Poll: What Salary would you be happy with?

[4T5]

What Salary would you be happy with?

None as in my experience no matter how much you get paid you just take it for granted/Get used to it.
The answer for me would be a wage that increases by a hundred quid every single week.

 

[Bunka]

None as in my experience no matter how much you get paid you just take it for granted/Get used to it.
The answer for me would be a wage that increases by a hundred quid every single week.

Circa 5k a year payrise? Difficult to achieve!

 

[King Damager]

None as in my experience no matter how much you get paid you just take it for granted/Get used to it.
The answer for me would be a wage that increases by a hundred quid every single week.

Hmm... Rough starting salary:
£20,000
100*52 = £5.2k a year extra.
Rough work period - 20-70 = 50 Years
50*5.2k = £275k + £20k = 295k

So you're looking at £300k by the time you retire

kd

 

[Deadbeat]

I'm the only one that'd be happy with 30-40k so far - and I'd be happy on the lower end of that! Currently earning about 17k basic, 20-21 with enhancements.

 

[Somnambulist]

Not sure about a ballpark figure but if I could save up comfortably for:
A Grand Designs style house (not tacky) in a decent area
Linkwitz Orion speakers and accompanying hifi/AV/computer gear.
Decent holidays now and then

That'd do. Children are really expensive so I'd be happier if the mother was also earning a decent amount as well (once she went back to work)! I think from what I've seen/experienced, I'd prefer to earn about double what I am now but leave it there, and look for making money in some other way on the side rather than a single high-power, high earning job.

 

[lee20010]

I envy all of you. As it stands I earn a whooping...16k a year

 

[Bunka]

Hmm... Rough starting salary:
£20,000
100*52 = £5.2k a year extra.
Rough work period - 20-70 = 50 Years
50*5.2k = £275k + £20k = 295k

So you're looking at £300k by the time you retire

kd

Sounds fairly legit if you've got your own business.

 

[KaHn]

I'm the only one that'd be happy with 30-40k so far - and I'd be happy on the lower end of that! Currently earning about 17k basic, 20-21 with enhancements.

It just comes down to what you are used to and what your earning potential is, my company charges 675/day for every day I'm in the office for 7hr days, I would be stupid to not expect a large chunk of that!

KaHn

 

[^TANK^]

I'm the only one that'd be happy with 30-40k so far - and I'd be happy on the lower end of that! Currently earning about 17k basic, 20-21 with enhancements.

I would be happy on 30-40k.

 

[Bunka]

It just comes down to what you are used to and what your earning potential is, my company charges 675/day for every day I'm in the office for 7hr days, I would be stupid to not expect a large chunk of that!

KaHn

I'm presuming this is something that could develop into a self employed consultancy capacity?

 

[Firestar_3x]

It just comes down to what you are used to and what your earning potential is, my company charges 675/day for every day I'm in the office for 7hr days, I would be stupid to not expect a large chunk of that!

KaHn

Depends on the job within the industry really, as a ballpark my dayrate is around that but i only see a fraction of the cash vs you, also location location location!

 

[TommyV]

top end of 4 atm, with no mortgage/kids disposable income is more than enough. Though I'm saving for travelling which is coming straight out of my disposable so it's somewhat crippled compared to what I was blowing in the past, once you get into the routine, saving decent amounts of cash is actually relatively easy once you've planned your lifestyle around it.

Will be happy once I'm eventually in 7.

I've set a target to 'earn more than your age in thousands' anyone else have this?

 

[Xinn]

Currently on 3 and dislike my job, would be happy on 5 with a job that I enjoyed doing and made me want to get up on a morning rather than have to get up on a morning.

 

[Radiation]

No my current quality of life is superb, if you capped people at 100k then you remove the incentive for people to work harder, instead you give more money to people who can only be bothered to do just enough.

Sounds like a great plan, let me guess you don't like people earning lots of money?

No you wouldn't when most people are lucky to make even 50k, the majority make a lot less, also don't confuse a lot of money with hard work, in reality most work a little more because it's something they like or get lucky and make a lot of money off the backs of others, im all for a fair profit and income, just not one thats gets greedy at the expense of others.

Look at it like this, take your average actor, musician, sports player or top business man who gets successful by luck or little hard work for a while, once they've made it they make excessive amounts at the expense of others, usually simply by the fact lots of people are paying, instead the goods should cost less so people can in turn spend more else where improving the economy as a whole.

 

[Dolph]

It isn't a number, it's a lifestyle. Hence I'm in the money doesn't matter category

 

[Dolph]

No you wouldn't when most people are lucky to make even 50k, the majority make a lot less, also don't confuse a lot of money with hard work, in reality most work a little more because it's something they like or get lucky and make a lot of money off the backs of others, im all for a fair profit and income, just not one thats gets greedy at the expense of others.

Look at it like this, take your average actor, musician, sports player or top business man who gets successful by luck or little hard work for a while, once they've made it they make excessive amounts at the expense of others, usually simply by the fact lots of people are paying, instead the goods should cost less so people can in turn spend more else where improving the economy as a whole.

Back to authoritarianism already?

 

[Firestar_3x]

No you wouldn't when most people are lucky to make even 50k, the majority make a lot less, also don't confuse a lot of money with hard work, in reality most work a little more because it's something they like or get lucky and make a lot of money off the backs of others, im all for a fair profit and income, just not one thats gets greedy at the expense of others.

Look at it like this, take your average actor, musician, sports player or top business man who gets successful by luck or little hard work for a while, once they've made it they make excessive amounts at the expense of others, usually simply by the fact lots of people are paying, instead the goods should cost less so people can in turn spend more else where improving the economy as a whole.

Then why goto law school, become a top doc, airplane pilot, engineer, stock broker? These are all hard to attain jobs which take a lot of work, they command a high wage because few people can do them.

Put a wage ceiling at 100k and people won't bother doing these jobs, they will instead do lesser jobs which takes less training, now you have less skilled people in your country so your total earning pot is smaller, you have less money to pay everyone.

It's a stupid idea, if you get lucky / work hard then you deserve all the money you get.

I personally think people who have higher paying jobs should be taxed less than they currently are.

 

[elmarko]

This thread makes me

I'm currently earning 1....And I dont see any real way for me to earn more than that. My own fault, but its hard to climb the pay grade ladder when you already have a home to look after and a low paying job you have to keep to pay your rent.

Eugh....

/wrists

Don't feel bad, I'm sure 90% of the people in this thread have bumped up there wage by 10k (people exaggerate in real life, then remember we are on the internet.

Me,

I'd be happy to stay at around 4/5 (assuming living costs don't constantly rise).

I also agree that wages should be capped, excessive greed damages social cohesion.

Besides, high monetary rewards don't improve performance for jobs which require cognitive ability - just a pay level to stop the worker worrying about bills.

If you don't believe me, look up the research.

 

[randomshenans]

Bah, I work hard in the right areas. I will never be satisfied until I can sit back and the money makes itself i.e. my own business or something.

Currently past 100k but it's all relative, review soon and I'll be after more than that.

 

[Bunka]

It isn't a number, it's a lifestyle. Hence I'm in the money doesn't matter category

Surely the lifestyle that you wish to follow is linked directly to salary? Without wage x you couldn't pay for a house that you like, breaks away, social events with friends etc.

I don't see these figures as black and white, "I want to earn x". It's more a case of if I was earning x, I'd be able to afford a lifestyle that is attractive to me.