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What job do you do and roughly how much does it pay (if your ok with letting other know).
I'd like to know what you do for a living, and how some of you can afford to do what I can't! :cry:
I'll start
Job - Data/AV Project Engineer.
Salary - Circa £16,500 at the moment - hopefully going up!
BigBoreBri
11-01-2006, 19:37
Electrical Engineer, 18-22k but ill be getting more once i get out of the sh*t hole im currenty at! :evil:
how rude! :wink:
All I'll say is I get more than you but not much more.....
clowo16v
11-01-2006, 19:39
Student - £3000 a year lol
Sales Executive
£20,000 plus a grand a month commission
going onto £25,000 a yr plus 2+ grand commission soon i hope
still skint cuz of flippin renaults tho :P
Sales Executive
£20,000 plus a grand a month commission
going onto £25,000 a yr plus 2+ grand commission soon i hope
still skint cuz of flippin renaults tho :P
:o Git
Sales Executive
£20,000 plus a grand a month commission
going onto £25,000 a yr plus 2+ grand commission soon i hope
still skint cuz of flippin renaults tho :P
:o Git
lmao :roll:
dan-hipgrave
11-01-2006, 19:59
dammit im the lowest earner so far...
Diagnostic Technician - £14500
explains my constant debt lol
Bricklayer
£130 a day = £650 a 5 day week = £33800 per year + plus private weekend work.
Obviously If I have time off I don't get any money :cry:
water engineer
£14989 a year after tax
technician
19750 iirc a year
FlamingMonkey
11-01-2006, 20:32
Bog Rat £5mil
Justin..
11-01-2006, 20:33
somethin around 13k, soon get bumped up once i get through the 'trial' period. new job monday wahoo. :D
Student. Circa £4500 a year!
Earnt during the summer - is the perfect amount! Still tax free, so all i pay is NIC. :twisted:
Its always spent b4 the winter on the car! LOL
IT analyst/consulant
£17k PA
its my first proper job since uni, and a huge IT company so good experiance for the CV!
im planning on a few years hard experiance then looking for something with more pay! I cant afford to live on that money with my spending habits and debts lol! and i live at home at the mo too with parents!
fasterthanjesus
11-01-2006, 22:46
it infrastructure analyst
26k
student loan £3000 ish and worked a couple of weeks in Tescos lol
+ huge debt...
never knew brickys earnt so much...
VIPERONE
11-01-2006, 23:17
Civil Servant
£25k basic
can easily earn £500-£1000 extra per month depending on how keen i feel.
work for the delivery company ups as a delivery driver, just had a payrise to £26k p/a but have lost all are bonus that we would earn every month, now everyone takes home the same money which is fair i surpose
dammit im the lowest earner so far...
Diagnostic Technician - £14500
explains my constant debt lol
im lower than you mate
Motor World branch Assistant Manager, the pay is gash to say the least
Professional Nigerian investment email writer.
Moonlights as professional ebay buyer of items that has to be sent before receipt of money.
Serious!
rent boy........£1500 a night.
Process Operator
£25k - £30k depending on what job i'm learning
Fatwilly
12-01-2006, 08:53
Self employed Punkawallah in the oil/gas business..C£45K.
need it though to pay ex wife off ...The price men pay for sex is marriage...the prcie wimin pay for marriage is sex..
leakagetechnician/field engineer...pays roughly 19k + night allowance+ any overtime if i feel like doin it.
earnings could be.....35k+ if i could be arsed lol
Supermarket manager - £37k
A strange thread tho?
some bloody rich feckers on this site aint there lol
lol..........depends on wot u class as rich
i class members of WILLIAMSCLIO.CO.UK rich
3rd class
2nd class
williamsclio
Swervin_Mervin
12-01-2006, 11:20
Traffic Engineer - £25k
And I'm skint. And I don't like the work.
Traffic Engineer - £25k
And I'm skint. And I don't like the work.
that a posh name for a traffic warden?? hehe
Student, about £7k per year from various jobs
When qualified starting wage is around £20-£25k, going up to around £50k dependant on experiance, mainly cus its site work and the hours are long and shit
Was a sales exec, c.40k
Got bored & didn't enjoy it, so who knows now.....
Swervin_Mervin
12-01-2006, 12:15
Traffic Engineer - £25k
And I'm skint. And I don't like the work.
that a posh name for a traffic warden?? hehe
Being a traffic warden would be far more fun. :(
Salesman for vauxhall
8k basic, £100 a car, im on 15 for the month so far :D
ZERO For the last 17 Months before £35K Basic + Comm £75K the last year in the UK. Oh I was a Sales Manager.
ZERO For the last 17 Months before £35K Basic + Comm £75K the last year in the UK. Oh I was a Sales Manager.
lol go to oxford uni then richie rich :D
rent boy........£1500 a night.
but your worth it
13k a yr atm but loosin my job in 3 weeks :(
also doin a CISCO qualification in networkin etc startin wage 20 -25k but that will b in a yrs time or so :(
Fabricator/welder/machinist at a tuning company
17k
lewis_willy2
12-01-2006, 15:07
electrical enginner apprentice for south eastern trains
in my 2nd year
1st year 11k basic with £20 a day travel to college, and travelling 4 days a week so extra £3k a year
2nd year £13,500
3rd year (this sept) £16,500
4th year £19,500
out of time qualified fitter with good grades 28k + overtime
will be 22 wen qualified :D
prob gna go on to do civil or chartered engineering 50-60k
Swervin_Mervin
12-01-2006, 15:39
Civils don't earn that kind of money mate. Being chartered isn't really worth it in the civils industry either.
I remember thinking like you when I left uni. :P
£30k per annum + company car + all the free renault parts i need :)
Civil engineers get an average starting sallery of around £20-25k.
Top site boss wo was working ont eh same site as me when i was doing experience was on 49k.
They are crying out for civil engineers, doing a year out next year, going onto site with no experience etc etc(well i ahve but most haven't) and getting £12-13k for the year
And when qualified you get a compnay car 8)
Swervin_Mervin
12-01-2006, 17:53
Trust me, civils don't get that much. I started 5yrs ago on £15k as a graduate, and you could expect to get £18-20k now as a graduate.
If you stick at it you can expect to earn about £35k at the mo as a principal engineer and £40k + benefits as a director.
aah, these uni lads eh mike? in for a shock or what? lol ;)
Swervin_Mervin
12-01-2006, 18:16
The best thing I remember was the last day of the module taught by the head of dept and my tutor. He finished it, congratulated us (we'd already done finals and got results) and then informed us that if we want a job that earns lots of money, look elsewhere and don't go in to Civils. :P
His only recommendation for earning wonga in anything construction related was to go on and study law and become a construction lawyer.
Just started my own Asset Finance Broker....no real money made just yet but earning potential
£4-7k per month once i have some regular suppliers. This is realistic as i was doing this amount in my last job except i was only seeing 10% of it. Now i will see all of it. :D
graduate wage is about what i said lol
Bloke was on 49k a year, worked for Sisk.
Was speaking to another bloke that does groundworks for houses etc, and he was saying if he could find a good surveyer, someone who purley does surveying he woudl pay them £46k a year
Swervin_Mervin
12-01-2006, 18:31
Surveying is different. That pays a lot more. We pay graduates about 18k these days.
If I stuck it out and got to associate level I'd be on £40 + benefits. I'd get a lot more as a director though. £40k basic + massive mileage allowance plus about £100k a year in dividends. :shock:
Where is your company based?....and do they take on students on 12/18 month work experience?
Swervin_Mervin
12-01-2006, 18:37
Manchester mate. Probably not the line of work you're after tbh as it's mostly office based.
I'm thinking of taking a move back more to the building side of things myself as I'm sick of being a desk jockey.
Yeah screw sitting behind a desk all day.
Worth me pointing out that i believe those wages were for site based work, due to the longer hours than office based work.
Did a month on site in teh summer lol as a labourer, spent a month soild doing gabions...boy that was a fun job
Swervin_Mervin
12-01-2006, 18:46
Yeah I did a 3 month summer job at uni, labouring. Best job I've ever had. Was a right laugh and I got fit, and got a tan all at once. I've never had a six pack before or since! :P
Mine was shocking, boss was a cunt, work was hard and hours long...not that thats a problem, but i ended up being out of my house for 13-14 hours a day and getting £30-£40 a day after tax.
Labour for a local builder on odd days now and get £40 a day cash, work prolly about 7 hours a day after breaks, its relaxed and boss is a decent bloke, all the guys that work for him are cool.
How they hell did you get a 6 pack labouring lol
Swervin_Mervin
12-01-2006, 18:55
I was doing a lot of shovelling of mortar. Basically we stripped a house and removed the outside skin of brick to build in new brick. Worked 07:30-17:00 and for most of that summer it was rather hot.
Nice, i had to be at boss's house 30 mins away for 6am...usualyl got back there 6-7pm, and 30 mins home again, eneded up getting paid for 10 hours of the day
The labouring you were doing is more liek whjat i'm doing now rather then construction site labouring...thats ****ing hard graft with no breaks lol
£40- 70k - Tree Surgeon
Depending what sort of work comes in.
lewis_willy2
12-01-2006, 21:38
i thought civil or chartered was the was to go?!?!?
only 18, 19 on wed and still got options to look at as i b quite well qualified?
owell c wot happens
lewis
Civil or charter lol someone has been confusing people
When you do teh course you can be chartered or incorperated, incorperated is easier, charter is harder.
To start with, so i'm led to believe it makes a difference then afetr a wheil experience counts more
There is a cronic shortage of civil engineers atm, so jobs are being offered to you ratehr then tryign to find them
transport refridgeration engineer £28-32 depending on overtime
plumbing and heating engineer! erm lets just say i get by but contrary to newspaper reports im no millionaire like all the papers say us plumbers are!
LaurenGTI
12-01-2006, 22:49
I feel poor after reading this thread....I work for the Halifax home insurance...deal with all the processing of claims...only on £12,750 a year :(
Do love my job tho so guess thats a bit of a bonous!!
and she gets shed loads of days off :wink:
Scott-16v!
12-01-2006, 22:55
plumbing and heating engineer! erm lets just say i get by but contrary to newspaper reports im no millionaire like all the papers say us plumbers are!
:-s
could of sworn you worked here?? http://www.stellaartois.co.uk/swf/mainMovie.html
:wink: :P
nah he couldnt
it says 'enjoy responsibly' :wink:
craig100
12-01-2006, 22:58
im a parts technician and earn about £25000 p/a.still not enough for the life i would like to live,but enjoy it though :D
LaurenGTI
12-01-2006, 23:08
and she gets shed loads of days off :wink:
Oh yeah and that too!!! :lol:
plumbing and heating engineer! erm lets just say i get by but contrary to newspaper reports im no millionaire like all the papers say us plumbers are!
:-s
could of sworn you worked here?? http://www.stellaartois.co.uk/swf/mainMovie.html
:wink: :P
i wish!!!
Really glad I started this thread now - god love to be on the higher earner bracket of you lot - All the things I could do to the beast!
work for the delivery company ups as a delivery driver, just had a payrise to £26k p/a but have lost all are bonus that we would earn every month, now everyone takes home the same money which is fair i surpose
Kin' ell! Do you have to train for that?
I considered throwing everything out the door at one point and doing something like that - purely because I love the driving aspect of my job - I get off on following the tomtom routes lol!
What kind of hours do you work? anything shit about it?
Really glad I started this thread now - god love to be on the higher earner bracket of you lot - All the things I could do to the beast!
mate i pick up abouut £3000 a month and still find myself skint due to renault
im a single lad £170 insurance and rent and still cant wait till bonus day in the middle of the month for some more money
it gets spent so easily :(
I'm self-employed and it's shit because it's the 12th of Jan and I still need to do my self-assessment tax stuff :x
Last years earnings, '04 - '05...about £4000! I was setting up, honest :oops:
Work as a CAD Technician for a Civil Engineering Consultants in Chester. Current pay is £19k but once I'm qualified in the summer will leave and work as a Contractor, can earn £20+ph
self-employed and work as a technical consultant for a major projector manufacturer.
Basicalll sit on my ass and create 3D model/drawings of cinemas, virtual reality centres, military simulators etc...for stupid architects.
easy really, but good fun travelling and seeing the world for free!!
Swervin_Mervin
13-01-2006, 12:16
Work as a CAD Technician for a Civil Engineering Consultants in Chester. Current pay is £19k but once I'm qualified in the summer will leave and work as a Contractor, can earn £20+ph
Thought about this once or twice myself. Freelance CAD techies can earn a mint, especially those in the re-inforced concrete detailing side of things. We had one that used to do work for us at the last place I worked (structural engineers) and he used to just hand draw the drawings and he'd charge £2-300 per A0 drawing and there's usually a good 20-25 at least in an average reinforced concrete building!
hank3944
13-01-2006, 12:27
Civil Servant
£25k basic
can easily earn £500-£1000 extra per month depending on how keen i feel.
Am I being thick am I the only one who does'nt know what a civil servant is??? :?: (Please be nice)
clio_bus
13-01-2006, 12:31
i`m a castrol seniour fluid technician, 19k plus any OT and bouns
and i love my job so i`m happy and i`m also skint, mainly due to a house
Swervin_Mervin
13-01-2006, 12:32
Civil Servant
£25k basic
can easily earn £500-£1000 extra per month depending on how keen i feel.
Am I being thick am I the only one who does'nt know what a civil servant is??? :?: (Please be nice)
Free-loaders of the state that generally do very little and get paid too much. :P
lol
civil servent is a cop mate 8)
Work as a CAD Technician for a Civil Engineering Consultants in Chester. Current pay is £19k but once I'm qualified in the summer will leave and work as a Contractor, can earn £20+ph
Thought about this once or twice myself. Freelance CAD techies can earn a mint, especially those in the re-inforced concrete detailing side of things. We had one that used to do work for us at the last place I worked (structural engineers) and he used to just hand draw the drawings and he'd charge £2-300 per A0 drawing and there's usually a good 20-25 at least in an average reinforced concrete building!
Yup, I know a guy who charges £26ph doing CADS RC, some serious money in it! I have been to Poole to do the CADS RC course but haven't used it much as I do more flood defence work (water), wouldn't mind getting more into structures tho!
No you don't mate.
I have all the software here and use Catia, Solidworks, Mechanical Desktop, Inventor, 3D Studio and Maya...
So much you can do and want to design my own bits for the car...but when you have to do it all day long, I really can't be arsed modelling up my own stuff after hours!!
May do one day, and will share when I do..like the inlet adapter for tubing systems rather than the oval shaped bitch at the minute!!
work for the delivery company ups as a delivery driver, just had a payrise to £26k p/a but have lost all are bonus that we would earn every month, now everyone takes home the same money which is fair i surpose
Kin' ell! Do you have to train for that?
I considered throwing everything out the door at one point and doing something like that - purely because I love the driving aspect of my job - I get off on following the tomtom routes lol!
What kind of hours do you work? anything s**t about it?
hello mate, no real training needed u just need toknow how to read a map, lol at the tomtom, i wish... iv been doing this for 3years now and also loved driving before i started which is 1 of the reasons i went for something like this. i find driving a bit of a chore now as i do it everyday, i work around 45 hours a week and find it stresful, u get around 70 deliverys and aroud 10-20 collections a day which u somehow have to try and fit in a 9 hour shift and also take a brake for an 1hour, have to get to area and then deal with the traffic while trying to work. pissis me off now but like the money. got 2 weeks of at the mo which is why i can write this at 3pm.
Clio_GTT
13-01-2006, 19:25
Builder :D earning mega wonga ( i wish ), its pretty dead at the mo, but will pick up soon :D
If i work full time doing my jobs i do now i get £800 a month for 5 days labouring, and £330 a month for 2 days in a shop, thats £1120 a month, making £13,440
Dancliovalver
13-01-2006, 19:32
im a CNC tool setter, crap money at the mo at 6 quid an hour but we are starting to do aerospace stuff soon for fighter jets and so forth for rolyes roice so my money will go up to about £14 per hour which is pretty sweet
I'm self-employed and it's s**t because it's the 12th of Jan and I still need to do my self-assessment tax stuff :x
Last years earnings, '04 - '05...about £4000! I was setting up, honest :oops:
just done mine! my mates an accountant! got a rebate of £292!!!! so cant moan! :D
williams-3
13-01-2006, 23:50
who cares how much we all earn ............. I DRIVE A WILIAMS 3 !!!!!!
ditto
who cares how much we all earn ............. I DRIVE A WILIAMS 3 !!!!!! 8) ditto
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