Are you worth your wage?

[alreadypacked]

Everybody,

steer well clear

they'll end up making us look like bigger cants than we are

spoiling our business

etc
etc

avoid


Milan.

So you have signed up then

[alreadypacked]

Me too! Me too!

I was expecting that would get you going

[minestrone]

The 600 quid I pay myself every month?

Absolutely.

My investment in minestrone ltd has been giving great returns and will continue to do so.

[realityhack]

Don't most of us earn minimum wage? You're looking in the wrong place.

<innocent whistle />

[swamp]

My issue is with the word: worth. It begs an undeserved sense of entitlement.

What an individual is 'worth' has no bearing on what they are paid. Never has done and never will do. Everything is and must be measured against the business case. Most people are paid enough so they don't leave, thereby supporting the business they work for.

Us contractors are typically measured in terms of how we can deliver a particular business case. It may seem steep to pay a contractor £500+ a day to cut some code for six months, but if that code enables the company to make a few more £m then who cares?

Is someone ever 'worth' paying, say, £100m a day? Most people would of course say 'no'. Then ask them what is the most they would pay someone to put out the oil fires in Kuwait after the first Iraq war.

[DimPrawn]

Are you worth your wage?

Perhaps some contractors at L'Oreal might be interested?

[Sysman]

Exactly - "Invoice: £1 for fixing the boiler by telling someone else where to hit it with a hammer, £499 for knowing where to hit it."

FTFY.

But that's the spirit!

And yes, I have done the computer equivalent of that.

[MaryPoppins]

ARE YOU WORTH YOUR WAGE?

We are looking for talented professionals who are absolutely worth their wage to appear in a new series for Channel 4 about working life and pay in Britain.

The purpose of the series is simple. We will follow a small group of talented individuals with contrasting jobs and salaries as they spend time experiencing and comparing each other’s working lives. We are particularly keen to find successful individuals willing to demonstrate the hard work, responsibility, working hours and pressure that comes with being a high-earner.

This series goes beyond tabloid stereotypes and instead of criticising high earners - instead looks at why different jobs are worth their wage. We want to challenge preconceptions about certain professions and break the taboo about revealing how much we earn.

Are you stereotyped based on your job? Would you like the chance to set the record straight about your profession and show how you are worth every penny?

To register your interest or for more information email workingbritain@walltowall.co.uk or call Sarah on 0207 241 9300.

So, you want us to go on TV to brag about how much we earn? While so many people in the country are suffering through redundancies, etc. The programme sounds bloody awful.

[DimPrawn]

So, you want us to go on TV to brag about how much we earn? While so many people in the country are suffering through redundancies, etc. The programme sounds bloody awful.

CUK TV. Can't wait!

[MaryPoppins]

CUK TV. Can't wait!