Over paid/Under paid professions and people

IvaBigWun

Ive just read that Gareth Bale will be earning £300,000 a week when he makes the move to Real Madrid. Whilst this is what the market dictates I think changing football salaries under a different economic system would benefit the fans in the long run.

Its insane money.

What professions and people are over or under paid do you think? And can we preface this with no mention of politicians, thats too easy

joe swanson

Underpaid - frontline public workers.

Overpaid- politicians, bankers, civil service senior managers

Fox_In_Socks

Soccor player is not a profession.

Amirani

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Ive just read that Gareth Bale will be earning £300,000 a week when he makes the move to Real Madrid. Whilst this is what the market dictates I think changing football salaries under a different economic system would benefit the fans in the long run.

Its insane money.

If it's anything like the NFL, capping player salaries will only line the pockets of the owners. Fans are unlikely to see any of the savings passed on, unfortunately.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Underpaid = Healthcare assistants
Overpaid= Nurses

joe swanson

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

Underpaid = Healthcare assistants
Overpaid= Nurses

You obviously know nothing about the health sector

Flying Abruptly

Overpaid: Consultants. €200 for 5min appointment!

Podgerz

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Soccor player is not a profession.

Eh...yes it is.

For example; when my local Monaghan United team went bankrupt the entire panel 30+ lost their jobs. How is this not a profession. Its not just the top level players that get paid

Jimoslimos

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Ive just read that Gareth Bale will be earning £300,000 a week when he makes the move to Real Madrid. Whilst this is what the market dictates I think changing football salaries under a different economic system would benefit the fans in the long run.

No, it would benefit club owners and Sky/BT/whoever. Nobody bats an eyelid when Hollywood stars get paid €million for the latest blockbuster - why should football stars be any different. In fact given their short playing career and constant risk of serious injury they need to maximise their earnings as much as possible.

Underpaid: Scientists

Overpaid: Barristers, Anyone working in HR

IvaBigWun

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

Underpaid = Healthcare assistants
Overpaid= Nurses

Uh oh.

Kylo Ren

Superheroes are criminally under paid.

cml387

And you think that football should be run for the benefit of the fans OP?


HAH

shopaholic01

Underpaid: Anyone working in a service industry, childcare workers.

Overpaid: Some RTE presenters.

Royal Irish

NiallSparky wrote: »

If it's anything like the NFL, capping player salaries will only line the pockets of the owners. Fans are unlikely to see any of the savings passed on, unfortunately.

But the owners could invest the money in bigger pitches, and even bigger goal posts like big tall ones, and introduce a points as well as goals scoring system, they could have 15 players instead of 11. Dublin, Mayo, or Cork could go on to win the Champions League. It would be fantashtic boy.

Almaviva

joe swanson wrote: »

Underpaid over-estimation of their own specialness - frontline public workers.

Overpaid- politicians, bankers, civil service senior managers

Corrected.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

joe swanson wrote: »

You obviously know nothing about the health sector

I do, my daughter works in it every day.

joe swanson

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

I do, my daughter works in it every day.

So your daughter knows about the health sector.

gowley

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Soccor player is not a profession.

no but a soccer player is. someone who gets paid to play any sport is a professional

joe swanson

Almaviva wrote: »

Corrected.

Yeah. Trying to get a rise. Try walkng a mile in their shoes....

Sir Humphrey Appleby

joe swanson wrote: »

So your daughter knows about the health sector.

No I do.
By and large Nurses eat chocolates, read magazines, and order, yes order, others who never get a mention, to do all the jobs for which said "pillow puffers with a degree" get the nations undying thanks and an inflated salary.

chocksaway

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

No I do.
By and large Nurses eat chocolates, read magazines, and order, yes order, others who never get a mention, to do all the jobs for which said "pillow puffers with a degree" get the nations undying thanks and an inflated salary.

Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad

Professey Chin

Underpaid: Your local IT admin
Overpaid: The monkey manager who never figured out how to turn on their fcuking computer & instead gives out that its broken :mad:

joe swanson

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

No I do.
By and large Nurses eat chocolates, read magazines, and order, yes order, others who never get a mention, to do all the jobs for which said "pillow puffers with a degree" get the nations undying thanks and an inflated salary.

I now know for sure you know nothing about the healthcare sector. Nurses are overworked, overpaid and taken for granted by ignorant people who haven't a clue

dirtyden

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

No I do.
By and large Nurses eat chocolates, read magazines, and order, yes order, others who never get a mention, to do all the jobs for which said "pillow puffers with a degree" get the nations undying thanks and an inflated salary.

Luckily I have only ever been in hospital for a couple of brief stays in my time, but in my experience what you have described could not be further from the truth.

gowley

joe swanson wrote: »

I now know for sure you know nothing about the healthcare sector. Nurses are overworked, overpaid and taken for granted by ignorant people who haven't a clue

overworked maybe. overpaid i dont think so

bbm1

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

No I do.
By and large Nurses eat chocolates, read magazines, and order, yes order, others who never get a mention, to do all the jobs for which said "pillow puffers with a degree" get the nations undying thanks and an inflated salary.

My mother is a nurse and I can ensure you that is as far from the truth as possible. You forgot to mention the amount of abuse they get on a daily basis including the threat of physical abuse. The back breaking work and the pressure to make sure not one mistake is made when a patients care is at risk.

I'm assuming your daughter didnt get in to nursing and this is were the giant chip on your shoulder comes from. Lets prey to god you never need the use of these pillow puffers with a degree

joe swanson

gowley wrote: »

overworked maybe. overpaid i dont think so

My bad. Meant underpaid!

darced

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joe swanson

darced wrote: »

From previously working in a hospital myself and a few family members being nurses,the hours are the only problem with nursing,they are well paid for what they do.

There are vast hours spent drinking coffee and eating biscuits and thats a fact.

What hospital was that? Cause thats not the majority of wards. That is a fact.

gowley

joe swanson wrote: »

My bad. Meant underpaid!

lol i knew that from your previous posts and i agree with you entirely. they do a great job and its only when you are sick you realise that. imo its the consultants and pen pushers who are underworked and overpaid and the nurses are the opposite

Specialun

Cant beat a bit of public sector bashing

****gets popcorn*****

joe swanson

darced wrote: »

From previously working in a hospital myself and a few family members being nurses,the hours are the only problem with nursing,they are well paid for what they do.

There are vast hours spent drinking coffee and eating biscuits and thats a fact.

What hospital was that? Cause thats not the majority of wards. That is a fact.

Yellowblackbird

Nurses.

They don't even wear the skirts and the little funny hats anymore.

Femme_Fatale

darced wrote: »

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What the fuk is a vast hour? Anyway, you saw them going on their tea/coffee breaks and lunches, which they require in order to do their job, often a lengthy shift, properly.
Or maybe your family members don't pull their weight as nurses, but mine sure as hell did.

biko

Underpaid: me
Overpaid: my boss

Eight Ball

Underpaid: Manual workers

Overpaid: I.T. workers

Johro

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

What the fuk is a vast hour?

Thank you. Made my day.

Fox_In_Socks

gowley wrote: »

no but a soccer player is. someone who gets paid to play any sport is a professional

Never.

Specialun

Underpaid: IT sales people

Overpaid; IT sales boss

gowley

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

What the fuk is a vast hour? Anyway, you saw them going on their tea/coffee breaks and lunches, which they require in order to do their job, often a lengthy shift, properly.
Or maybe your family members don't pull their weight as nurses, but mine sure as hell did.

you last sentence speaks volumes. in any profession you get the lazy type

SV

Underpaid: Everyone who works in retail dealing with customers first hand.
Done it once for about 6-7 months, will never ever do it again.

Rasheed

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

No I do.
By and large Nurses eat chocolates, read magazines, and order, yes order, others who never get a mention, to do all the jobs for which said "pillow puffers with a degree" get the nations undying thanks and an inflated salary.

Oh where to start. Your daughter is either working in a place where the nurses are extremely lazy or you're full of shiite. As for for healthcare assistants being underpaid and nurses overpaid?
I told this before, I was working on a ward, not too long ago. My wage per hour was €14 an hour flat, time and a quarter on a Sunday. All but none of the HCAs and domestic staff on that ward earned more than me. I could be working on that ward as the only nurse, with 5 HCAs and two domestic staff and if anything went wrong, the buck stopped with me. It was my PIN number gone whilst being the lowest paid member if staff, I had all the responsibility. And that wouldn't be a solitary case.

I don't know your daughter's situation Sir, but your notion of front line staff in a hospital is severely skewed.

Johro

darced wrote: »

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Well I regularly visited a family member who landed herself in hospital a while back and on every visit the nurses I saw hardly had a moment spare. In spite of this they were friendly and professional.
Methinks you talk out of your arse.

darced

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SV

This is escalating quickly, I'm just gonna get in a quick post here now before it's a 20 page thread about Nurses and their wages.

darced

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andyman

SV wrote: »

This is escalating quickly, I'm just gonna get in a quick post here now before it's a 20 page thread about Nurses and their wages.

And I'm gonna get a post in now before people who think they know everything about the health service get tired of nurse bashing and decide they now know everything about the education sector to bash teachers.

Underpaid: Nurses
Overpaid: Prostitutes. Sex should be free.

gowley

darced wrote: »

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dont think its the majority maybe its just you and your two family members who are too lazy to attend to the sick people on your wards and only work for half your shifts.

Real Life

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

No I do.
By and large Nurses eat chocolates, read magazines, and order, yes order, others who never get a mention, to do all the jobs for which said "pillow puffers with a degree" get the nations undying thanks and an inflated salary.

i dont know what hospitals these nurses are in but ive spent a lot of time in hospital over the last few years and theres no money you could pay me that would make me do the work they do. there are definitely some nurses who work harder than others but overall the things they do and have to put up with from abusive patients etc is incredible

Monster229

I wouldn't work in a hospital for any money, those nurses are underpaid bloody saints.

gowley

Real Life wrote: »

i dont know what hospitals these nurses are in but ive spent a lot of time in hospital over the last few years and theres no money you could pay me that would make me do the work they do. there are definitely some nurses who work harder than others but overall the things they do and have to put up with from abusive patients etc is incredible

you always get the few lazy ones and there seems to be one or two on this thread.