That's what I was getting at. I wasn't claiming City workers don't do anything, but they wouldn't have jobs if people didn't spend money or have other jobs, and vice versa.
Predicted 20,000 city jobs to go this year
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I would've expected a lot more than £30p/h
me too - that's not a million miles from my salaried 38h week really...
that said if it is £30 an hour, and they get paid by the hour, and can do a 70h week, then...
Well my overtime is paid at £22.50 an hour so it's not far away and I can easily put in 20-30 hours extra a week if I really want to. I was under the impression that "The City" was full of uber-high earners? Does make me feel better about my wage though
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Great. Loads of money and... no time to spend it becuase you are either at work, going to or from work, asleep or too burnt out to do anything..
Well my overtime is paid at £22.50 an hour so it's not far away and I can easily put in 20-30 hours extra a week if I really want to. I was under the impression that "The City" was full of uber-high earners? Does make me feel better about my wage though
You're comparing your wage to the back office monkeys though.
the uber high earners don't get paid by the hour
Nah 60-70 hour weeks and an active social life is easy - work hard, play hard, you soon get used to it![TW]Fox;11493326 said:
Work 8am-8pm, go out 8pm-1am, job done The City is a different world, chockfull of 20-30yr old young professionals earning stackloads of cash with zero/minimal responsibilities. Makes for fun times
Nah 60-70 hour weeks and an active social life is easy - work hard, play hard, you soon get used to it!
The City is a different world, chockfull of 20-30yr old young professionals earning stackloads of cash with zero/minimal responsibilities. Makes for fun times
Aiiiight
This 'wideboy' is now off to sit behind a desk and stare at a computer screen all day. Hope everyone has a good day
The City is a different world, chockfull of 20-30yr old young professionals earning stackloads of cash with zero/minimal responsibilities. Makes for fun times
Why do you call them professionals?
The City is a different world, chockfull of 20-30yr old young professionals earning stackloads of cash with zero/minimal responsibilities. Makes for fun times
Not quite, the responsibilities are greater, as is the workload.
If you're on a decent wage then you ARE good. Remember banks and the like don't pay top whack just because. They pay it because they want the best and they have to compete with other city companies for the best and if they don't think you're up to it there's none of this 'development' malarky. They'll just bin you.
I'm sure everyone has a story about a dumb city worker on more than he knows what to do with but my job is working with different banks and large companies - many of which are in the city and the calibre of people is very high compared to outside.
Some people in this thread are so pathetic. Why so much anger towards people who are succesful, sure some may be big headed, but when you are earning what some of them do, then I guess you can.
One of the reasons London is such an important city is because of all the banking, but yeah, I hope they lose all their jobs
One of the reasons London is such an important city is because of all the banking, but yeah, I hope they lose all their jobs
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No. Not unless the Fire Service is suddenly hit by some kind of crisis and if that happened the rest of the UK would be in a very bad state...
City workers have a very risky job but they are paid for this risk.
They already are in a recession.
They do need to burden some of the responsibility true, but wishing individuals who are just meeting targets ill?
What now?
Don't you have a pension?