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£25k/year isn't good, most social science grads from lower-ranked unis will make more than this. The only exceptions tend to be jobs that select heavily from gr
by skippyboxedhero 3y ago
£25k/year isn't good, most social science grads from lower-ranked unis will make more than this. The only exceptions tend to be jobs that select heavily from groups with inherited wealth (journalism, PR, politics, etc.).
There are plumbers in the UK who don't work full-time and make £300k/year (Pimlico Plumbers, notoriously, pay massive salaries because they do a lot of on-call work in central London). It doesn't cost a million to buy a house in most of London, they just built the Elizabeth line which goes fairly deep outside central London so you can live outside and work inside quite easily.
This is not to say that there aren't issues with wages, with house prices but they are significantly more complex than people outside the UK think...who will often compare tech salaries outside London with those in SF, as if people working in tech in WV are earning the same as in SF (this is particularly strange because most of the companies in SF have offices in London where they pay the same amounts).
- switch007 3y agoWas your source of those £300k “salaries” the Daily Mail and Express “articles” that came out just before the then company owner announced a bid to become mayor of London in 2021? I heard that is turnover for the “employee”, not a salary, and you have to account for VAT, paying the company for admin/ marketing and other business expenses etc which are no small sums
- skippyboxedhero 3y agoNo, it comes from living in Pimlico, and knowing how much these people are making. No, it isn't. Again, this comes from knowing what these people are actually making rather than Googling furiously to prove someone wrong online. You can find endless articles about this though, emergency plumbers make a lot of money, Pimlico Plumbers have been paying these kind of salaries for decades.
- switch007 3y agoAh ok your source is “trust me bro”. Though I admit with it being salary information, it’s not the easiest to cite. I was trying to find sources, not prove you wrong. I was genuinely curious and very very skeptical at those are huge sums even for a plumber in central London. Here’s a source of £89k for a plumber doing 60 hours a week and the MD £100k https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/751087/what-happened-when-pimlico-plumbers-leaked-everyones-salary/amp/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/751087/what-happened-when-piml... Shrug… I guess if there are endless articles citing £300k you can easily reply with a link?
- MattPalmer1086 3y agoYou are joking right? £300k for a plumber? I looked around and typical salaries are more like £30k-£50k. And I looked at Pimlico Plumbers.