How much profit do you think you make for the company you work for after your salary?

Mr_Matey

lostinrates wrote: »

Gen, as its you, I phoned DH and asked him and I answered for him.

Now I feel DH is exploited

In my first job at a company, there was no real way to measure something like this. When I moved to a consultancy, suddenly there were hourly rates and I too was shocked by the difference!

Alan_M_2

+£100K for me also, but it's my business so I'm ultimately responsible for everything,

2009/10 I'm quite comfortable with the idea of staying trading rather than how much I'm earning.

Also people answering this poll may not differentiate between gross and net income which could be enormous, if you work for a hulking great company like BT that have huge turnover, huge overheads and a tiny percentage of profit margin that still relates to Billions....It can be a little difficult to quantify.

Oldernotwiser

Why would you assume that everyone works in a profit making sector?

WhiteThierry

im in the military so its a big fat zero, in fact, if you take my employer as being the govt, i probably cost them over 50000 if you include wages,food, accomodation, equiptment etc.

Generali

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Why would you assume that everyone works in a profit making sector?

I don't assume that, hence the title of the question.

How much profit do you make for the company....

It's not aimed at people working for the Government.

Of course, not every company works in the profit making sector which is why we have bankruptcy laws....

WhiteThierry wrote: »

im in the military so its a big fat zero, in fact, if you take my employer as being the govt, i probably cost them over 50000 if you include wages,food, accomodation, equiptment etc.

I would imagine you cost an awful lot more than that! I believe the MOD now employs more bureaucrats than fighting (wo)men these days.

(Not that I have a problem with paying for servicemen, quite the reverse. I just happen to pay for Australian ones not British ones through my taxes right now).

Alan_M_2

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Why would you assume that everyone works in a profit making sector?

Break it down, in most lines of employment there is profit somewhere, that profit might not always be apparent in cash terms immediately but probably filters out at some point further down the line.

Even Charities, if you work for free, you're making a profit for them....take a quick look at Oxfam's accounts....it might be an eye opener.

lemonjelly

lemonjelly wrote: »

Fcuk their profit, they're exploiting my labour;)

My role doesn't neccessarily have solely quantifiable benefits to it.

I don't know how to do a poll, how about we ask how much people contribute (through work and/or personal life) to society - especially after lord turners recent comments.

ILW wrote: »

Begger all then.

How quick with the assumptions.

Pray tell, what value would you put on preventing a 17 year old from having to sleep on the streets? Or removing the need for a person being taken into care? Or a family from eviction?

Like the advert says, priceless.

In direct answer to the OP, last year I made my employers (as I have 2 jobs) way over £100,000. How do I factor the above queries into what I "make"? How do you measure them?

In answer to your post, you're either a tory, fascist, or a !!!!!.

lostinrates

Alan_M wrote: »

Also people answering this poll may not differentiate between gross and net income which could be enormous, if you work for a hulking great company like BT that have huge turnover, huge overheads and a tiny percentage of profit margin that still relates to Billions....It can be a little difficult to quantify.

Yeah, thats me, I didn't even ask DH..so I called back...he said gross (and not to call him again this afternoon because he's making some of it now )

Generali

lemonjelly wrote: »

how about we ask how much people contribute (through work and/or personal life) to society - especially after lord turners recent comments.

Goldman Sachs have a philosophy which states that no matter how much money you make, you can consider your working life to be a failure if you haven't given some of your time and expertise to society.

If you look at the CVs of the board of Goldmans, most of them also spend time on the board of various not-for-profit organisations.

ILW

lemonjelly wrote: »

How quick with the assumptions.

Pray tell, what value would you put on preventing a 17 year old from having to sleep on the streets? Or removing the need for a person being taken into care? Or a family from eviction?

Like the advert says, priceless.

In direct answer to the OP, last year I made my employers (as I have 2 jobs) way over £100,000. How do I factor the above queries into what I "make"? How do you measure them?

In answer to your post, you're either a tory, fascist, or a !!!!!.

I at no point said this was worthless, it is a cost to the economy and one that needs to be paid. The only way it will get paid though is by others producing a profit and paying taxes on that profit. Don't think that makes me a facist, just a realist.