Wages in the UK
Jan 23rd 2014, 1:50 pm
#91
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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.'
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.'
Jan 23rd 2014, 1:54 pm
#92
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Re: Wages in the UK
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?
Jan 23rd 2014, 2:06 pm
#93
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Location: Maple Ridge, Super Natural British Columbia
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Re: Wages in the UK
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.
Jan 23rd 2014, 2:25 pm
#96
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Location: Airdrie, AB
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Re: Wages in the UK
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
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...
