can i ask about your job

Lara44

I work 4 days a week for a ceramics and lighting designer as a general assistant. Doing everything from export, design research, paying boss' bills, project management, materials and production processes research.

I just earn £6 per hour so I bring home only £670 bacon before tax which in London is a s-t-r-e-t-c-h... The job is cool and very varied and the boss is very funny and charming. Hoping to get something better paid after I finish my MA in cultural studies in September.

Jo_anne_2

In my last job I took home £957 a month as a research scientist, although that was part-time. I have a degree, masters and a PhD.

Wafoo

I earn 1600 a month as an avionic technician for a large airline,should really jump ship and go contracting but been bitten once so am now a paid up coward!
My significant other is a full time housewife but has a serious bent for decorating and gardening,trying to get her to show off her talents!

jen30_2

I don't earn a lot about 750 after tax but I do get 14 weeks paid holidays:D a year which is great as I'm a mum of 3 and get the same holidays as them. Plus I really love my job.
My OH earns between 1550-1700 a month. He works for a food production company. No real qualifications just hard work and has worked his way up the company ladder.

newleaf

I'm a nurse, qualified for 25 years, completely knackered, and longing for early retirement!

postingalwaysposting

pusscat wrote:

Hi there

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

of course it is pusscat, welcome to the dfw's.......

Dolly_Smith

newbie poster - be gentle!

I work as a senior corporate secretary in the NHS - it's around 1900pm net (and you wondered where all your money went). But 10 mins away from home and over 30 days holiday a year, v.flexible when it comes to family stuff

OH is a driving instructor - it now costs £20 an hour for a lesson (and that's cheaper than BSM or AA) so can be pretty lucrative. Can cost as little as a grand to do the training and you're totally flexible, can work extra if you need a bit more money. Need to have nerves of steel though!

earwig

wow mybe his job is not as low paid as we thought i cant get over how many different walks of life is on this board me and oh thought his wages was bad and we allways seem to strugle for money and looking on some soa on here people seemed to be earning lots more than us and i was wondering what sort of jobs paid the high wages from what i can make out you have got to work for the goverment to get really good money thanks for all your replys and keep them coming

littlestar1981

I work in a mobile phone call centre. Take home around £1200 pm.

I also have started the whole mystery shop thing, and I am about to become a volunteer counsellor. All in addition to finishing my part time degree!!! :eek:

I'm back at home with the parents so fortunate enough to not have the whole household bills to worry about, just a bit of 'rent'!

TJ27

I'm amazed at how I am able to get by on so little really. I am also amazed at how many people are unable to get by on so much, but I guess circumstances are different for everybody.

I gained an honours degree about ten year ago, which enabled me to get a reasonable job. A few years later my wife became very ill and had to give up her job as a teacher, so she now has no wage. At about the same time we had our first child, so to help out I went part time. I now only have half a wage. I'm a housing surveyor. We had to tighten our belts a bit when our joint income fell by about thirty five thousand pounds.

We now get a bit of help by way of benefits and we have two children.

Not too long ago my take home pay was well under five hundred pounds per month, although it's a few hundred more than that now.

To be honest I think we're quite well off. We have a fabulous family and friends, own a lovely house in a nice area, drive a nice car, have no debts and have a little money in the bank for a rainy day.

When I think about it, I don't know how we do it!!