ネイティブの英文で英語表現を覚えよう！013 給料いくらもらったら満足する？
単語リスト
| キーワード | 発音記号 (IPA) | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| anomaly high earning roles | /əˈnɒməli haɪ ˈɜːrnɪŋ roʊlz/ | 異常な高収入の仕事 |
| I’ve learnt that | /aɪv lɜːrnt ðæt/ | ～ということを学んだ |
| just as desperate | /dʒʌst æz ˈdespərət/ | 全く同じくらい必死で |
| lifestyle creep | /ˈlaɪfstaɪl kriːp/ | ライフスタイルの向上に伴う支出の増加 |
| I’d love to try it to see if | /aɪd lʌv tuː traɪ ɪt tuː siː ɪf/ | もし～かどうか試してみたい |
| susceptible | /səˈseptəbəl/ | 影響を受けやすい、感染しやすい |
| kidding myself | /ˈkɪdɪŋ maɪˈself/ | 自分を甘やかしている、自分を欺いている |
| went up to that | /went ʌp tuː ðæt/ | そこまで上がった、その程度になった |
| in the space of a few years | /ɪn ðə speɪs əv ə fjuː jɪərz/ | 数年のうちに |
| effectively a trainee | /ɪˈfektɪvli ə treɪˈniː/ | 実質的には研修生 |
| skint | /skɪnt/ | 一文無しで、お金がなくて（主にイギリス英語） |
| a big bill comes about | /ə bɪɡ bɪl kʌmz əˈbaʊt/ | 高額な請求が来る |
| one every other year | /wʌn ˈevri ˈʌðər jɪər/ | 隔年に一度 |
What salary are you happy with (realistic)
Inspired by the previous post that discussed what salary you would stop pushing.. most of that thread had software/sales etc.
For those not in these anomaly high earning roles, what salary are you happy with realistically?
I’m 26 & based in London, currently on 40k & always said I’d be happy once I hit that 50k mark.
回答者１
I’ve learnt that I won’t be happy with any salary. There is always another emergency or another thing to pay for that keeps me panicking about money.
回答者２
This is so true and it’s honestly effecting my mental health.
I vividly remember under 3 years ago when we moved into our first house speaking to my partner saying if I’m on 40k a year we will be fine. Now I’m earning over 60k and I feel just as desperate for more.
I’m constantly chasing that next step never being happy for achieving what I have.
回答者３
It’s called lifestyle creep, I’d love to try it to see if I’m susceptible as you are because in my current mindset I’m convinced I wouldn’t be even though I’m probably kidding myself.
回答者４
Also lifestyle creep. Inflation is a small factor but considering some people can be happy on 40k and some can be happy on 60k living in the same area, it’s down to lifestyle changes.
I know someone who is on 55k and she went up to that in the space of a few years from earing just under 30k. She has the same car, if it breaks she’ll buy another cheap second hand car, her house is modest and she doesn’t suddenly start buying things she would never have on 30k and has a huge amount of savings. Obviously that’s drastic but the issue is people start to spend much more when they earn more and unfortunately if you do that you’ll always feel poor.
回答者５
Same here. I’m effectively a trainee on £38k, where the full wage is £50k-odd. I’m working with those people now who are on that amount and are still skint before pay day, still have credit card worries, still go to their parents when a big bill comes about.
I remember a fella a few years ago talking about the top 5%. The top 5% is around £87k. That’d see £5k a month going into your bank (only taking tax and NI(National Insurance) into account, not pension or anything else). I’d probably be alright with that and not worry too much about money.
But then again, I’d have bought a bigger house. We’d probably have another car. My council tax bill would have gone up. And I’d think we deserved 2 foreign holidays a year rather than one every other year. So I probably wouldn’t get much saving done.
It also depends on your household circumstances. My wife is out of work so I’m covering the whole household (she does get some benefits, which helps). That would have been fine in the 70s as one income was enough to provide for a family, but nowhere near these days.
出典元
https://www.reddit.com/r/UKJobs/comments/1k16ynp/what_salary_are_you_happy_with_realistic/
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