to be or not to be a plumber in UK

After I discovered that plumbers in the UK earn between £25,000 to £40,000 a year, I quickly launched my currency converter.
This is what I saw…

My gosh, why are we still encouraging our children to be doctors, lawyers, accountants and engineers when they could have been plumbers?! But of course, that is not the full picture.

Even though the average plumber in the UK may earn a whooping RM15,833.575 a month, his cost of living may be higher.

Over there, if you want a roof over your head, you will have to consider getting a hugemortgage which can really dampen your spirits. UK home owners are constantly worried that their mortgage rates may increase at any time. There is the insecurity of not being able to make your next payment just because the market is volatile.

So what would you choose? To be a doctor, lawyer, accountant or engineer here? Or a UK plumber?

This entry was written by Precious, posted on February 27, 2008 at 2:51 pm, filed under career. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

4 Comments

  1. FoxTwo
    Posted February 27, 2008 at 2:55 pm | Permalink

    All dun want!

    Choose to be a blogger, make money off the ads! MUAHAHAHAH!

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  2. Precious
    Posted February 27, 2008 at 3:10 pm | Permalink

    :neutral: The plumber makes more money.

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  3. FoxTwo
    Posted February 27, 2008 at 3:36 pm | Permalink

    Yah make more = spend more… so make less lah, spend beri little… :)

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  4. Stephanie Kok
    Posted February 27, 2008 at 6:59 pm | Permalink

    My previous company manager’s friend resign from her GM seat just to migrate and run a plumbing company, her husband is a plumber…

    Stephanie Kok’s last blog post..My First Scrapbook

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