Realistic salary?

stu675:

wakou:
LGV C, (Class 2!) new, trained by company £32,000 pa. + bens, hols, pens, etc.
SE England, “easy” work, day shifts… long(ish) hours… (50-ish pw)…
If you are working for less, then you are being mugged.

That’s £12.30ph. I think that’s getting mugged.

£12.30/hour has a marginal pay rate of only £7.38/hour after income tax, NI, and pension contributions.

50 hours/week will probably be based on a 5-day week, so after the first two days each week (after you’ve worked the first 20 hours and used up all your tax free allowances) the low £7.38/hour begins for the last three days of each week.