The recession was always bound to exert downward pressure on starting wages – but Formula Won Recruitment are surely taking the piss with their advert for a B2B editor “with significant experience” to help produce a “lively mix of magazines and newsletters” in the property sector for a salary of between £18,000 and £25,000.
So to edit not just one but several publications – in London! – you are getting a salary that seems more commensurate with managing an average sized provincial amusement arcade.
By way of a reality check – a trainee McDonalds manager in Doncaster can look at a starting salary of £18,500 and they also get company car, pension, private health care and a potential bonus.
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