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Re: Wages in the UK
From NY Times: For the Love of Money
For those who couldn't be assed reading the article, high earning WS kid who suddenly grows a conscience and sees the bloodsucking and insatiable side of his old hangout. Honorable quotations: 'IN my last year on Wall Street my bonus was $3.6 million — and I was angry because it wasn’t big enough.' 'I generally think that if one is rich and believes they have “enough,†they are not a wealth addict. On Wall Street, in my experience, that sense of “enough†is rare. The money guy doing a job he complains about for yet another year so he can add $2 million to his $20 million bank account seems like an addict.' |
Re: Wages in the UK
Originally Posted by jwtimmon
(Post 11092838)
Love the comments on that article. That last couple with 2 kids earning 200K and claim they have nothing left at the end of the month after spending 840 a month eating out, 1,000 a month on clothes, 400 a month on vitamins creams and lotions, oh yeah and 1,200 on the mortgage for their summerhouse. Somebody should start a charity for them maybe we can do a live aid concert and stuff. FFS!
Did anybody here watch the Wolf of Wall Street yet? Is it any good? |
Re: Wages in the UK
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 11075319)
Not true.
Two-thirds of what my 2 bed, terraced house in Bristol went for paid for a 4 bedroom detached house on a double lot and a 1 bed/2 bed duplex. Both properties in the city. Ah well, lucky you! It is grimmer up north. One early 1990s 3 bedroom detached house in Carlisle and one nice modern two bedroom apartment St. Annes on Sea plus a very large wad of cash will be exchanged for one 4 bedroom house in Langley area. WHEN I get the UK properties sold. Recovery my arse, unless you are in SE England. Until then, will be paying out $2100 per month in rent. |
Re: Wages in the UK
Originally Posted by JamesM
(Post 11092932)
Hahaha.
Did anybody here watch the Wolf of Wall Street yet? Is it any good? |
Re: Wages in the UK
Originally Posted by JamesM
(Post 11092932)
Hahaha.
Did anybody here watch the Wolf of Wall Street yet? Is it any good? |
Re: Wages in the UK
Originally Posted by montreal mike
(Post 11072073)
Chartered and certified accountants £38,283
if true then that is horrific FFS even at a junior entry level a bean-counter here makes as much as that in dollars and currency parity is my bible as a dollar is, as far as i am concerned, same as sterling given the cost of living across the pond so in retrospect i made the right decision when i got out some 51 years ago:) Seriously doubt CA's and ACCA members earn less than that... |
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