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If pay is your main goal, then the Fast Stream seems to be the best to give you something comparable to good private sector jobs
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no, unless a life of relative poverty sounds appealing
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- 16-01-2018 12:02
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- 16-01-2018 12:03
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(Original post by Puddles the Monkey)
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- 19-01-2018 16:56
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If pay is your main goal, then the Fast Stream seems to be the best to give you something comparable to good private sector jobs -
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(Original post by Puddles the Monkey)
(E.g. teaching, police, fire, social work, prison service and so on)
Do you think it's worthwhile working in these careers?
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- 19-01-2018 22:32
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Yes. All of this crap that they don't earn enough is lies. Median salary does NOT equal to the average salary, so if you are average/above average you are NOT in the middle. As well as opportunities in London such as key workers accomodation that private sector people could only dream of having, now imagine adding up the pension, accomodation prices discounts, the granteed pay rises and high job security, is it better in private or pubic sector? -
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Good pension.
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From a salary perspective, something that allows you to live fairly well - maybe £45k+? I believe the Fast Stream pays that after some progression, so a good paying salary in this ball park in the private sector would be a good comparison. -
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- 20-01-2018 12:43
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So youd be a mug to go private sector?
Lets say accountancy, which I'm going to go into...
Public sector: £30,000 - £50,000
Private sector: £25,000 - £110,000
You could start in public sector and later on move to private sector as it maybe easier to progress up to ACA accountant. It's all evens out if you be smart. -
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- 20-01-2018 14:34
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It depends how you define poverty. I am a first year teacher. I quit my £300 a day job and now earn £23k a year. But I will see your 20 days mandatory holiday a year and raise you 13 weeks! I also now have something called "job satisfaction". -
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- 20-01-2018 20:02
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What Job is it you left by any chance? -
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What Job is it you left by any chance? -
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- 21-01-2018 16:11
I don’t really get the ‘**** pay’ argument.
In the public sector I get: A very decent pension (albeit it’s recently been made more mediocre but still my employer is putting in double my contributions so combined £1200 a month)
I get 160/170 days off a year.
Hopefully job satisfaction but admittedly not been doing the job long enough to know. Imagine working 5 days a week hating and dreading your work. Been there... got that t-shirt.
And other nice tax perks.
Plus I have security. I will have full pay for 18 months if off ill or sick. Death in service (although already have private Life Insurance) plus I’ve got CIC too.
Far far more security than the private sector.
My pay is guaranteed to hit almost 40k within 10 years without a promotion (10k above the average and I don’t live in a big city so cost of living is low. 2/3 bed semi-detached is 150kish. 200k would get you somewhere pretty nice)Last edited by Unistudent77; 21-01-2018 at 16:18. -
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(Original post by Puddles the Monkey)
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And other nice tax perks.
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