Originally Posted by Unregistered

Ya heard of that from my seniors before I left for private post mmed completion 2 years back. (Never actually worked as a mmeder in ops)
Apparently there are many bonus components, (performance, quality component, corporate/aws, fp junior award etc) - adds up to ard 180-200k/year for a ME (meet expectations) mmed Dr.

They also say performance is tagged to your peers, so if you are an AC, you are compared to the consultant and even senior consultant, hence very hard to get good grading, so pay actually lower after promotion for 1st 1-2 years.

Found all these too complex and variable, hence opted for private, little bonus but higher basic (16.5 k now for
44 hrs/week with 2 nights). Less cognitive stress but no career progression