Living in Dublin on Minimum Wage ???

EggShellSkull · 11-12-2017 4:48pm #1

I have been offered a job with a company in Dublin city centre. The starting salary is €20,000 per annum, which works out close enough to the minimum hourly rate of pay.

I'm wondering will this actually be tenable. I'm not adverse to scrimping and saving but while I continue to hear the horror stories of Dublin rents being drastically high I'm wondering would I actually be able to afford the cost of living in Dublin city centre?

SuperSean11 · 11-12-2017 4:51pm

What happens if the job falls through after a month, have you savings to fall back on

EggShellSkull · 11-12-2017 4:56pm

SuperSean11 wrote: »

What happens if the job falls through after a mont, have you savings to fall back on

The job is secure, a three-year contract. I'm actually moving out of home so if everything goes south I can return home (Cork) to mammy and daddy.

muminpajamas · 11-12-2017 4:58pm

Does this job offer career progression and benefits? Are you using your qualifications? Sounds like you have a plan if it falls through so no need to stress too much.

EggShellSkull · 11-12-2017 5:05pm

muminpajamas wrote: »

Does this job offer career progression and benefits? Are you using your qualifications? Sounds like you have a plan if it falls through so no need to stress too much.

Yes, the prospects are very good and this is a position I want. However, the initial salary is quite low in comparison to potential future earnings. My main concern is handing over a huge percentage of my monthly salary for rent and not being able to get by adequately on what's left over.

My net income after tax would be €1,500 per month, but looking at rental options I could end up being left with somewhere in the region of €180 per week (if rent is €750 per month). Could I actually get by on this?

al87987 · 11-12-2017 5:05pm

I'm not on much more and in a similar situation to yourself. 3 year trainee contract.

I had to move back in with my da and am still just about scraping by, you can manage but it will be tough. Say goodbye to luxuries like new clothes or two-ply toilet paper.

737max · 11-12-2017 5:06pm

a three year contract is not a three year contract.

A friend of mine was recruited for a relatively low paying contracted job in Dublin from overseas. They were let go after 6 months. The employer turned their life on end. The only reason the friend accepted the job was to get experience, instead they got a 6 month hole in their CV and were left thousands out of pocket after moving expenses.

GypsyByName · 11-12-2017 5:10pm

What part of Dublin is the job in?

mickdw · 11-12-2017 5:11pm

737max wrote: »

a three year contract is not a three year contract.

A friend of mine was recruited for a relatively low paying contracted job in Dublin from overseas. They were let go after 6 months. The employer turned their life on end. The only reason the friend accepted the job was to get experience, instead they got a 6 month hole in their CV and were left thousands out of pocket after moving expenses.

Ya but sure you have to jump in somewhere.
It's small money. I remember I started as a graduate in 2001 in Dublin on 25k punts and I had nothing left although I was running a car.
20k today is crazy tight.

MayoSalmon · 11-12-2017 5:12pm

Do it for a year and then try to move up or move on would be my advice. Frugal living but will be worth it in the long run

GypsyByName · 11-12-2017 5:21pm

EggShellSkull wrote: »

Yes, the prospects are very good and this is a position I want. However, the initial salary is quite low in comparison to potential future earnings. My main concern is handing over a huge percentage of my monthly salary for rent and not being able to get by adequately on what's left over.

My net income after tax would be €1,500 per month, but looking at rental options I could end up being left with somewhere in the region of €180 per week (if rent is €750 per month). Could I actually get by on this?

You can easily rent places in a house share with a single room in Dublin for around €400pm and less in many cases.

mariaalice · 11-12-2017 5:24pm

If you do it try and wangle yourself a par time a job in a bar or a bit of waiting one or two evenings or maybe people don't do things like that anymore.

737max · 11-12-2017 5:26pm

GypsyByName wrote: »

You can easily rent places in a house share with a single room in Dublin for around €400pm and less in many cases.

600 to 700 is closer to the mark.

GypsyByName · 11-12-2017 5:37pm

737max wrote: »

600 to 700 is closer to the mark.

Loads like this one!

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/clonsilla/8-allendale-glen-clonsilla-dublin-978972/

737max · 11-12-2017 5:38pm

GypsyByName wrote: »

Loads like this one!

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/clonsilla/8-allendale-glen-clonsilla-dublin-978972/

kill me, kill me now.

GypsyByName · 11-12-2017 5:38pm

737max wrote: »

kill me, kill me now.

Sorry?

737max · 11-12-2017 5:40pm

you show us a box room in the ar5e end of Clonsilla. What sort of bare sorry existence do you wish to foist upon the OP.

La_Gordy · 11-12-2017 5:41pm

It wouldn't be much craic but doable!

GypsyByName · 11-12-2017 5:44pm

737max wrote: »

you show us a box room in the ar5e end of Clonsilla. What sort of bare sorry existence do you wish to foist upon the OP.

Well how about do some research before challenging me. There are numerous ones. Im sure the Op would rather live within his/her means.

EggShellSkull · 11-12-2017 5:44pm

GypsyByName wrote: »

Loads like this one!

That looks grim.

mickdw · 11-12-2017 5:45pm

737max wrote: »

you show us a box room in the ar5e end of Clonsilla. What sort of bare sorry existence do you wish to foist upon the OP.

To be honest, there is little wrong with that provided it's a safe area to walk between there and the train station.
Too many people seem to think they are entitled to stay in city centre, even people on welfare.
I lived in similar in Lucan. Suited me fine.

GypsyByName · 11-12-2017 5:46pm

EggShellSkull wrote: »

That looks grim.

They always do will be totally different when OP moves in with his/her bits and pieces or whatever.

MayoSalmon · 11-12-2017 5:46pm

737max wrote: »

you show us a box room in the ar5e end of Clonsilla. What sort of bare sorry existence do you wish to foist upon the OP.

Were you expecting a penthouse in Spencer's dock?

737max · 11-12-2017 5:47pm

If the position has prospects then ask relations to support you for a while so that you can maintain a quality of life, otherwise pass.

I'm not going to tiptoe around the topic like I did with my Friend trying not to be Mr. Negativity.
You'll have a miserable life in Dublin on 20k and the only other suggestions you are getting on this thread are to work a 60 to 80 hour week and to live in a 6ft by 6ft box room.

737max · 11-12-2017 5:49pm

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Were you expecting a penthouse in Spencer's dock?

That is my idea of hell. It speaks volumes that people think that when you are living in an expensive apartment in a run down part of the inner city of a paroachial town that you have "arrived".

Pelvis · 11-12-2017 5:51pm

No it's not possible, no one in Dublin earns minimum wage.

GypsyByName · 11-12-2017 5:55pm

EggShellSkull wrote: »

That looks grim.

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/killiney/brackenbush-park-watson-estate-killiney-dublin-977966/

Ya wont get much posher than Killiney.

Sight808 · 11-12-2017 5:57pm

EggShellSkull wrote: »

I have been offered a job with a company in Dublin city centre. The starting salary is €20,000 per annum, which works out close enough to the minimum hourly rate of pay.

I'm wondering will this actually be tenable. I'm not adverse to scrimping and saving but while I continue to hear the horror stories of Dublin rents being drastically high I'm wondering would I actually be able to afford the cost of living in Dublin city centre?

I did it for a while as I upskilling by studying part-time in the evening. It's really hard going - Rent is the obvious killer. If you can try and stay with mature students, PhDs or similar in a shared house it's can be grand, particularly PhD students as they will be busy most of the time and less inclined to be partying. It will still cost a fortune though. Another downside is you're living a good distance from the city so the commute is the other money drainer - taking the luas/bus or both across different zones adds up each day. Food shopping in places like Lidl & Aldi will save you a fortune. Then the rest is pretty standard.

737max · 11-12-2017 5:58pm

GypsyByName wrote: »

http://www.daft.ie/dublin/house-share/killiney/brackenbush-park-watson-estate-killiney-dublin-977966/

Ya wont get much posher than Killiney.

What is an estate agent doing letting out a house by the room rather than in its entiriety. That house will be appearing for sale in coming months and they'll all be thrown out on their ear.

GypsyByName · 11-12-2017 5:59pm

737max wrote: »

What is an estate agent doing letting out a house by the room rather than in its entiriety. That house will be appearing for sale in coming months and they'll all be thrown out on their ear.

Do you just come on here to POO-POO peoples suggestions?

SuperSean11 · 11-12-2017 5:59pm

EggShellSkull wrote: »

The job is secure, a three-year contract. I'm actually moving out of home so if everything goes south I can return home (Cork) to mammy and daddy.

Grand then go for it, and have a ball in the city. I’d recommend somewhere you can commute from as the city Centre is ridiculous price.

Living in Dublin on Minimum Wage ???

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