• Question: how long are your typical workdays and how much do you earn - if its not rude to ask - for the hours you put in?

    Asked by georgina to Chris, Gina, Jack, Laura, Tom, Yetty on 12 Jun 2017. This question was also asked by 664canj28, 353canj28.
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      Laura Walker answered on 12 Jun 2017:

      My office hours are 8am-4.30pm Mon to Thurs and 8am-1pm on a Friday. The engineers in my office have varied wages based on skills and seniority. between £20k to 40k a year, anything worked out side of these hours are paid additionally at an overtime rate (1.5x to 2x hourly rate).
      There are also some workers who are “saleried” which means they do not get additional pay for hours outside of the standard, these staff memebers are usually more senior (managers etc) – I wouldnt like to guess how much they are on (a lot more!)

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      Jack Irwin answered on 12 Jun 2017:

      36 hours per week and flexitime which means I can work the 36 hours with the starting and finishing times within agreed limits by the employee 7am-6pm

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      Tom Rooney answered on 12 Jun 2017:

      I work mon-fri 8.30am to 5pm (37.5 hours a week) and I’m fairly senior so on a very nice salary (let’s say a fair bit more than £40k). I don’t get any overtime but if I have to travel (which is quite often) I get additional day rates to compensate for the time away from home and the longer hours the overseas work often requires (anywhere between £80 and £160 a day depending on the circumstances and location), this bumps my income up considerably.

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      Yetunde Kolawole answered on 12 Jun 2017:

      Hi Georgina,

      It’s not rude to ask. I’m doing a PhD, and my work hours are flexible. But I prefer to do the regular 9am-5pm. Some of my colleagues come in the afternoon, and others prefer to work at night. The pay depends on the contract and it varies from £15k-£20k per year.

      Yetty.

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      Christopher Bullock answered on 13 Jun 2017:

      I’m in the same situation as Yetty, basically I am not very well paid for the amount of work that I do. After I finish my PhD, my pay should increase quite a lot. I wouldn’t let this put you off though as, PhD students apart, most engineers are pretty well paid ( I would say that engineering is one of the better paid professions). There are other ways to make money though, for example, I am currently applying for a patent for my latest project that could make money outside of my salary.

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      Gina Schade answered on 15 Jun 2017:

      I work 7am – 4pm on Monday to Thursday. We have a half-day of Friday so it’s 7am – 12pm. Everyone loves Fridays 🙂 For a recent graduate like me without as much experience as someone like Tom – we make 22000 – 26000 a year.

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