What is low pay?

[Itchy]

So what do you consider to be low pay?

considering 9.2K is 35 hours a week on min wage,

and ever 1K you earn above about 7.5K (but below 34K) =an extra £12 a week .

The pay review happened in the office (I'm not eligable for it due to the short period I;ve worked for them) and many of the staff are considering leaving after what many described as an insulting pay offer. Which gave me a thought , if I'm one of the few left my bargaining power is immense.

Any suggestions?
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[Dragonfly]

low pay is norther ireland. we be lucky to get 9.2k a year. i had a full time job a few years ago and got £8k a year.

back up to £12k and thats like a professional persons wage over here.
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[Kaben]

Im on £21k pa.
( £17.5K basic, £2K relocation bonus, £500/month for the first 3 months incentive)

I will also get commision ontop of that. (need to get on commision first though!)
My travel costs me £3500 per year. Not wanting to sound snobbish or anything, but anything below £18K i would say is too low for me.

Once on commision i will be on around £28k. (that will be most excellent - if i can last it that long )


As for your situation, i doubt you will get much leverage. They will hire on new staff and be able to get away without offering any wage incetives or bonus's as they will be new too.

But then again, if you dont ask you dont get. Go for gold matey.

Kaben
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[Dragonfly]

rub it in yeah! your flippin younger than me and you get more! FS i blame Tony Blair!
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[Robby]

20k is nice and comfortable for me, but I'm still living at home and paying £100/month rent. Would consider 16k or below to be a crap wage.

[Cillit-BANG]

Blimey Robby, you have £1500 odd as disposable income per month

[Itchy]

that begs the question say like by the time you are 25ish what should you be earning?


I know I'm just playing around with it in my head , I'm pulling 14.5Kish with benefits (which I get taxed on) about 800quid. (though I find flexi time quite valuble too)

and thinking of taking on another part time job (myother PT job pays about 2K for a couple hours a week),

I'm just thinking I'm moving backwards sometimes , with bills council tax going up so quickly
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[Robby]

[Cillit-BANG]

I wish I lived at home

[Retro-Man]

tis all relative

my basic is 25K a year, with bonus I expect to earn between 35K and 40K this year

however I paid £1200 in tax alone last month +company car costs me over £300 a month + we are a single income family with a high mortgage.

My disposable income is far less than my 12K a year young service advisor still living at home.
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[Mozzer]

I'm on ~£12k p/a at the moment (18)... payrise due early next month and i'm not going to settle for less than £14.5k p/a.

Once I get £250/week in my hand after tax i'll be happy enough (For now... no real outgoings bar mobile phone, rent, bike payment)...

[southlondoner]

im 16 and on around 11k a year after tax (14k before).

about a 5% living cost allowance every year.. and a rise of about 20 pounds every year of my apprenticeship i complete. by the time im fully qualified (at 19) i should be on around 26k a year (before tax)..
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[Reevo8]

£17.8k here, before shift enhancements and overtime. Looking at about 20ish with enhancements, and maybe £22k if I get a bit of overtime done!
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[Ahmato_]

£6.8k a year here

But that is working part time, before bonuses for a student at 16 years old so I suppose its ok
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[JonB]

Well my basic is: - £3438.24 a year.

I do have only a 13 hour week though. On £5.51 an hour.
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[numark1]

For my gap year job i get £18k per year plus bonus.

[tatters]

10k, 40 hour week plus 10 hours worth of coummting per week
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[akaDAVE]

It really is relative to where you live, what fixed costs you have such as travel, rent, loan payments.
I get about 31k per year before tax, but my train ticket costs me about 3K. Tax is about £700 a month. Luckily my rent is cheap so I have an advantage there....but only because I have to travel 1.5hrs to work!
I do have disposable income now and can save, but when I was on 21k I had fuck all. My friends who were on about 15k had more money to play with.
You really have to look at your individual situation when considering how 'good' your salary is.
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[syl]

I seemed to have more money when I took a couple of years out (well, I was paid - but about a third of what I currently get) to do a doctorate than I do now. Probably because I was considerably more careful about my money (and my mortgage was almost £1000 a month cheaper back then, the advantage of living up North).
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[Lawnie]

When I start my graduate job in September, I'll either be on £28.8k or £30k, depending on the pay route I choose to take. I'm initially on a 12 month contract, with a good chance of extension/permanency thereafter. If, however, I do not stay on, then chances are that my second job will pay £10k-5k less

[feef]

I'd find it hard to survive on anything under £30k now

was on mid £20ks when I was in Scotland, and that was okay...

now I'm contracting on a day-rate, which is rather nice

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[LustyLew]

I'm 25 and work in Central London. Currently on £21.5k but looking at a new job/pay rise.

I currently live at home. Have a few out going I need to deal with before considering moving out. But a bit of a pay rise and it should be possible.
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[Dragonfly]

stop yapping! a 16 year old in here gets more than me! and i am qualified .

feef is that proposal still opened?
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[feef]

[Dragonfly]

aww ffs! typical!
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