Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed)
4:00 pm
Mr. Paddy Power:
Yes. Do not get me wrong. The starting wage for me was tough; it was €20,000, so I took a €15,000 or €16,000 decrease in wages per annum. Then again, as I said, it was my decision to do that and I was prepared to put my head down and work hard for three years to get back to where I was financially in a different career. To have a nine to five job, something with clarity, was a big thing for me. A job that would allow me to progress career-wise and financially, with room to improve, was what it was all about. In hospitality, I felt I had gone as far as I could and as far as I wanted to.
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