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Asked by hanzhodges to Huma, Jack, Lucy, Miranda, Peter on 8 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by kelly201o.
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Huma Shah answered on 8 Nov 2016:
Hello again Hans Hodges,
Contracted hours are, I think 38 hours per 5-day week. You do end up doing more hours, most of the time because you want to, to meet tight deadlines for project proposal submissions, project deliverable submissions, conference paper deadlines and other commitments.
Re salary, although I live in London I don’t receive London weighting because I work for Coventry University in the West Midlands. My salary is just under £40,000 at Grade 8, equivalent to a Senior Lecturer at this university. It might not seem a lot but I’m okay with it, especially because I get to travel. For example, next week my flight and accommodation for stay in Moscow is paid for by the Foundation who have invited me to give a talk on artificial intelligence, and my visa for Russia will be paid by my University. Other trips this year have been to Rome-Italy, Den Haag-The Netherlands for conference presentations, and to Barcelona-Catalonia/Spain for project proposal planning.
Hope this is helpful, you can earn more as a scientist working in industry, and of course in academia, in universities you hope to progress to higher grades earning more.
Huma
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Miranda Bane answered on 9 Nov 2016:
I am supposed to work 9-5 on monday to friday but I often have to work more than this because there is so much to do! It is good though because I can choose if I want to work from home one day or have a lie in a work late.
I get paid £14,000 a year which is not very much but i do not have to pay tax as a PhD student so this makes it quite good. It is enough for me to be comfortable. -
Peter Boorman answered on 14 Nov 2016:
I tend to work Monday-Friday 9am-6pm, and often have to work outside these hours to get extra experiments/results done in time!
I get paid about £14,000 a year!Peter
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