How come Accounts Assistant earns less than a builder and cleaner in some cases?
I work as an Accounts Assistant in a good company and get paid more than £9ph. My friend boyfriend is a builder and earns around £12ph. Some cleaning ladies I know earn more than £10 ph. How does it work?
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Answer 1 :
There's no fairness scale in a capitalist system. What we earn can seem really unfair, when compared to others. The only thing I would say is that in your case, you have a chance of moving upwards in Finance, which would possibly bring you bigger earnings than a clean and even a builder.
Answer 2 :
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Answer 3 :
Comparing income with people in different fields is often not as straight forward as it seems. Apparently you consider the builder and cleaner to be a lesser breed than yourself (incidentally, being an Accounts Assistant is not a prestige position!). You get a bit over £9/hr, you get that for 36/38/40 {?} hours every week, come rain or shine. You get 4 weeks or more holiday on pay, your employer probably contibutes towards a pension for you. The builder is probably 'hourly paid' and may often be laid off at an hours notice and without pay in inclement weather. He may not get any pension subsidy etc. If he falls sick chances are he will just get basic sick pay where as you would get full pay. Similar sort of thing with the cleaner though i would suggest very few cleaners get over £10/hr - the cleaner is probably working part time, may be for 2 or 3 employers and again probably does not get your fringe benefits. You have a skill working with numbers, the builder has a skill working with his hands and chances are that he actually has a wider range of skills than you do.
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