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2026-03-20 11:38 UTC
@Photo55@mastodon.social Sorry I don't buy this in this case.
If you're earning at that level you need to provide a full tax return to HMRC, you probably have an accountant, you are on a personal contract with the University and therefore make a case for your pay increase each year outwith collective bargaining. Not knowing your salary to within 10k is preposterous.
Whether or not you know on a day-to-day basis, if you're going to a parliamentary inquiry about the finances of your institution, you should be prepared to answer that kind of question.
Video here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t1pGy52JPoo
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@Photo55@mastodon.social 2026-03-20 20:57
@millerdl@mathstodon.xyz I'd suggest that asking in advance is probably sensible if one (or a ctee) actually wants information rather than to make a point. Also, I was not on a salary nor at that level, but I would have been far more vague about my annual drawings late in my career when it was more than "enough" than 40 years earlier or at university when I knew to the pound what I was getting (and how much beer was affordable). My accountant produced numbers once a year, and I took note of my bank balance.