IvIarkgraham
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ive been working since i was 14
started as a glass collector/doorman
ended up head doorman (not a bouncer) and assistant manager behind the bar at 18
did a few other supervisory jobs argos and kwik save.
stopped working there and took on more hours behind a bar then was offered a merchandising job which involved a company car but was a temp job
then started at the bottom of the place i am now and worked my way up.
i am no where near where i want to be
plan on being management by 35
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sc0ott
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Thats good for you and im sure a lot of school leavers and jobless people will do the same, but it still doesnt solve the countries job shortage.
there isnt enough jobs in the UK to accommodate every person needing one.
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Corsa_Sport21
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I started off with a paper round.What i do now has fuk all relevance to delivering papers.
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sc0ott
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At least you started off at the 'bottom' though, nik.
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Ben G
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
I started off with a paper round.What i do now has fuk all relevance to delivering papers.
it's responsibility.
it's all linked one way or another.
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pow
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Originally posted by john-d
25k is good up here
I'm on more than that and I can't afford to buy fuck all down here.
[Edited on 09-05-2011 by pow]
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VrsTurbo
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Originally posted by pow
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Originally posted by john-d
25k is good up here
I'm on more than that and I can't afford to buy fuck all down here.
[Edited on 09-05-2011 by pow]
you are in the public sector in a school pow in IT, it will never pay well even manager level. You need to get into the private sector and you see more than half your wage increase.
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Robbo
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^ not according to some ridonculous report released on Friday 
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VrsTurbo
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^ not according to some ridonculous report released on Friday
I would say 40k would be an average wage for an IT manager in the public sector in a school down south. Hospitals and what not would be considerably more.
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Robbo
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13329634
Biggest load of bollocks ive ever heard
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VrsTurbo
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13329634
Biggest load of bollocks ive ever heard
That is utter shite.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Originally posted by Ben G
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
I started off with a paper round.What i do now has fuk all relevance to delivering papers.
it's responsibility.
it's all linked one way or another.
Could say that about working and being jobless.
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emicen
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My point wasn't neccessarily about working up from the bottom. It more related to the OP moaning about working 42 hrs a week for 4.80 or thereabouts.
Take my mate whose just gone to an 80k job in Costa Rica with ridiculous perks and benefits on top. 5yrs ago he was on a trainee contract for PWC working "professional hours" for 16k. As in, 60hr weeks working out at ~£3.84 an hour. He didn't spit the dummy and go off to work 16hrs for double the hourly rate just because of minimum wage regs.
Trainee wages are often crap because it weeds out the non-hackers. 42hrs a week @ 4.80 is more than 16hrs @ 7.00, sure the benefits skews this, but 16 @ minimumish wage plus benefits is only ever going to be that. 42 @ 4.80 may well have lead to 42 @ 10.00+
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sc0ott
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Saying that there probably was high potential of going further working in an accident repair centre surely.
did he say what his GF was working as at all?
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taylorboosh
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I dont think he wants a job
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pow
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quote:
Originally posted by VrsTurbo
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Originally posted by pow
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Originally posted by john-d
25k is good up here
I'm on more than that and I can't afford to buy fuck all down here.
[Edited on 09-05-2011 by pow]
you are in the public sector in a school pow in IT, it will never pay well even manager level. You need to get into the private sector and you see more than half your wage increase.
I'm happy where I am for now thanks, it's not all about money
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taylorboosh
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Well the fact you can get a 5 bed house for that price shows why wages are lower up here
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Corsa_Sport21
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Whats the wages like in Sweden??
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taylorboosh
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?
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Fad
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Slowly turning into a willy waving thread. Its no embarassment if someone is in their 30's on 25k a year? Some people survive on less means so they have more time for other things in life.
My mate is a site worker (on less than 25k too) and the combined income of him and his missus is fairly low but they still managed to get a decent mortgage because they live a pretty modest lives and saved for quite a while. He's in a better position than me so I cant really knock him for not wanting much of a high flying job.
[Edited on 09-05-2011 by Fad]
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Matty W
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well if all else fails, i beleive a million pound complex has just become available in pakistan. if you make them an offer, im sure they will consider it
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Corsa_Sport21
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Slowly turning into a willy waving thread. Its no embarassment if someone is in their 30's on 25k a year? Some people survive on less means so they have more time for other things in life.
My mate is a site worker (on less than 25k too) and the combined income of him and his missus is fairly low but they still managed to get a decent mortgage because they live a pretty modest lives and saved for quite a while. He's in a better position than me so I cant really knock him for not wanting much of a high flying job.
[Edited on 09-05-2011 by Fad]
I know people on much less than that yet they still have nice bought houses and drive decent cars and have holidays each year and such.
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Slowly turning into a willy waving thread.
Slowly?
This is CS, the land of the early 20's with 6 figure pay packets and Porsche's on order.
These men wouldn't even get out of bed for 50 grand a year 
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sc0ott
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What do you expect, they started at the bottom doing housework at the age of 8.
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Hammer
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Down the mines at the age of 4 for thrupence ha'penny
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