how much MONEY do you make?
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Slothrop
Tight but Polite
True dat.
I get £28k a year, which is pretty nice, although the london factor means it vanishes a lot faster than I expected.
Why is asking people how much they earn such a social taboo? I mean, I can understand why talking constantly about who earns what is considered a bit boorish, but for a lot of people it seems to be something that you just do not ask. There've been a couple of threads on dubstepforum where someone asks what sort of money a top DJ gets for a set and from the resulting shitstorm you'd think they'd asked whether Skream still fucks farm animals.
I get £28k a year, which is pretty nice, although the london factor means it vanishes a lot faster than I expected.
Why is asking people how much they earn such a social taboo? I mean, I can understand why talking constantly about who earns what is considered a bit boorish, but for a lot of people it seems to be something that you just do not ask. There've been a couple of threads on dubstepforum where someone asks what sort of money a top DJ gets for a set and from the resulting shitstorm you'd think they'd asked whether Skream still fucks farm animals.
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
Nice one, congrats!
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
Me, basic JSA innit.
sufi
lala
ha £31K (incl LDN weighting), NJC Grade 6, less union dues and pension!!!
just had my formal application for a re-evaluation (pay rise) re-buffed, which i will appeal,
quite serious ngo work involved tho...
at the moment that's a very good standard of living, but the key to that is low rent, not high salary
dunno, very british thing i think, i couldnt disclose without using smileys
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droid
Guest
About €50,000 (before pension/union etc...) - down about 10% though this year due to government fuckbags cutting wages and raising taxes.
Doesn't go as far as you'd think with a mortgage, baby, rare vinyl habit to support. Also, Dublin is still one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Doesn't go as far as you'd think with a mortgage, baby, rare vinyl habit to support. Also, Dublin is still one of the most expensive cities in the world.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Because a lot of people are afraid/know that they're not worth it (not referring to people here of course, just in general), and that they'll get 'found out'.
Does Skream still fuck farm animals? I'm interested now.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
i'm in a very simialr position. Low rent is indeed the key. I do get pissed off with people who spend £900 on rent and then complain about not having any money. Get over it already.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
in London, I'd say £350-£500 a month, for somehere half-decent witin reach of central London, anyway.
swears
preppy-kei
Ha, I was just about to say this! "Well what do you want to know, then?"
I've been accepted for a post in operational research *touches wood* in the civil service, so my answer will hopefully soon be "some". Woohoo!
Which fork do I use for the soup course?
Congrats on the job, btw.
Slothrop
Tight but Polite
Oh, have they given you the "we want to give you a job and when we have an operations research post that would be a good fit for you we'll offer it to you" type offer thing? They seem to be about as good as a firm offer based on my sample size of one (GORS was the other offer I had.)
Good work! I expect to see you asking about bowler hats in the Clothes thread imminently...
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Thanks for the congrats, everyone.
Yeah, that's more or less what they've said - so it could be almost immediately, could be a couple of months. But I'm still tutoring so I'm basically OK(ish) for cash at the moment...reeeaaally looking forward to a proper job, though.
holy shit. i had no idea this was possible. i thought it was much more expsensive than that, similar to NYC where a decent central flat would be at the very least 1000 USD.
you don't use any forks, but rather the large spoon.
bassbeyondreason
Chtonic Fatigue Syndrome
I still live at home so it's not so bad, and I'm up in Newcastle so you can have fun cheaper than you can down South. Still not ideal though.
Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
Depends on how work's going that year - I'm self employed. I thought this year was going to be literally zero, but looking more like £20K now. Maybe a bit more. Usually 50-60K turnover, but off that comes corporation tax, personal tax, vast travel and hotels costs etc. My personal discretionary spending is very low - I haven't bought a record for a looong time. Though Benjy Bars did very well out of me for a few months!
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