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candlesrus

jackieb wrote: »

I did see a wee while ago about someone who claimed to earn over £70k, yet if you look back at other posts he'd made he said he was looking to claim JSA and was wanting a permanant job. The reason I looked at his posting history is because it's in the same field as my husband works, and I was doubtful that a 26yo would be doing the job he claimed he was.

Does anyone really care? if he wants to do that then he is only deluding himself. Having said that I can understand the effect that not having a job can have on someones self esteem and how it can make them feel when they read that some people have good jobs and earn a good wage. I think anyone who reads this thread should take some of what they read with a pinch of salt. It's not what you earn thats important , it's your quality of life and how fullfilled your life is.Some of the people I know who earn loads and are the most unhappiest people you could meet. I work from home ( my wife and I are both fostercarers )and we also work in direct sales . I earn enough money to do what i do without feeling the need to declare how much I earn. We should be judged on who we ARE not what we HAVE financially

patchwork_cat

Already said Bendix not landed gentry or do you imagine I am striding round my estate in a Barbour and wellies! Do I see a chip?

terra_ferma

bendix wrote: »

I come from a single father family. We lived on a council estate in rural Norfolk and my dad worked as a labourer with a company resealing roads around the county, largely seasonal work 3-4 months a year.

The rest of the time he travelled around local villages on his bike (we had no car) earning a living painting and decorating other people's houses, and working as a handyman / gardener.

So - no - I don't come from a family already earning that much money, and I'm damned if I should be apologetic for doing so now.

Don't take what I say out of context please, because this sentence was not about your post, and assumptions about you. It was about people implying that if you earn little money it must certainly be your fault. I resist that very strongly!
However I feel someone like you must feel much much more proud than someone who has simply slipped into a comfortable lifestyle by default...

HAMMYLIV

Seems to be a lack of people working in science here.

I started a job after graduating with a global science company, I was on +£30k a year

Gave it up to start a PhD, now earning 13K a year but it is tax free plus I don't have to be in the office from 7-8 like I was before

I am 23

garratt83_2

After all them interesting posts lets get back on subject.

17 - £50/£60 a week trainee Technician
18 - 13k ICT Tech
22 - 19k ICT Manager
26 - 30k ICT Manager

Want to reach 40k and I will be happy

Still always skint, how does that work!!!

bendix

patchwork_cat wrote: »

Already said Bendix not landed gentry or do you imagine I am striding round my estate in a Barbour and wellies! Do I see a chip?

Lest we forget, patchwork cat, this is dispute you instigated - first by suggesting I was lying and then by saying it was bad taste that I had the audacity to post my income on a thread which asks people to anonymously post their incomes.

And then it transpires that you come from a wealthy background so, of course, you sniff snootily, 'money isn't that important anyway'.

Do you see a chip? No.

On the contrary. I feel rather relieved that I'm not as judgemental nor as hypocritically superior as you.

bills_2

well them last few pages were lovley to read!

The post is open to anyone to post there wages and jobs so personally if someone is earning a mega wage why shouldn't they be able to post it! good on them for working so hard! I hope one day ill be earning a wage like that but for now

Age 24 - Customer Service £13,500 a year

had to take a wage drop this year due to the current state of the economy booooo!! but oh well i love my life and my few pennys that I earn for now! :beer:

bendix

bills wrote: »

well them last few pages were lovley to read!

The post is open to anyone to post there wages and jobs so personally if someone is earning a mega wage why shouldn't they be able to post it! good on them for working so hard! I hope one day ill be earning a wage like that but for now

Age 24 - Customer Service £13,500 a year

had to take a wage drop this year due to the current state of the economy booooo!! but oh well i love my life and my few pennys that I earn for now! :beer:

Good on you bills.

It's usual that one's earning power increases as you get older. I'm 45. When I was 24 I earned a grand total of zero. My first proper salary at age 25 was as a journo in London earning £8500 a year. I didn't really start my 'earning career' until my mid-30s and I didn't hit good money until around three years ago.

I would love to be swanning around in a lower paid job that I love - I would love to go back to journalism, for example - but for those of us not born into wealthy backgrounds (ahem), we have to make compromises.

NeverInDebt

Is there something stopping you for doing that or is it a case of downgrading your lifestyle that you got accustomed too

bendix wrote: »

I would love to be swanning around in a lower paid job that I love - I would love to go back to journalism, for example - but for those of us not born into wealthy backgrounds (ahem), we have to make compromises.

Mini_Bear

people who earn very good money (six figures) dont start off in those jobs at 18. usually they hav started at the very bottom rung and with luck and hard wrk hav increased their salary exponentially.
i imagine many of these ppl hav lived hand to mouth at sum point in their lives (i kno i hav!) and why shouldnt they continue to shop around for car insurance and use quidco?!
i will always b frugal and watch the pennies, i just hate wasting money!!
I dont necessarily agree with typing out your pay slip amounts on an internet forum tho! i think its rubbin others nose in it. particuylarly around the expensive xmas season.