Didface, your last post came in twice so I have deleted one.
Heather, I am amazed you have got quite so much information from everyone.
Personally, and this is not me with my moderator hat on, I would never discuss salary info (self employed now so it's slightly different for me) with anyone other than partner and boss.
I wonder whether any of you have remembered that this a public website, anyone can read the forums, registered or not, and in one company I worked for, it was an offence against the company if you discussed your salary with anyone. Had you put salary ranges, it might be safer. Also giving out quite a lot of information about your companies (especially if you have a complete profile) could lead someone to put 2+2 together and make a resounding 4.
If you feel that you would like to edit in any way your original posting, please contact me or another moderator - not Countrigal as she's about to have her baby - and we can edit as required for you.
I would definitely urge you please to revisit your posts and think again about how much information you want to share in such a public way.
And Heather, if you're doing this as an exercise to increase your own salary/check you're getting what you think you should be, then you should be comparing apples with applie - ie your own area only. Salary ranges widely across even parts of Scotland, and parts of England, and i tcan't be that different in the US. But you haven't said why you are doing this, unless it's a curiosity thing?
If this does come across as slightly schoolmarmy, I make no apology on this occasion. This information is so personal to you, you need to be careful about how you share it, who you give it to (when you don't know how they're going to use it) and remember, this information will sit here ad infinitum.
Jackie, Peer Moderator
www.iqps.org
