• Question: do you get payed more when you do something good?

    Asked by Jay to Shruti, Mark, Faranak, Douglas, Charlene, Alistair on 4 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Shruti Turner

      Shruti Turner answered on 4 Mar 2019:


      As a PhD student, I’m on a set bursary for the time that I am completing my PhD. So, I don’t get any more money for doing a good job. I don’t mind though, because in the end I am in a great position, surrounding by so many experienced people that me doing a good job means the benefits (other than money) are great. I am learning so much from the people around me to help people with their prosthetics but also things that will help me in my future career 🙂

    • Photo: Mark Bentley

      Mark Bentley answered on 4 Mar 2019:


      I wish 😉

      No, I have won a few awards for “making the difference” at work for going the extra mile on projects, which might be vouchers for amazon (enough to buy a new kindle anyway)

    • Photo: Faranak Bahrami

      Faranak Bahrami answered on 5 Mar 2019:


      It’s not that simple 😀 Currently I’m doing my Doctorate so I’m on a fixed stipend until the end of my doctorate. But in general when you start a job, you set up goals with your manager (every year), your manager will go through them with you every year and if you have achieved all of the things you said you will, you can get a pay raise. But you are kind of expected to do great at your job, so you won’t have someone coming to you everyday and say well done for doing this or that. But people usually recognise your good work which is very rewarding too.

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