FYI Know any federal employees? Wanna know how much they make?
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cost of living, bro. 27k is certainly "livable" in most places of the country. hell you can "live" on 27k a year in ny, dc, la, and chicago. you won't have a swank apartment or a huge car payment but if you're a security guard or a secretary, you probably shouldn't
it works out to roughly $13/hr
that's what you pay a secretary at a doctor's office. they answer phones and pull charts. I'm assuming that's what she means in her job description, if on the other hand it requires some kind of training or certification that's a different story
plus, y'know, health care
man I can't search for anyone I know 
the only treasury person whose name I remember left a while ago
the only treasury person whose name I remember left a while ago
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
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Answering phones and pulling charts would be receptionist work here. We sort out the waiting lists, type all clinical letters, answer phone queries, set up the clinics, do audits, set meetings, co-ordinate patient care with wards, book people in for appointments and procedures, code procedures etc. People in doctors surgeries don't do that, hospital medical secretarial work is a bit different and really it's quite specific because it always takes months to get use to the medical terminology within that speciality etc. as opposed to just general secretarial work. I guess in a way it's more on par with a legal secretary than it with normal secretaries, most the women do have typing certificates, medical terminology certificates and all that old school jazz. I just have google.
My hourly pay aftter tax is roughly £9.50/hour which is more $15, but whatevs. It's a good job that I didn't need experience in because when I came in the department was a mess and they weren't too picky.
ok, that makes sense. still, it's on par with the job description. it's just under 30 grand a year here. I lived on 30 grand a year in downtown chicago with a condo overlooking the lake, it's well above almost livable. you don't get to save much but you don't have to live paycheck to paycheck if you budget properly
plus you don't have to worry about health insurance
plus you don't have to worry about health insurance
I was going to pipe in too and say nemos pay is reasonable for her job.
As far as paying mortgage and car payments or whatever else you guys were talking about... Of course she can afford it... She lives in a dumpster.
As far as paying mortgage and car payments or whatever else you guys were talking about... Of course she can afford it... She lives in a dumpster.
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
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Man food costs a lot here. England is pretty fucked up these days with the recession. For the first year or two I was like 'lol doesn't affect me' but it really has started to with inflation going mad and bills going up constantly. Kind of sucks.
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
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True, we don't have to worry about health insurance, but we still pay for it in a roundabout way. 20% income tax, 8% national insurance, council tax, car tax, VAT at 20% (on everything you buy), petrol at £1.35/litre (Yes, PER LITRE). The way I look at my job is I didn't need qualifications for it, it affords me pretty much everything I need (bar nice vaca's but they're not necessary) and it's not so stressful that it detracts too much from doing my degree full time at the same time. Plus I only work 34hrs, I could work more hours but then it would eat into my degree.
hahaha @ living on 27k per year in the DC area. More than half your monthly salary would be rent, and not much would be left after bills. Fine if you are a young single person who can live like a student, but I hardly call that living. That lifestyle sucks ass.
http://www.apartmentguide.com/apartments/District-of-Columbia/Washington/Elsinore-Courtyard/43954/
Like I said, you wouldn't be saving much. So yeah, not much would be left after bills but you'd still be living. We're not talking about how you would prefer to live, we're talking whether or not any person could live on that wage in that area. You also can't compare one of the four most expensive cities in the nation to the average cost of living in England. The point is that the salary is commensurate with the position. That same position in DC or Chicago or NYC would probably have a higher hourly wage.
If you're in your early 20s and working a job like security or clerical work you should expect to live like a student. You can't expect most fields that don't require additional schooling or at least some kind of licensing/certification (or even many years of experience) to pay much above that.
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