe in the knowledge that my salary will go up.
If there's one thing the 'credit crunch' should have shown us its that some people have unrealistic expectations about the lifestyle they feel they deserve, rather than what they can afford. We should all be more grateful for what we've got!!!

retepetsir

26.5k as a graduate engineer working in London (inc London allowance) for a 35hr week.

No perks I can think of really, although 28 days holiday I guess is pretty good.

POSITIVE_AND_FOCUSED

Only recently started a DFDiary, and found this forum which has been fascinating to read.

I am self employed, working my Kleeneze business full time. My income 4 weekly currently is at its highest £2700 gross, and at its lowest £1300 gross. Considering I have a disability, am now on my own with my 6 year old dd and need to work around her, I am pleased with what I am achieving. I love what I do, and know that quite simply without it I and my dd would not be in our home, the debt would be far far worse, the history of which is detailed in my diary, and I know the future has never been brighter. For me, I retail quite a lot, I was the top retailer in the group Im part of last year, personally selling over £60K worth of product despite my ongoing challenges with my walking ability, and with Xmas round the corner, sales for me are starting to go up already. My focus is building my team and helping them achieve whatever it is they want to achieve, I currently have quite a small team and this will change with effort and determination, reducing my debt before my DFD is another area of focus for me, and building a great future for me and dd. Its a v exciting time. The thing I love is that it is v proactive. I used to work in the banking industry and always felt I was being put into a box of what I could or couldn't do practically re my disability. With Kleeneze, that is quite simply not the case. If you think you can do something, you set your targets and you go for it. Very self empowering. On that note must get on with some business calls before I collect my dd from the holiday club. Take care!

spugzbunny

27yrs old, girl. Work for a global petrochemical engineering company. £31.3K salary.
Pension, Flex. Usual Bank Hols plus 23.5 days annual leave and 12 from the flex. Various Local discounts and discounted gym on site.