How much do you earn

[stevenb]

There seems to be a lot of well-off people on here thats for sure.

 

[Peter]

There seems to be a lot of well-off people on here thats for sure.

Depends what you call well off. Working 75 hours a week and still have the phone ringing at weekends - what would be your price?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I'm working 7 days a week at the moment. But then I'm enjoying writing this book much more than the teaching. If I had my choice I would just research and write and not have to teach or be involved in pointless university admin at all. But I'm generally happy, and what I earn is just a bonus, really.

 

[stevenb]

Depends what you call well off. Working 75 hours a week and still have the phone ringing at weekends - what would be your price?

I wouldn't work that many hours.
I love my home time..

 

[marinyork]

Depends what you call well off. Working 75 hours a week and still have the phone ringing at weekends - what would be your price?

Depends again. My manager (as opposed to my supervisor) is rumoured to work these kinds of hours and have this kind of lifestyle. She may not be very popular but is a couple of years away from retirement and the sort of age one would certainly worry about those kinds of hours on a health basis (I'm sure someone that age could easily work something like a more sane 35-40 hours). All this for £25k-30k.

 

[Plax]

Less than I'm worth

I second that.

 

[Plax]

I'm actually on the higher end of option 2. But then I was lucky. I bought my house for 45K and it is now worth a bit shy of 110k and my mortgage is only £174 a month. My council tax is nearly catching up with my morgage though - the feckers, and that is with the 25% single person discount! You guys in Enl-ger-land are lucky they scrapped the rebanding after using Wales as a trial. They put me up a tax band!!!!!! I couldn't afford to rent in the current climate.

 

[Hover Fly]

Bottom end of the scale, but on job and knock off, doing a job I really like. No mortgage or rent. One month in three off to go abroad. Couldn't be happier.

 

[Fnaar]

7-8 yrs ago, I was working full-time (Mon-Fri, 9-5) and in a rut. So, I wrote 2 books (about teaching, on my specialist subject) over 2 yrs in my spare time and weekends... 7pm till midnight, all day Sat and Sun... with 3 kids, too... a bloody hard time, if I'm honest, but I was a man obsessed... 1 week after the 2nd book came out, I got made redundant! Doh! Still, one of the books sells very well, so I aint complaining!

 

[col]

Not sure yet,its betweem 12500 and 15500,as it also includes weekends or lates,and the rates are different,but id guess somewhere near 14000.And im happy with it,i used to earn 17000 on the buses,but im not stressed,not tired all the time,not getting threatened,or things thrown at me,better shifts,healthier work,im happier at home,my wife and son are happier with me,bloody hell,wish id dropped wages years ago.

 

[col]

7-8 yrs ago, I was working full-time (Mon-Fri, 9-5) and in a rut. So, I wrote 2 books (about teaching, on my specialist subject) over 2 yrs in my spare time and weekends... 7pm till midnight, all day Sat and Sun... with 3 kids, too... a bloody hard time, if I'm honest, but I was a man obsessed... 1 week after the 2nd book came out, I got made redundant! Doh! Still, one of the books sells very well, so I aint complaining!

Whats your specialist subject?

 

[Fnaar]

Whats your specialist subject?

Phonetics and phonology

 

[Abitrary]

I earn about 42k but spend most of that on alcohol, drugs and pizza

My actual operational costs are less than 10k

 

[Dave5N]

I thoought you were a sociologist!

 

[Dave5N]

I'm disappointed now. Thought all that snigger isn't right wing sexism schtick was just research. Not so sure now.