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Most underpaid profession?
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I would agree with the majority of the posts on here, especially those regarding police, nurses, care workers, teachers, fire fighters, etc.
It seems that jobs that involve an aspect of caring about people are not valued as highly as those that involve caring about material possessions.
I am a support worker for disabled and Autistic young adults and earn a relatively good wage for my level (15k). I am lucky and only work 8.30-4.30 Monday-Friday. Although lots of places take on inexperienced people, the place I work only employs people with a relevant degree and then expects them to complete a Diploma Level 3 within their first year of work. We have hoist training, manual handling training, first aid training, meds training, Makaton and sign language training, personal care training.. I could go on.
We care for extremely vulnerable people - many of whom have surpassed their life expectancy - and are responsible for their lives, much the same way as a nurse/doctor, for very little recognition. I don't know many people who would happily change a soiled nappy of an adult who is trying to rip chunks of your hair out because they are distressed.
In the past year alone I have had my hair ripped out numerous times, my wrist broken, countless scratches and bites and an attempt to be strangled. And I know for a fact the place I work in is not as bad as a lot of care homes around the country. We have very little support and a lot of us have extra part time work to supplement our salaries (I run a youth club one night a week and devote my weekend to caring for two girls with disabilities and barely earn enough money to move into my own place).
All this and I know there are people out there doing more difficult jobs for less money. And then footballers earning a sickening amount of pay have the audacity to say "I'm just not enjoying my football at the moment"... Do me a favour!!Big thank you to everyone who posts0 -
The health care profession in general is undervalued and paid way below the level deserved(apart from gp's, surgeons etc that are paid accordingly)
& football players in the top flight are paid milions a year due to demand, the influx of sky monies(100 mill or so to win the league and a staggering 65 mill to just stay in the league) & the fourty, fifty thousand fans paying 40 odd pounds for tickets...I rather the players become rich than the money going to the chairman, board members or to forrin owners
Lower division teams are not earning anywhere near those amounts and some lower tier players play and have other professions0 -
PlymouthMaid wrote: »Care work will always be low paid I suppose as, firstly, it requires relatively little training or qualifications and , secondly, it has to be paid at a lower hourly rate than many of those paying for a childminder, for instance, earn themselves else they would have no customers.
I take it you have never worked in care industry? I have to do shed loads of training & have a fair few qualifications. My husband, who is a senior (as in 1 above a support worker) is currently doing a level 5 nvq.when life gives you lemons, stick them in your top & pretend you have pointy boobs.
When life gives you melons, stick them in your top & say you've had a boob job
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Army, Marines, Para Troopers.. all risking their lives for a very low starting salary.
Nurses, Carers etc. may be low paid but I don't think there is much of a chance of them stepping on a land mine or being shot in the head whilst at work
no, but in my time as a support worker I have been attacked several times. colleagues have been hospitalised and I know of at least 1 fatal stabbing. People in the military KNOW they may be sent to a war zone.when life gives you lemons, stick them in your top & pretend you have pointy boobs.
When life gives you melons, stick them in your top & say you've had a boob job0 -
doinkthemonkee wrote: »I take it you have never worked in care industry? I have to do shed loads of training & have a fair few qualifications. My husband, who is a senior (as in 1 above a support worker) is currently doing a level 5 nvq.
But is this required, or just nice to have to work in the sector? The post to which you were responding said that it did not require much training or qualifications, they did not say that no-one in them has any.0 -
Are you suggesting that all jobs have their pay based on moral worth, or only emergency services?
What do you reckon, £200k for firemen, £100k for teachers, £80k for bin men, £200k for carers, £200k for soldiers, £150k for police?..
No, of course not. That would be ridiculous.
I was replying to a previous poster who implied that firemen (etc) didn't deserve better pay because they mostly just "sat around all day doing nothing".0 -
Ultimately, as a rule, salaries increase with responsibility and risk rather than actual duties.
Ie. an employee does a very demanding physical job whilst his boss takes it easy in the office. However, if the employee was to have an deadly accident at work, even if it was the result of his negligence, but it was found that the boss failed in some health and safety check, despite having nothing to do with the death, he could end up in jail for a number of years.
If you are more at risk of a finger being pointed at you when something goes wrong, the more likely you are to earn more.
In addition to this, a major factor is supply-and-demand.
If there are 100 companies looking to employ someone with a certain skill-set, and 10,000 people with that skill-set then salaries will be low.
If there are 100 companies looking to employ someone with a certain skill-set, and only 99 people with that skill-set then salaries will be very high.
It's not about how hard you work. It's about putting yourself in a position to obtain rare skills and then charging a premium to those requiring them.0 -
But is this required, or just nice to have to work in the sector? The post to which you were responding said that it did not require much training or qualifications, they did not say that no-one in them has any.
trust me, they wouldn't pay for us to be trained in things if it wasn't required. I suggested we had dementia training because a chap we were supporting showed signs of being at risk of early onset. Was told no, he doesn't have it yet so it not a priority.
You may be able to get the job without qualifications, you just won't be able to keep it for any length of time as the min. Standards & H&S at work act demand we are trained in certain things as bare min e.g. manual handling, medication admin, coshh, 1st aid
Without all the specialist things such as report writing, makaton, total communication, LD awareness, Autism awareness, Epilepsy training, admin of emergency epilepsy meds (e.g. midazolam and diazepam, safeguarding, Sova/lado, NVCI, PEG feeding & care, end of life care ... etc, etc, etc ...when life gives you lemons, stick them in your top & pretend you have pointy boobs.
When life gives you melons, stick them in your top & say you've had a boob job0 -
Nobody has mentioned catering yet, a ridiculously low paid profession.....chefs, waiters, hotel receptionists etc all working for a pittance x0
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