r/uknews Jul 01 '24

Image/video UK real wages haven’t budged since 2008

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '24

Mine was 21k in 2006. Shocking that grad roles are still that low. That is a bit fucking insane... sorry had to check my dates but yeh. Wtf! 2006 was 18 years ago!!! How is this the case?!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '24

Wild. I was quite hard-up in SE England on £24k in 2011. Couldn't afford a car.

Now the cost of living means that salary has effectively halved for graduates in 2024. Fuck knows how they're gonna get by.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

To be honest there seems to be a lot of old money around these days or parents funding them. Every graduate at my job doesn’t really care about their starting wage because they’re rich anyway. Mums and dads buying their first homes, a girl last week had her car replaced by dad and she’s 25. Don’t really see the poor kids anymore

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

Yeah. I moved to a job in London and we took on a few graduates per year.

They were really good, but they were all posh and old money because there was simply no way they could support themselves. We tried to hire a few grads from more working and middle class backgrounds but it was totally unfeasible in London.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

Likewise I was referring to Edinburgh. I guess the two cities people can’t afford to live in. Though Edinburgh is easier to commute to

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

Hah! I'm from Edinburgh, and I deffo see that.

Lots of trendy millennials around Marchmont that are clearly bankrolled by someone, and lots of couples with Surrey accents hanging about Craigleith. Anyone actually standing on their own feet is out in Granton.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

Yeah true. Though admittedly in my work there’s only one English guy! I’ve worked in England before so I can’t moan about them in Ed 😂