i was expecting it to be more.
What Britain Earns
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i was expecting it to be more.
Trouble is, you have to work quite hard as a plumber, and personally I dont fancy working with toilets and boilers. People slam office jobs, but I get paid a nice salary to drink coffee and post on ocuk
I get paid a slightly disapointing salary to do the same thing with occasional playing with toys
When you take out a mortgage, you tend to owe more than your salary... what's your point?
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My point is that the economy is not generating as much revenue as there is debt. This means there is a deficit occurring, which can get worse, and end up in some serious recessionary issues in the longer term. Which will screw things up somewhat. Thats my point.
Surely that would only happen if we're not generating as much as the interest to service the debt?
I do agree that we are far too indebted as a nation though.
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And what a slippery slope that is...
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Great show, only caught the last of it
Good at the end where Jon and Peter Snow revealed they were on 100k and 75k respectively
Good at the end where Jon and Peter Snow revealed they were on 100k and 75k respectively
That show made me want to be a trader. I loved how they told him off for using the word 'gambling' when on the stocks/shares simulation thing (even though he didn't actually own the stocks or shars which I was vewry confused by!)
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I didn't see the programme as we were watching some crappy movie instead but from reading through some of these posts on here I'd have to say 100K P/A for a plumber =
Surely thats a tad optimistic?
Couldn't agree more with Panthro, however from a personal point of view am growing sick fed up of faffing around with the ineptitude of the majority of my co workers I've decided to get out of my current job and sit my HGV tests this year. I hear there's a shortage of qualified drivers and the earning potential is quite good? Was this mentioned on the programme?
Still dont think I'll manage to break into the top 10% though
Surely thats a tad optimistic?
Trouble is, you have to work quite hard as a plumber, and personally I dont fancy working with toilets and boilers. People slam office jobs, but I get paid a nice salary to drink coffee and post on ocuk
Couldn't agree more with Panthro, however from a personal point of view am growing sick fed up of faffing around with the ineptitude of the majority of my co workers I've decided to get out of my current job and sit my HGV tests this year. I hear there's a shortage of qualified drivers and the earning potential is quite good? Was this mentioned on the programme?
Still dont think I'll manage to break into the top 10% though
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100k for a plumber sounds a lot, but if you think about it, its actually 100k+ a year for a plumbing business (which happens to only have one plumber working for it).
No annual leave, no sick leave, no perk package, no pension. Being self employed has sacrifices and responsibility for the rewards .
No annual leave, no sick leave, no perk package, no pension. Being self employed has sacrifices and responsibility for the rewards .
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Yes, because of the stigma of being a gambler, but the reality is that is exactly what traders do. They are gambling client's money on the likelihood of a stock or commodity rising or falling in value.
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The guy in the prog did not own the business, he was an employee. If I remember correctly his boss, who owned the firm got £1M.
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the guy who started moneysupermarket.com!!
OMG he got £100m last year from the float of his company. he stills owns 55% and its now worth £800m!!!
Yes, but he's also a bit of a tit and lonely man with no one to share his money. Although when he takes some of us to the Chester races he does love buying us all the champagne we can drink!
Between 20-30 k IIRC