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Comparable market sector pay.

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kazardaimenu
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by kazardaimenu »

How’s that work out? If I’m on a 37hr contract and do 3hrs ot I’m not clearing £500 take home.
funkflex55
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by funkflex55 »

I would expect that to come to about £573 before deductions on the new contract. So probably around £500 after although I'm not sure how much.
Barnacle
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by Barnacle »

To take home around £500, I’d have to work approx. 47hrs.
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Acca Dacca
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by Acca Dacca »

Smoothbackground wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 17:28
Bounced_Czech wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 14:25
Gavintott wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 21:10
LouBarlow wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 20:45
Shirtbuttons wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 20:05
I really don’t know how true this is but a neighbour works for another courier and tells me he averages £2000 a month take home for mon -Fri 7am to 3 pm
definitely true.
About the same as a new postie doing 40hrs per week then.
A new start has a take home pay of £500 a week?? :shock:
It’s actually more than £500 take-home for those on a 40-hour DPR contract - roughly £520 clear pw. £650 pw take-home is easily achievable with a bit of OT.
Can you break that down because my maths aint mathing

£520 for 40 hours is £13 an hour after tax and national insurance comes off so something like £15 an hour before?

I thought 40 hour contract would now only be on the newer terms which have a lower hourly rate than those of us employed before 2022
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ted_e_bear
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by ted_e_bear »

Acca Dacca wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 20:18
Smoothbackground wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 17:28
Bounced_Czech wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 14:25
Gavintott wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 21:10
LouBarlow wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 20:45
Shirtbuttons wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 20:05
I really don’t know how true this is but a neighbour works for another courier and tells me he averages £2000 a month take home for mon -Fri 7am to 3 pm
definitely true.
About the same as a new postie doing 40hrs per week then.
A new start has a take home pay of £500 a week?? :shock:
It’s actually more than £500 take-home for those on a 40-hour DPR contract - roughly £520 clear pw. £650 pw take-home is easily achievable with a bit of OT.
Can you break that down because my maths aint mathing

£520 for 40 hours is £13 an hour after tax and national insurance comes off so something like £15 an hour before?

I thought 40 hour contract would now only be on the newer terms which have a lower hourly rate than those of us employed before 2022
Going by previous posts iirc smoothbackground has said she's on the higher "London" area rate so £14.87 per hour which makes those figures more realistic
£14.87 x 40 = £594.80 pre deductions, don't forget above 40 hours that would increase to nearly £18.60.
Smoothbackground
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by Smoothbackground »

Acca Dacca wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 20:18
Smoothbackground wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 17:28
Bounced_Czech wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 14:25
Gavintott wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 21:10
LouBarlow wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 20:45
Shirtbuttons wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 20:05
I really don’t know how true this is but a neighbour works for another courier and tells me he averages £2000 a month take home for mon -Fri 7am to 3 pm
definitely true.
About the same as a new postie doing 40hrs per week then.
A new start has a take home pay of £500 a week?? :shock:
It’s actually more than £500 take-home for those on a 40-hour DPR contract - roughly £520 clear pw. £650 pw take-home is easily achievable with a bit of OT.
Can you break that down because my maths aint mathing

£520 for 40 hours is £13 an hour after tax and national insurance comes off so something like £15 an hour before?

I thought 40 hour contract would now only be on the newer terms which have a lower hourly rate than those of us employed before 2022
No problem. Unfortunately my take-home pay is skewed by all the OT I do, but here is an example breakdown for you to ponder over.

So this is an example from May 2024, where I did minimal OT as I was off for the first week and was taking it easy for a bit on coming back:

Basic pay: 173:56 hours — £2,586.67
Overtime May 2024: 8:45 hours — £162.66
HP NPens OT: 32.00 hours — £113.28
LESS PSE Adj RMDCP MIN: -£129.33
Gross pay: £2,733.28
LESS deductions for tax, NI, Personal Assurance and Dental of £562.34
Net pay: £2,170.94

(£2,170.94 x12 ÷52= £500.99 net per week)

Need to bear in mind that there are are “optional” deductions from net pay of £90.52 for personal assurance and dental cover, as well as pension contribution deducted gross from salary, all of which reduce the take-home figure. The take-home figure would be closer to £550 per week without pension and other options.

This is a very decent job by market standards. This is the “smallest” of all my RM payslips!
Tman
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by Tman »

You could always exercise your freedom of choice and move to a less f***ing shite job?
LouBarlow
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by LouBarlow »

Tman wrote:
20 Jul 2024, 11:35
You could always exercise your freedom of choice and move to a less f***ing shite job?
He’s already left once. He hates it so much he rejoined and then wastes his time here discussing a job he can’t stand. What an enigma.
Sean06
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by Sean06 »

it really is amazing how many people stay in a sh##e effing job :Very Happy
Playmail
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by Playmail »

Labour are on about putting the minimum wage to £15 we will be all on minimum wage soon
kazardaimenu
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by kazardaimenu »

We’ll all be on £15ph soon but the new starts will get £18.75 for overtime and the older contracts will get £15 :hmmmm
Smoothbackground
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by Smoothbackground »

Bounced_Czech wrote:
20 Jul 2024, 10:17
Smoothbackground wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 21:40
Acca Dacca wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 20:18
Smoothbackground wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 17:28
Bounced_Czech wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 14:25
Gavintott wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 21:10
LouBarlow wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 20:45
Shirtbuttons wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 20:05
I really don’t know how true this is but a neighbour works for another courier and tells me he averages £2000 a month take home for mon -Fri 7am to 3 pm
definitely true.
About the same as a new postie doing 40hrs per week then.
A new start has a take home pay of £500 a week?? :shock:
It’s actually more than £500 take-home for those on a 40-hour DPR contract - roughly £520 clear pw. £650 pw take-home is easily achievable with a bit of OT.
Can you break that down because my maths aint mathing

£520 for 40 hours is £13 an hour after tax and national insurance comes off so something like £15 an hour before?

I thought 40 hour contract would now only be on the newer terms which have a lower hourly rate than those of us employed before 2022
No problem. Unfortunately my take-home pay is skewed by all the OT I do, but here is an example breakdown for you to ponder over.

So this is an example from May 2024, where I did minimal OT as I was off for the first week and was taking it easy for a bit on coming back:

Basic pay: 173:56 hours — £2,586.67
Overtime May 2024: 8:45 hours — £162.66
HP NPens OT: 32.00 hours — £113.28
LESS PSE Adj RMDCP MIN: -£129.33
Gross pay: £2,733.28
LESS deductions for tax, NI, Personal Assurance and Dental of £562.34
Net pay: £2,170.94

(£2,170.94 x12 ÷52= £500.99 net per week)

Need to bear in mind that there are are “optional” deductions from net pay of £90.52 for personal assurance and dental cover, as well as pension contribution deducted gross from salary, all of which reduce the take-home figure. The take-home figure would be closer to £550 per week without pension and other options.

This is a very decent job by market standards. This is the “smallest” of all my RM payslips!
There is nothing very decent about it. It's a f***ing shite job.
I’m sorry to hear yours is a f***ing shite job, CarryingMgt. Thankfully mine is very decent. Given you knew what you were letting yourself in, why did you rejoin?
LouBarlow
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Joined: 15 Oct 2007, 18:56

Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by LouBarlow »

Smoothbackground wrote:
20 Jul 2024, 17:31
Bounced_Czech wrote:
20 Jul 2024, 10:17
Smoothbackground wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 21:40
Acca Dacca wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 20:18
Smoothbackground wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 17:28
Bounced_Czech wrote:
19 Jul 2024, 14:25
Gavintott wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 21:10
LouBarlow wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 20:45
Shirtbuttons wrote:
18 Jul 2024, 20:05
I really don’t know how true this is but a neighbour works for another courier and tells me he averages £2000 a month take home for mon -Fri 7am to 3 pm
definitely true.
About the same as a new postie doing 40hrs per week then.
A new start has a take home pay of £500 a week?? :shock:
It’s actually more than £500 take-home for those on a 40-hour DPR contract - roughly £520 clear pw. £650 pw take-home is easily achievable with a bit of OT.
Can you break that down because my maths aint mathing

£520 for 40 hours is £13 an hour after tax and national insurance comes off so something like £15 an hour before?

I thought 40 hour contract would now only be on the newer terms which have a lower hourly rate than those of us employed before 2022
No problem. Unfortunately my take-home pay is skewed by all the OT I do, but here is an example breakdown for you to ponder over.

So this is an example from May 2024, where I did minimal OT as I was off for the first week and was taking it easy for a bit on coming back:

Basic pay: 173:56 hours — £2,586.67
Overtime May 2024: 8:45 hours — £162.66
HP NPens OT: 32.00 hours — £113.28
LESS PSE Adj RMDCP MIN: -£129.33
Gross pay: £2,733.28
LESS deductions for tax, NI, Personal Assurance and Dental of £562.34
Net pay: £2,170.94

(£2,170.94 x12 ÷52= £500.99 net per week)

Need to bear in mind that there are are “optional” deductions from net pay of £90.52 for personal assurance and dental cover, as well as pension contribution deducted gross from salary, all of which reduce the take-home figure. The take-home figure would be closer to £550 per week without pension and other options.

This is a very decent job by market standards. This is the “smallest” of all my RM payslips!
There is nothing very decent about it. It's a f***ing shite job.
I’m sorry to hear yours is a f***ing shite job, CarryingMgt. Thankfully mine is very decent. Given you knew what you were letting yourself in, why did you rejoin?
He has even started following me around the off topic part of this forum. Just a troubled individual.
Smoothbackground
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Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by Smoothbackground »

LouBarlow wrote:
20 Jul 2024, 19:42
He has even started following me around the off topic part of this forum. Just a troubled individual.
A very troubled individual indeed. They were initially quite convincing until the mask began to drop!
LouBarlow
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Joined: 15 Oct 2007, 18:56

Re: Comparable market sector pay.

Post by LouBarlow »

Smoothbackground wrote:
20 Jul 2024, 20:59
LouBarlow wrote:
20 Jul 2024, 19:42
He has even started following me around the off topic part of this forum. Just a troubled individual.
A very troubled individual indeed. They were initially quite convincing until the mask began to drop!
To be fair, it was pretty obvious from the beginning for me. He basically played his hand far too early, by continuing the same obsessive stalking of my account as soon as he rejoined. Anyone with a semblance of common sense, would have spent a few weeks not drawing attention to himself, but I guess his obsession was too strong and he honed in on replying to every post I make here almost immediately. I am flattered in a way.