how much take home pay do you get working in office?

[iguana2005]

am an office manager...pay wages(online banking), website management & content, marketing, banking, PR, PA duties, work late nights etc.....
My take home pay has been reduced from €500 per week in hand to €430 per week in hand due to PRSI and was asked to take a pay cut...

Is this low? I work very hard and am only person in office...hold a dip in PR. being honest am struggline as live alone(am 42)...what do you think?? am sick of this country...really am

[fasterkitten]

Why do you say you're sick of this country? It's well accepted that you'd be earning much less (we all would) for the same job almost anywhere else.

I'm sick of people complaining about paying tax and PRSI as if they're being robbed! How long have you been working on the black market for?

[iguana2005]

Originally Posted by fasterkitten

Why do you say you're sick of this country? It's well accepted that you'd be earning much less (we all would) for the same job almost anywhere else.

I'm sick of people complaining about paying tax and PRSI as if they're being robbed! How long have you been working on the black market for?

Have paid tax and PRSI my entire life...never got anything back from this government...when i was made redundant last year my redundancy package was 'unavailable' as company had gone bust...got nothing from social and had to wait 3 months for a dole payment but was working by that stage. My elderly mother is ill and was taken to hospital a few weeks back. She lay in a corridor for 2 days...horrendous...she paid PRSI & TAX all her life(worked till 66) and did the governement help her when she needed help? NO...she is on a state pension which is a joke...

[lauralee28]

Originally Posted by iguana2005

Have paid tax and PRSI my entire life...never got anything back from this government...when i was made redundant last year my redundancy package was 'unavailable' as company had gone bust...got nothing from social and had to wait 3 months for a dole payment but was working by that stage. My elderly mother is ill and was taken to hospital a few weeks back. She lay in a corridor for 2 days...horrendous...she paid PRSI & TAX all her life(worked till 66) and did the governement help her when she needed help? NO...she is on a state pension which is a joke...

There are qualified teachers earning just about €500 per week so you have nothing to complain about.

[Gaz]

Look for a better paid job ?

[snowy2008]

Originally Posted by lauralee28

There are qualified teachers earning just about €500 per week so you have nothing to complain about.

is that true?!!!! thats shocking

[Oafley Jones]

Originally Posted by iguana2005

am an office manager...pay wages(online banking), website management & content, marketing, banking, PR, PA duties, work late nights etc.....
My take home pay has been reduced from €500 per week in hand to €430 per week in hand due to PRSI and was asked to take a pay cut...

Is this low? I work very hard and am only person in office...hold a dip in PR. being honest am struggline as live alone(am 42)...what do you think?? am sick of this country...really am

To put it in context, I earned about the same stacking the shelves in Dunnes. Bare in mind that was after four years service, as well as a few hours on Sunday. Had a great laugh too. Looking for work relevant to my field as well and it's very disheartening as there's almost nothing out there. It's a buyers market at the moment for employers.

[iguana2005]

Originally Posted by lauralee28

There are qualified teachers earning just about €500 per week so you have nothing to complain about.

Is it me or are people job snobbing?? Just because i work in an office..a teacher is better then me? Work is work...i volunteer with the elderly so dont go shaking your stick at me just cause im an office worker

[Oafley Jones]

Originally Posted by iguana2005

Is it me or are people job snobbing?? Just because i work in an office..a teacher is better then me? Work is work...i volunteer with the elderly so dont go shaking your stick at me just cause im an office worker

I'd say you're over-reacting there. I think lauralee's point is that any work that is unskilled or doesn't require any qualifications should have a take home pay less than a position that requires a specific degree/hdip qualification etc.

[miec]

Hi Op

I worked out that you get roughly between 22,000 and 24,000 a year which depending on your experience etc is pretty low. It is easier to move from one job to another, I would suggest you tart up your CV and check out other better paid jobs (although there is not that many of them but they are out there) Irishjobs.ie is your best bet. Personally I think your wages are pretty low for running an office so I agree with you there.

[lauralee28]

Originally Posted by iguana2005

Is it me or are people job snobbing?? Just because i work in an office..a teacher is better then me? Work is work...i volunteer with the elderly so dont go shaking your stick at me just cause im an office worker

Call it job snobbing if you wish, I am simply making the point(as a previous poster has also pointed out), that there are people in highly skilled jobs with qualifications/degrees earning not too much more than people in low skilled jobs that don't require any qualification. This should not really be the case. If you want to work in a highly paid job, get the relevent training/qualifications.

PS: I also do volunteer work but don't see what relevence this has to your thread.

[namenotavailabl]

Do you receive a payslip from your employer?

A drop from net €500 per week to net €430 per week seems a lot- much more than what would be caused by PRSI changes introduced by the last mini-budget (which took effect from 1 May, so you'd have expected that your salary since then would have 'normalised').

I am wondering if there is a miscalculation by your payroll office/ Could they be trying to fix an error that arose when they forgot to change your take-home pay after the mini-budget changes?

[Oafley Jones]

Originally Posted by lauralee28

If you want to work in a highly paid job, get the relevent training/qualifications.

Be aware that this is applicable to you as well Lauralee. You choose teaching (I assume) and therefore you knew the standard of pay that you were going to receive; as difficult as the job is and whether the pay is fair or not doesn't enter into it, nobody put a gun to your head. Like the OP, if your priority was money, you'd be better served taking your own advice and going for a career that paid more.

[nipplenuts]

Originally Posted by miec

Hi Op

I worked out that you get roughly between 22,000 and 24,000 a year which depending on your experience etc is pretty low. It is easier to move from one job to another, I would suggest you tart up your CV and check out other better paid jobs (although there is not that many of them but they are out there) Irishjobs.ie is your best bet. Personally I think your wages are pretty low for running an office so I agree with you there.

miec, the OP is on closer to 35-37,000. Still low?

[MagicMarker]

Originally Posted by iguana2005

am an office manager...pay wages(online banking), website management & content, marketing, banking, PR, PA duties, work late nights etc.....
My take home pay has been reduced from €500 per week in hand to €430 per week in hand due to PRSI and was asked to take a pay cut...

Is this low? I work very hard and am only person in office...hold a dip in PR. being honest am struggline as live alone(am 42)...what do you think?? am sick of this country...really am

It sounds like a very small company, your job is an ''unskilled'' job (imo unskilled no specialist training is needed).

Someone else mentioned you're coming out with about 22k, for what you're doing I'd expect at least 25k.