Whilst 22 to 24k a year isn’t much it doesn’t always tell the full story.
As I said I’m only on £10.68 an hour but with my night shift bonus it takes my wages to around £33k a year for a standard 50 hour week.
Now people say on here how bad wages are, but tbh anywhere in the Midlands pretty much I don’t think there will be many jobs paying north of the wages my place pays.
Most jobs that you see advertised are a lot less per hour and lower hours like 39 hours a week for 9-5 type jobs unless you are well qualified and in more specialised jobs for any type of job.
I think that sometimes the money issue depends on where you live etc as there will always be regional differences.