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Freelancing after a decade employed: what you have to replace
The day rate looks like a large rise until you subtract everything the employment quietly provided.
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Salary progression, changing jobs and what a raise is actually worth.
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Bonus-heavy pay when your outgoings are fixed
A package weighted toward variable pay changes what you can safely commit to, which is a different question from what you earn in a…
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The specialism that pays well now and narrows later
Deep expertise commands a premium precisely because few people have it, and the same scarcity means very few employers need it.
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Moving into management costs you the skill you were paid for
The first management job is usually presented as a promotion, and it is closer to a career change with a different set of exits.
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Working for an employer that may not exist in three years
When your salary, your pension contributions and possibly your savings all depend on one organisation, its survival stops being an…
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Share-based pay, and what it is worth on the day you need it
Equity in an offer is real money with conditions attached, and the conditions decide when you are allowed to leave and what you…
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A four-day week is a purchase, not a perk
Buying back a day of the week has a price, and the price includes several things that never appear on the payslip.
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The pay review you are not in the room for
Pay is decided in a meeting you do not attend, against a budget set before your case was written, by people working mostly from…
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What a job title is worth outside the building
Titles are internal currency, and they do not convert at the same rate in the market you will eventually have to sell into.