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Lack of Salary Increase, where does he stand...

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  • Any wrote: »
    Though now you said he gets £17k... well, that is rather little. But then we don't know if he gets time off for exams etc as well.. that makes a difference again.

    No, any day that he has to take out of work to go to college/take an exam he has to take out of his holiday allowance. So he only has 5 days actual holiday a year.
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  • £17k seems very low for a 1year qualified aca - considering they start people on 30k training contracts in London.

    So look in the accounting mags and see what the salaries are for ACAs doing exams. Or speak to a recruiter.

    You'd only move if more pay of course but I can't imagine moving to a bigger firm (more experience, bigger clients) would ever be a bad move.

    And £17k AND take holiday for college/exams, thats taking the mick.

    I got £13k when i STARTED my training contract, 20 years ago (not even london), And we'd get 4 months at college included as well as normal holidays. And day of exam was given off.
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    £17k seems very low for a 1year qualified aca - considering they start people on 30k training contracts in London.

    But he is not ACA qualified?
    He is AAT qualified if I understand correctly.
    He is ACA student. And he gets £17k and study package.

    Though £17k is still little...
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    £17k seems very low for a 1year qualified aca - considering they start people on 30k training contracts in London.

    So look in the accounting mags and see what the salaries are for ACAs doing exams. Or speak to a recruiter.

    You'd only move if more pay of course but I can't imagine moving to a bigger firm (more experience, bigger clients) would ever be a bad move.

    £17k sounds low, but not unusually so for a tiny firm - maybe just one or two principals? - in a small town up in the north.

    Comparing London Big 4 salaries to regional salaries - even still Big 4 - is not particularly helpful. There is sizeable weighting difference there.

    FWIW, I would say £30k is an average starting salary for a Big 4 London trainee, not a small firm London trainee.

    The OP's OH's earning potential will increase dramatically when he qualifies, particularly if he's happy to work for a larger firm.
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    pops5588 wrote: »
    No, any day that he has to take out of work to go to college/take an exam he has to take out of his holiday allowance. So he only has 5 days actual holiday a year.

    I had that too. I went to college at weekends.
    I got paid little more, some years ago, but I was always in industry...
    It is not a great job from what you are saying.. but not all that unusual for small practices.
  • Any wrote: »
    I had that too. I went to college at weekends.
    I got paid little more, some years ago, but I was always in industry...
    It is not a great job from what you are saying.. but not all that unusual for small practices.

    Hopefully the boss will turn around and prove us wrong. I would hope so this year purely because of all the extra responsibility and work he has been given. I think it was mainly what he feels to be the disrespect of the boss can't even be bothered to sit down with him for half an hour to get the appraisal done that really made him cross.

    And considering OH is technically more qualified than the boss, I would like to think he would treat him with a bit more respect than he has been! But that's just personal gubbins that doesn't really come into it i know.
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  • AP007
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    Any wrote: »
    But he is not ACA qualified?
    He is AAT qualified if I understand correctly.
    He is ACA student. And he gets £17k and study package.

    Though £17k is still little...
    I was on 24k+ with only AAT 1

    I suggest to the OP that he leaves practise and get into commerce and industry as they pay more.

    Where does he work in the UK?
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  • AP007 wrote: »
    I was on 24k+ with only AAT 1

    I suggest to the OP that he leaves practise and get into commerce and industry as they pay more.

    Where does he work in the UK?

    We're in Hampshire. He isn't after a small fortune, just a bit more to cover the extra work he's put in. He certainly doesn't expect a London blue chip company salary any time soon :P
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    pops5588 wrote: »
    Hopefully the boss will turn around and prove us wrong. I would hope so this year purely because of all the extra responsibility and work he has been given. I think it was mainly what he feels to be the disrespect of the boss can't even be bothered to sit down with him for half an hour to get the appraisal done that really made him cross.

    And considering OH is technically more qualified than the boss, I would like to think he would treat him with a bit more respect than he has been! But that's just personal gubbins that doesn't really come into it i know.

    I think he needs to get some payrise given he was given extra responsibilities.
    And I think the boss knows it very well, too!
    AP007 wrote: »
    I was on 24k+ with only AAT 1

    I suggest to the OP that he leaves practise and get into commerce and industry as they pay more.

    Where does he work in the UK?

    That was a good job then.

    I have to say I know AATs that never went over £25k mark no matter how many years experience they had and what responsibilites they had...
    But I also know AATs with their own practice working little hours and earning £100k.

    It all depends where you are and when you are there..

    I was going to say something along similar lines about leaving practice for industry, but that very much depends on the long term goal, doesn't it...
    I wouldn't recommend leaving practice environment if the goal is own practice for example.. So I didn't.
  • AP007
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    Any wrote: »

    I have to say I know AATs that never went over £25k mark no matter how many years experience they had and what responsibilites they had...
    But I also know AATs with their own practice working little hours and earning £100k.

    It all depends where you are and when you are there..

    I was going to say something along similar lines about leaving practice for industry, but that very much depends on the long term goal, doesn't it...
    I wouldn't recommend leaving practice environment if the goal is own practice for example.. So I didn't.

    I never got that salary because of that as I got that before I had it. It was all down to experience.

    They never paid for study nor did I take time off either.
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