Woollard
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Registered: 20th Nov 01
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i earn 26 k without overtime and i love my job. and i remember my teachers at school always saying that u cant get a good job without going to uni
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Woollard
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Registered: 20th Nov 01
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degree's r almost useless in my opinion, unless u do something like medicine or accountancy etc
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RobHayes
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Registered: 6th Sep 03
Location: Lincolnshire
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i'm a cnc grinding machine operator for siemens industrial gas turbines  no university for me either
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gasman dan
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Registered: 8th Feb 06
Location: dudley, west mids
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Originally posted by robmarriott
makes me £1560 a year better off 
still not earning enough though 
and me, after 18months of apprentice wage, im finally on as much as my mate who work with rubbish, fan dabbie doozie
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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I've gone from atleast 16k to 11k by changing job's 
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Jamie Walby
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Registered: 15th Nov 04
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I dunno how much I earn
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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£29k with bonuses/awards etc... + study that costs them about £4k a year
Accountant (not Uni qualified)
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Ally
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Registered: 2nd Jul 03
Location: Pontypool Drives: a Skoda
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8k a year rob 
between 16k and 18k, with a pay rise in July, 2 years service bonus in september and a nice xmas bonus and we had a bonus in march as owner retired and gave us all a thank you which was really sweet of him
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ajscorsa
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Registered: 30th Apr 02
Location: Perceton, North Ayrshire
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im on 22k, social work assistant
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Natalie
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Registered: 5th Nov 03
Location: Oxfordshire Drives: Vauxhall Tigra 1.8
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
£29k with bonuses/awards etc... + study that costs them about £4k a year
Accountant (not Uni qualified)
£25k, no bonuses/awards that I know of....but the partners seem to love me
Study as robbo already put....
Accountant (not Uni qualified)
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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im on just over £12k. and thats with getting a pay rise at the start of the year...
however works going really well atm so may ask for another one! my mate earns £2k more than me and all he does extra is answer the bloody phone 
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
Location: Lancs
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At the end of the tax year just gone I'd earned 29k, more often than not just doing 8-5 5 days a week but usually working away from home which gets me a decent bonus.
I got a raise at start of the new tax year and a better working away package which should mean an extra £45 a week so I'm hoping to crash the 30k barrier next April. Not bad considering no A-levels/uni.
Still skint though
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
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i earn 19.5k basic as hydraulics engineer, but like robhayes at my current overtime rate which is big im earning like 27-28k a year plus bonus's etc
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Yea, uni is totally pointless. I was looking at graduate positions for people who have a similar qualification to what I hope to atain. They are only on about £28k per year
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MikeE
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Registered: 7th Mar 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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im on 9.5k a year in my third year of my apprentership. i have a nvq2 in a carpentry and joinery in september i be on £8 an hr and then sep 2007 i be on £10 an hr but i can earn £13-£15 hr else were. Will be going shop fitting when ive got 5 years experience in the trade and can earn 1k a week but u got to put the hrs in and work through the night and away from home alot to earn this cash.
[Edited on 22-04-2006 by MikeE]
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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More people should do apprenticeships instead of fucking off to Uni for a few years and dossing around.
Funny thing is these uni people go to get a job and they have had all that education but dont have any experience to be able to do the job. Experience in doing the job is more important than having letters after your name
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BigSte
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Registered: 27th Aug 02
Location: Sheffield
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quote:
Originally posted by Natalie
quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
£29k with bonuses/awards etc... + study that costs them about £4k a year
Accountant (not Uni qualified)
£25k, no bonuses/awards that I know of....but the partners seem to love me
Study as robbo already put....
Accountant (not Uni qualified)
Simlar to Robbo and Natalie...........
left school and couldn't be arsed carrying on with full-time education so did an apprenticeship doing accountancy......
Currently on 22k, which is a decent wage for Accountants in Sheffield, plus they pay for study.
I agree that uni/degrees are in a lot of cases pointless.
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SwN
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Registered: 12th Mar 01
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i supposidly made 15k this year after tax , selling timber / garden products .Fancy something new though as been doing this for 8 years 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Comment for the 'uni-is-pointless' corner:
I could have got my current job without my degree, so yeah, could have been starting to earn three years earlier and not got in to debt, however, next step up for me requires it. I will be able to start applying for these fairly soon, next few years, whereas anyone without a degree in my job currently would either need to go do something part time at night, or stay where they are.
Its not bad money right now, but I also don't want to stay on it forever.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
More people should do apprenticeships instead of fucking off to Uni for a few years and dossing around.
Funny thing is these uni people go to get a job and they have had all that education but dont have any experience to be able to do the job. Experience in doing the job is more important than having letters after your name
So the placement year most people do is not counted as work experience these days? Oh and what about the part time jobs most students have?
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gasman dan
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Registered: 8th Feb 06
Location: dudley, west mids
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
More people should do apprenticeships instead of fucking off to Uni for a few years and dossing around.
Funny thing is these uni people go to get a job and they have had all that education but dont have any experience to be able to do the job. Experience in doing the job is more important than having letters after your name
So the placement year most people do is not counted as work experience these days? Oh and what about the part time jobs most students have?
i had a part time job as well as doin an apprenticeship for the first 2 months, as i was only gettin paid 2quid an hour. i agree apprenticeships are a great way of trainin, but think there ought to be more legislation to protect apprentice rights. all my mates say they would love to do my job, but couldnt live on the wage i was on. i know all companys have their own pay structure for apprentices, but why aint ther no minimum level like there is with any other job?
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Part time job in Mcdonalds doesn't count
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gasman dan
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Registered: 8th Feb 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Part time job in Mcdonalds doesn't count
how the hell u kno that mystic matt?
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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quote:
Originally posted by gasman dan
quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Part time job in Mcdonalds doesn't count
how the hell u kno that mystic matt?
I wasn't referring to you posted at the same time as you did
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gasman dan
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Registered: 8th Feb 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
quote:
Originally posted by gasman dan
quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Part time job in Mcdonalds doesn't count
how the hell u kno that mystic matt?
I wasn't referring to you posted at the same time as you did
the fact u wasnt referrin to me only adds to the intrigue
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