Where does your job figure in the earnings league?
25 August 2006, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by speye91
Don;t forget the ,North/South devide.Last year i earned 28k not much for a Engineer,electrical and mechanical.
The term Engineer is now used too easily IMO, you now get people who have done a four week tech course calling themselves electrical engineers.
Chartered Engineer and registration with the institute takes about six years and an engineering degree.
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25 August 2006, 07:01 AM
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These reports are a bit generalised!
I am a Design Director for a 200 people Company, part of a very large listed engineering group.
That makes me a No1 and about 60K, not 171! and I do 47 ish hours/week
I get the car/petrol and Medical all taxed, so maybe those are in the figures?
Engineers in the west midlands (I mean real ones Pete) are 33K @ 37 hours.
Real reports give the assessment criteria with notes so you can analize the findings on a level pitch.
No director here earns over 80K.
As for living on the average wage of 28K?
I know about 75% of people here certainly do on a lot less!
Graham
I am a Design Director for a 200 people Company, part of a very large listed engineering group.
That makes me a No1 and about 60K, not 171! and I do 47 ish hours/week
I get the car/petrol and Medical all taxed, so maybe those are in the figures?
Engineers in the west midlands (I mean real ones Pete) are 33K @ 37 hours.
Real reports give the assessment criteria with notes so you can analize the findings on a level pitch.
No director here earns over 80K.
As for living on the average wage of 28K?
I know about 75% of people here certainly do on a lot less!
Graham
25 August 2006, 07:20 AM
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These charts are far too vague. A director of a limited company of 5 employees may earn 30k but they are still a director. A director of a blue chip may earn 5m.
25 August 2006, 07:40 AM
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There really are loads of people on Scoobynet claiming some pretty high incomes. Why aren't you on 911.net or something?! Do you all p*ss it up against a wall. I earn just under the current UK average (according to this thread) and have a mortgage, reasonable car and a reasonable lifestyle. What the hell do you lot do with your cash?
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25 August 2006, 07:49 AM
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If you're in London then 28K is a pittance, cost of living is so much higher here. Mate of mine moved to Manchester and lives like a king on a wage that he'd find hard to survive on in London.
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25 August 2006, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by AllanB
If you're in London then 28K is a pittance, cost of living is so much higher here. Mate of mine moved to Manchester and lives like a king on a wage that he'd find hard to survive on in London.
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it depends where you live in london. If you commute it can be done easily, as the non english speaking immigrants have proven.
25 August 2006, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Saxo Boy
There really are loads of people on Scoobynet claiming some pretty high incomes. Why aren't you on 911.net or something?! Do you all p*ss it up against a wall. I earn just under the current UK average (according to this thread) and have a mortgage, reasonable car and a reasonable lifestyle. What the hell do you lot do with your cash?
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25 August 2006, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by AudiLover
**** retiring at 45 thats ****in boring. Its not like you will be a old man or anything.
I have enough interests outside of my job to enjoy the rest of my life without the need to work for a company.
25 August 2006, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Average earnings across all jobs were £28,210 in 2005, according to the figures from the Office for National Statistics. So where does your job rank?
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/200...c1_673x540.jpg
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How the hell can anyone actually live on the Average Wage??
Pete
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How the hell can anyone actually live on the Average Wage??
Pete
Looking at the lists though, it's s*d all money, given that I'm responsible for assessing the qulity of care for 4000+ people, at a cost of over £9 million.
Plus as Gordon Tosspot Brown had declared the public sector won't get pay rises above inflation, to mop up the mess he's made, I'll can't actually earn any more than I do now. Imagine if they said that to the private sector!
Think I'll train as a plumbed...
25 August 2006, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Scooby-Doo
Why not ?
I have enough interests outside of my job to enjoy the rest of my life without the need to work for a company.
I have enough interests outside of my job to enjoy the rest of my life without the need to work for a company.
im sure you would miss work eventually, but if you dont all the better for you
25 August 2006, 10:04 AM
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The cost of living / average earnings ratio is now worse in several places outside London, eg York. It's therefore more difficult to buy a house on an average wage oooop North
Still we have water...
Still we have water...
25 August 2006, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Saxo Boy
There really are loads of people on Scoobynet claiming some pretty high incomes. Why aren't you on 911.net or something?!
I earn well over 6 figs and have done for years (admit i have a large family) yet we have one car, a Ford Galaxy! I could buy a 911 but why if i dont need it?
Its no different to assuming anyone on £28k must live in a box!
25 August 2006, 10:30 AM
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I had a 911, a GT3 to be precise, lovely car but with a few kids it wasnt practical. Though once my new house is built i am sure there will be room for one in my garage
25 August 2006, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by 911
These reports are a bit generalised!
I am a Design Director for a 200 people Company, part of a very large listed engineering group.
That makes me a No1 and about 60K, not 171! and I do 47 ish hours/week
I get the car/petrol and Medical all taxed, so maybe those are in the figures?
Engineers in the west midlands (I mean real ones Pete) are 33K @ 37 hours.
Real reports give the assessment criteria with notes so you can analize the findings on a level pitch.
No director here earns over 80K.
As for living on the average wage of 28K?
I know about 75% of people here certainly do on a lot less!
Graham
I am a Design Director for a 200 people Company, part of a very large listed engineering group.
That makes me a No1 and about 60K, not 171! and I do 47 ish hours/week
I get the car/petrol and Medical all taxed, so maybe those are in the figures?
Engineers in the west midlands (I mean real ones Pete) are 33K @ 37 hours.
Real reports give the assessment criteria with notes so you can analize the findings on a level pitch.
No director here earns over 80K.
As for living on the average wage of 28K?
I know about 75% of people here certainly do on a lot less!
Graham
I'm not even on the average salary as a designer and it seems to be the case across the board
25 August 2006, 11:07 AM
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Car ownership def has no relaiton to earnings imo. Ok, you get a few enthusiasts with money who have expensive cars but the majority of people i know with a lot of disposable income drive Focus's, Mondeo's etc or maybe company/leased Mercs/BMs/Audis.
I find the people with expensive cars are mostly on average earnings and have them on finance.
I find the people with expensive cars are mostly on average earnings and have them on finance.
25 August 2006, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by AudiLover
**** retiring at 45 thats ****in boring. Its not like you will be a old man or anything.
25 August 2006, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by The Snug Rhino
lol...why should a flash car be a guide?
Wrongly, he assumes everyone else is in the same position
25 August 2006, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Saxo Boy
There really are loads of people on Scoobynet claiming some pretty high incomes. Why aren't you on 911.net or something?! Do you all p*ss it up against a wall. I earn just under the current UK average (according to this thread) and have a mortgage, reasonable car and a reasonable lifestyle. What the hell do you lot do with your cash?
**Admittedly I have no kids**
***that I know about***
**Admittedly I have no kids**
***that I know about
***I also know several people who own £1 million + properties who don't have a car or even know how to drive, we're talking abour large chunks of the population of Mayfair, Fulham and Chelsea here.
Judging people by their cars is so misguided it's not funny.
25 August 2006, 11:47 AM
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well i'm a design engineer, with a degree, in the Northwest and i'm on £29,400, with overtime it came to £37k last tax year, anyone want to give me a job for £35k+? i've got 5 years as Automotive Engineer for a major manufacturer in Chassis design and testing
my Mrs who also has a degree with 4 years experience in direct marketing is on £18k
i think a pinch of salt with the findings is required
my Mrs who also has a degree with 4 years experience in direct marketing is on £18k
i think a pinch of salt with the findings is required
25 August 2006, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by The Chief
FFS have you heard you lot - crikey a Buyer is what i do apparently earns 29k+ a year i earn nowhere near that.
I need a change
I need a change
Im not even on the list. I earn about the national average pay and live in a nice cheap part of the country. All counts for **** as far as Im concerned. On person gets paid x the other doing the same job gets paid y. Only London gets any sort of coverage when it comes to stuff like this, the rest of England is neither here nor there.