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So what is a "good" rate?

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    #11
    100 times more than the rate my butler gets.

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      #12
      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
      100 times more than the rate my butler gets.
      £ 650+

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        #13
        Originally posted by oliverson View Post
        £ 650+
        Butlers are highly paid nowadays.
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #14
          Good grief, even in the late 1990's I would have described a good rate as being above 400 a day. How times haven't moved on. This is like saying anything above 30K is a great salary.
          I'm alright Jack

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            #15
            Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
            Good grief, even in the late 1990's I would have described a good rate as being above 400 a day. How times haven't moved on. This is like saying anything above 30K is a great salary.
            Firstly, the key word is "good", not great.

            Secondly, even after a good amount of expenses, £400p/d is putting you in the top 2% of earners in the country. £30k, on the other hand, is only just above the average salary.

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              #16
              Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
              Good grief, even in the late 1990's I would have described a good rate as being above 400 a day. How times haven't moved on. This is like saying anything above 30K is a great salary.
              Times change.

              Java when it was the big thing in the 90's, I knew a guy on 2.5K per day.
              That wasn't unusual.
              The Chunt of Chunts.

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                #17
                Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
                This is like saying anything above 30K is a great salary.
                Funnily enough 30K is now the base salary for many support & back office roles in the city so FS sector seems to think its a great salary. I remember the good old days when they used to have to offer £50-60K + a hefty bonus to fill these roles (you needed all of that as well to pay the daily lunchtime bar bill alone!!).

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                  #18
                  A good rate is one that pays the bills and allows you to build a decent warchest. A great rate does that in a shorter amount of time.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
                    A good rate is one that pays the bills and allows you to build a decent warchest. A great rate does that in a shorter amount of time.
                    It does, as long as it lasts
                    The Chunt of Chunts.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
                      Better than your last rate.
                      +1 from me.
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