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Originally posted by vetran View Posthe doesn't know much about support as most of his support team are afraid to go near him in case he kicks off last thing they want is to be bent over a desk by MF.
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After 20 years however you would expect someone to have risen up the ranks a little, the wages that go with being the IT manager while not great are better than the £14k you can now earn stacking shelves.
I still do it as a side project because no one else knows how to fix some things but I keep trying to escape.Comment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostIs that what Savile had to prevent him from being arrested?
In all seriousness, I agree, twunty has a point. Cost of living rises used to be the norm but mid-2000s onwards, it seem that you had to move jobs to get a pay rise. Same things seems to happen in contracting, but at least when the agent is on a percentage rather than a budget, they're on your side to get you more rather than hammer you.
I nearly doubled my pay here by jumping through a series of jobs. Wasn't even any upskilling involved really, just more years to put against the job in the CV and a better economy to allow me to do it.Comment
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostYes, currently not working, but not rotting on a sofa, watching JK, or claiming JSA.Comment
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Originally posted by unemployed View PostHaving been in 2nd line support off and on from 1998 onwards I am finding it hard to believe that contract rates aren't any higher than year 2000 and permanent is no higher either. Having been offered a support role for 30k in 2001 I am astounded that simple inflation has not increased these same jobs to around the 45k mark. I regularly get emails and calls for the same 30k figure or less. Funny that putting a roof over your head in 2000 would cost you 150k but now it's 500k. Where does it give???Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostYou're seriously asking if it's worth working for 'only' 30k? Have you worked out what you can get on benefits under your local council?
i don`t claim benefits never haveComment
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Originally posted by seanraaron View PostI've always had to move jobs to get any serious pay increase. I doubt there's been any reward for corporate loyalty since the 70s - certainly not in America. I stayed in my first sysadmin job for a year before leaving to work with the managed service company the contractor who trained me worked for. My boss was very unhappy, but I knew on the salary they were giving me it would take more than a decade to make what I was getting by jumping ship.
I nearly doubled my pay here by jumping through a series of jobs. Wasn't even any upskilling involved really, just more years to put against the job in the CV and a better economy to allow me to do it.Unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
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Originally posted by unemployed View Postits not much though is it , minimum wage in london really needs to be around this figure
i don`t claim benefits never haveOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostIt's hardly affluent but food on the table and a roof over your head is nice... maybe move away from London?
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Originally posted by NibblyPig View PostI did the same, my career is something like 6 mo, 5mo 1yr, 1yr, 6mo, 2yr, contracting. Each job was a healthy salary increase. I still have a mate working at the first gig, his salary over the past 6 years went from something like 16k to 25k.Comment
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