Rebecca
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Registered: 8th Jun 07
Location: Penwortham, Lancashire Drives: Integra Type R
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I was a trainee accountant when I was 17 on 13/14k a year. 
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strick206
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Wigan Drives:Integra DC5
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Originally posted by novabex
I was a trainee accountant when I was 17 on 13/14k a year.
how come you didnt stick at it?
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Rebecca
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Registered: 8th Jun 07
Location: Penwortham, Lancashire Drives: Integra Type R
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It was boring as fuck.
Rather be on minimum wage.
I get ants in my pants. I never stay anywhere for that long.
I managed two years there. That was good for me!
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drax
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Registered: 5th Feb 05
Location: Sittingbourne, Kent
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Originally posted by antscorsa
rus are you mad, i cant point you into the direction of loads of agencies ready to pay u 20k starting for a web design job!!!
Point them this way too 
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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im lukcy to pull in 12k a year. readin this thread has made me think a little
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--DAN--
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
Location: Bottesford. Drives;3 Series
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Originally posted by Adam-D
im lukcy to pull in 12k a year. readin this thread has made me think a little
What do you do mate? Less than 12k is piss poor
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Teddy
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Registered: 19th Jul 04
Location: Northampton Drives: VW Bora 1.9TDi pd130
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The pay itself is'nt great but they have given you a pay rise above inflation. 10% in fact!
However depends what age you are - if your not qualified then you will have the same problem elsewhere.
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Mather.16v
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Registered: 1st Nov 04
Location: Stockport
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when i was 17 i started out on 10k a year, managing the network, developing our website, bearing in mind i only knew basic html back then, basiclly the 'IT Manager' but i hate the name
3 years later, ive sat a HNC and im now earning 22k and my boss is talking about putting me on more
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Mather.16v
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Registered: 1st Nov 04
Location: Stockport
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line up some jobs similar to yours and use them as examples as to why you feel like you do
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Mad Moe
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Registered: 14th Jun 01
Location: Northumberland
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I pay my labourer's on site more than £12K/year and it's hardly skilled work
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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www.jobserve.com
Give you a good idea on the wages you should be getting.
I want to do all that funky shit, and im being paid nearly 3 times that, and I don't know f-all
Get on Jobserve, find yourself some interviews, go to your company, tell them you want a rise (but tell them WHY you want a rise, that you've done x work, you do this and that, then show them similar jobs with the higher salaries). If they want you, they will offer you a decent raise.
If its a pissass company, they'll refuse point blank, in which case, its time to leave anyway.
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Jules
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Registered: 26th Nov 04
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Status: Happy
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Originally posted by Rus
god damn work. i'm on £12k a year which is dog crap and all they give me is a £1200 payrise  don't think i should bother getting up tomorrow..
i mean wtf, i do actionscript, java, asp.net, css and sql very compentally and thats not including all the design work i do. i pull in so much for the company. yet i get a sob story as to why i'm not worth xxx.
I have no real qualifications, I drive round in circles listening to music and I have a tea break every 2 hours and get 4 days off in every eight - and I earn over double that, not that I'm smug
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Mather.16v
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Registered: 1st Nov 04
Location: Stockport
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what do you do jules?
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Jules
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Registered: 26th Nov 04
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Status: Happy
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quote:
Originally posted by Mather.16v
what do you do jules?
I drive round in circles listening to music....
I drive something very similar to this, doing what he is doing:
Big pic so a link instead
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dave17
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Registered: 3rd Sep 02
Location: Greater London
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Russ, what are you doooooiiinggg?? I was on more than that 2 years ago when i was just doing graphic design! and i didnt even have a degree!!!!
With your skills you deserve to be atleast earning your age! Im on 19k now and hopefully 23k next month for designing magazines! not the most demanding job!
Get yourself out there mate, sooo many places uptown looking for people like you, an all rounder. Get your CV done with your portfolio and get hunting. Id only take a 12k job if it were part time!
[Edited on 07-08-2007 by dave17]
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Rus
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
Location: SE London, Kent
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when the boss is out, i'll start making the cv look pretty  i've noticed design weekly has loads of job offers in the back pages. will start there. monster is good aswell apparently
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dave17
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Registered: 3rd Sep 02
Location: Greater London
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gumtree is good aswel mate. thats where i found my job now.
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Rus
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
Location: SE London, Kent
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i shall take a look at said gumtree
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