e know that fair compensation at work does make a huge difference to our workplace wellbeing. Learn how to advocate for yourself and ask for the salary you deserve in this article! Continue reading How Vets Can Negotiate a Killer Salary
Retirement? That seems a distant glimmer in the future, doesn’t it. A very long way off that a very future you can sort out when the time comes, surely? In this blog, I aim to convince you that the opposite is true and to get you just a little bit excited about planning for retirement. … Continue reading The Retirement Rx for Millennial and Gen-Z Veterinary Professionals
If you’ve been around here a little while, you’ll know by now how I feel about investing. When I started learning about investing, the power of compound interest and how much difference to your future it can make, it was a no brainer! But what put me off for so long, as I know it … Continue reading Why Vets Should Really Consider Investing… Right Now
When I look back on young and fresh-faced new-grad Alice, she’s excited to start doing what she’s been training for 5 years to do – and finally be paid for it. Did I know how to perform a thorough clinical exam on virtually any domestic animal? Yes! Did I know how pensions worked? No. How … Continue reading 5 Things I’d Tell My New Grad Self About Money
RVNs and Vet Technicians do not get nearly enough compensation for the work they do for vet practices in my opinion. They are the pins holding all the cogs together, and much of our work as vets would not be possible without them. According to the 2019 RCVS study, out of the nearly 25% of RVNs … Continue reading The Real Pay Difference Between Locum and Permanent RVNs
Since graduating vet school, with each job I’ve had, I’ve increased my salary. I started on £25k, and for the interests of transparency, increased that over 4 years to £38.5k by either changing jobs or receiving pay-rises. With increased earnings, I’ve also taken on more expenses, I now I have a dog (who I insure, … Continue reading Money Scarcity Mindset and Me
The FIRE movement is an exciting revolution taking over the typical financial route that society sets out for us. And that is the long-trodden path of working from the age you graduate school or university until 65, retiring on your pension and any extra savings you hope to have put away, hoping you’ve got enough … Continue reading How to Retire Early with FIRE
The UK gender pay gap currently stands at a shocking (or not?) 18.4% for full time and part time workers according to the UK’s Office for National Statistics. Sadly, I’m not surprised by this. In the year long mandatory exercise in 2020 for all employers with at least 250 staff to report the difference between male … Continue reading Does The Veterinary Profession Have a Gender Pay Gap Problem?
RVNs (registered veterinary nurses) and Vet Technicians do not get enough of the spotlight or credit for the work that vet practices do in my opinion. They are the pins holding all the cogs together, and much of our work as vets would not be possible without them. An appreciation for vet nurses though doesn’t … Continue reading Veterinary Nurses – Underpaid and Underutilised?
First things first, let’s cover Emergency Funds You may have heard about emergency funds ( or F*** You Funds) as a savings account of accessible cash to have in case of any emergency you might befall. This is means that you can access back up money for any unexpected scenario. For example, your car breaks … Continue reading Emergency vs Sinking Funds – Your Financial Cushion
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