X 60RSA
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Registered: 20th Aug 01
Location: Lincoln
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I can barely live on 20k a year basic and i still live at home!
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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 X 60RSA
I can barely live on 20k a year basic and i still live at home!
on 90 quid a week i managed to keep my 1.2 on the road pay 10 quid board n smoke, didnt drink for the first 12months! its gud in a way cuz its taught me to look after me money more and restrict what i spend. sayin this my wage has just triple so iv gone n bought a new car, with the extra insurance n loan iv taken out ill only have an extra tenner a week to spend on booze worth it for a black 1.6 with 30k on the clock
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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22k and steadliy rising, gone up from 16.5 about 12 months ago which was nice, got loads more responsiblity etc since then and loads of holes to fill at the minute so pretty happy.
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Gavin_G
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Registered: 12th Apr 02
Location: Bucks
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My best mate at Uni graduated and walked straight into a £47k job with Lockheed Martin  lucky son of a b*tch
I graduated and went onto law school, here now... 
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MikeE
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Registered: 7th Mar 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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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
couldn't agree more Matty
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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im on 19K per year before overtime
but i need more
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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Originally posted by robmarriott
makes me £1560 a year better off
still not earning enough though 
Good news Robin.
Every little helps.
Especially with the car. 
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Mase
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Registered: 16th Sep 01
Location: Derbyshire
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Originally posted by ed
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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'm starting my placement next year, i think the salary is £10400 ish, with the possibility of sponsorship through my final uni year.
Mase
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I feel people have a gross mis-understanding about what a degree course involves now. The comments made may have been true about 10 years ago, but since then a lot of modernisation has happened. Yet still people still like to tell me I am wasting my time. Oh well, in 4 or 5 years time, they can come and make tea and coffee for me.
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Mase
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Registered: 16th Sep 01
Location: Derbyshire
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
I feel people have a gross mis-understanding about what a degree course involves now. The comments made may have been true about 10 years ago, but since then a lot of modernisation has happened. Yet still people still like to tell me I am wasting my time. Oh well, in 4 or 5 years time, they can come and make tea and coffee for me.
true and it makes me laugh when my mate tells me not to bother going to uni because "i'll get myself into too much debt".....this is the same mate who declared himself bankrupt earlier this year.....ohhh he irony...
Mase
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Craig W
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Registered: 31st Oct 00
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£41k (2 jobs)
[Edited on 22-04-2006 by Craig W]
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Ally yes, i was poor, now im slightly less poor
Jules, it pisses me off too, the money i make for the company, and i get paid naff all for it
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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quote:
Originally posted by BigSte
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Originally posted by Natalie
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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.
Thats a very good package for oop north lad
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
I feel people have a gross mis-understanding about what a degree course involves now. The comments made may have been true about 10 years ago, but since then a lot of modernisation has happened. Yet still people still like to tell me I am wasting my time. Oh well, in 4 or 5 years time, they can come and make tea and coffee for me.
Sometimes they bare irrelevant, but as Ian says, sometimes you need them... Accountancy is an interesting industry fre. degrees... they mean fk all unless u want to become a partner in a top 4 firm (which do not go to those deservinfg it necy, its a class thing)... accountants who have been to uni do not generally have better career prsospects or knowledge than those who worked whilst studying (as BigSte, Natalie, Marcus Foster, myself et al have done!)
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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quote:
Originally posted by Craig W
£41k (2 jobs)
[Edited on 22-04-2006 by Craig W]
Does that include your moonlighting? 
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Mattss Corsa
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Registered: 11th Jan 03
Location: Milton Keynes (BUCKS)
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Im on 28k + Overtime when i want and still sort for a deposit on my house
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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thats fucking good for someone of your age.
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Mattss Corsa
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Registered: 11th Jan 03
Location: Milton Keynes (BUCKS)
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Not really lol, puttin my life at risk everyday on the roads Deserve more, allot more!
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MarkW
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Registered: 19th Mar 04
Location: Orpington, Kent
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Originally posted by Mattss Corsa
Not really lol, puttin my life at risk everyday on the roads Deserve more, allot more!
y what you do?
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Mattss Corsa
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Registered: 11th Jan 03
Location: Milton Keynes (BUCKS)
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Work for a company called Carillion - URS for the highways agency mate. I throw cones out to piss motorists off
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MarkW
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Registered: 19th Mar 04
Location: Orpington, Kent
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ahh 
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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will be on 30k in july, 26k the now plus extra shifts if i want...
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ClaireF
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Registered: 1st Nov 05
Location: hurlford, scotland Drives: corsa again
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i am waiting on getting a pay rise, normally get one after easter
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welshdude
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Registered: 6th Feb 03
Location: Swansea. Drives: 2006 Impreza STI
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I'm on 16k a year, not bad for the work that I do (desk job so sod all really) Plus I stand in for my boss and get over time
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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19k a year, with another rise in July and Jan.
ITs no where near enuf
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