can i ask about your job

vivaladiva

black-saturn wrote:

I work from home inputting data into a retail companies website. I only take home £663 per month and I have 2 children to look after!!! I'm qualified for much more (I have a degree and 7 A levels) but I'm sacrificing what I could have to be with my children. I don't have a OH.

How did you find this b-s. I only ever seem to find dodgy work at home schemes. I'd desparately like a decent income working from home, I currently have a couple of cleaning jobs that I can do whilst the kids are at school. I also exam invigilate for £6.05 per hour.

Trying_really_hard

I work for the Halifax (boo, hisss, i hear you say) in the mortgage department on about £500 a month (PT as I was a student).

However, as I have just finished my masters in Law I am moving on to bigger and better things (if i could find out how long my notice period is).

mintymoneysaver

I'm a teacher and have been taking home about £1050 for mornings only ( but I am at the very top of the pay scale) I have just started working an extra afternoon, so I think my pay will go up to £1200.
My OH however works in pensions and earns about £1200 full time (and he's 41!)
Therefore I keep telling him I don't need to work full time as we contribute equally to the household budget!

tsharp

teaching pay is better than it was. My GF earns £1600+ for full time teaching...

oakdale_minx

I'm a PR and Web manager in the NHS. I earn £25000 and bring home just over £1500. I live in Poole, which is horrendously expensive and have a degree and I'm doing a Masters.

I've seen similar NHS jobs in the Midlands for £35k but like the area. There is only me bringing home the bacon.

joanne0620

I'm a Consumer Services Co-ordinator and earn £16,010, I bring home £1070 a month, but will be going on Maternity Leave in 3 weeks so will be on £108 p/w! :eek:

elisebutt65

I earn nowt!!! Get a student loan and various grants for being a single parent. Currently studying for a BA inTourism Business Management, then got to do a PGCE- post-compulsory with a view to becoming a lecturer in the subject as had loads of experience woring in hotels, bars & restaturants as management. Single mum to to darling feral boys as well.

My BF is on about £55,000 + massive bonuses with an International Business (there's a clue - the first 2 initials lol) computing/business solutions etc company. He's just landed the plum role of being worldwide project leader on something computing related but I don't understand it. He truly does work for it though - total workaholic and I'm lucky to see him 3 nights a week, with him staying round 1 of them at the weekend if he's not on call.

I used to work for them years and years ago correlating US and UK accounts - Used to be an !!! - Accounts System Specialist - RAFLMAO!!!:rotfl: Flipping US staff used to start work at 07.30 and tut at me coming in at 9.00 and going home on the dot at 5.00!!! I am soooo not a workaholic!!

black-saturn

lazy&indebt wrote:

You all earn far more than me - I'mm 22 and get about £1130 per month after tax...is this bad?

I earn half that much and I'm 36!!

Headintheclouds_3

Public sector IT worker (with under- and postgrad degrees in social sciences ...yes, I know...which I have almost finished paying off; in fact it was a £30 evening class which gave me the quals for my current job) bringing home just under £1600/month after deductions.

My first job after finishing my Masters 10 years ago was making reels for fruit machines and earning 8k in London...and I managed just fine without credit cards! As my salary has increased, so has my debt :eek:

I love my job, by the way :T

pusscat

Hi there

I have just joined the MFW board - I hope it's OK to post here too?

I am an contract IT Project Manager. I work short term fixed contracts (normally 3 or 6 months). Money is excellent but there is no job security so you have to be quite organised with money and try not to be tempted to live above your means when times are good as you have to budget for when times are lean (especially as oh is in a similar line of work!)

I did a degree in International Hotel Management with a couple of languages -Goodness knows quite how I ended up as a PM!