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If I could have one wish granted it would be for every poster on this forum to be placed in one room and to attempt to identify each person by their username.
Surprises galore.
Indeed.
Not to mention a fair few less people than "posters".“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Those who are quoting contract incomes, please note that it is not guaranteed income! A contractor may be working only 8-9 months a year. So daily rate multiplied by 20 (working days) and then multiply by 12 does not really equate to early income for contractors always.
Not in all cases, I worked as a contractor in the civil engineering industry and I was full time employed through my work year0 -
I'm guessing that includes LHA, which will be dropping shortly. So if you were really living on benefits you would have to move somewhere cheaper.
it does indeed include LHA. But nonetheless, at the moment, if we were on benefits and therefore amongst the "poorest and most vulnerable", we'd be on a lot higher income than many higher-rate taxpayers, AKA "the rich"....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
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stringsmk2 wrote: »Not in all cases, I worked as a contractor in the civil engineering industry and I was full time employed through my work year
Similar for me, on a 12 month 45 hour week rolling contract...
Obviously can't allow for sickness but it's a risk I'm willing to take.0 -
With bonus my wife's income creeps into the new 50% tax bracket. I compensate for this by being a lazy good-for-nothing who gets far less.FACT.0
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Basic joint income £120k. £150-170k with bonus (not guaranteed). Outgoings (mortgage and bills) around £1k per month.
Large monthly disposable currently which is being saved up for when we have sprogs - we want to go down to one salary at that point. Both have long hours and a long commute on top at present which isn't sustainable long-term.0 -
Too many bulls******s.
If I could have one wish granted it would be for every poster on this forum to be placed in one room and to attempt to identify each person by their username.
Surprises galore.
Why do you say that? I'm a reasonably high earner (70-80k) and I know lots of people who earn the same or more than me - some of them even use the internet too...Go round the green binbags. Turn right at the mouldy George Elliot, forward, forward, and turn left....at the dead badger0 -
Mcc's comments had to happen at some point. The same sort of innate resentment and disbelief occured in the other thread of this kind on another part of the forum.
Even more laughable is the comment that if you're a good or high earner, you have no place on an MSE forum.0 -
This is very true; but I've had managers try and compare my daily rate with permanent staff.Those who are quoting contract incomes, please note that it is not guaranteed income! A contractor may be working only 8-9 months a year. So daily rate multiplied by 20 (working days) and then multiply by 12 does not really equate to early income for contractors always.
They forget about training costs; admin fees; insurance; lack of holiday and sick pay; and the periods between contracts. Oh, not forgetting a lack of any redundancy payment.0
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