“It’s All About the Company You Work For”: Accountant Earns Hefty Salary Working for UK Company
- A South African accountant shared their payslip on TikTok, revealing a handsome monthly salary working for a UK company
- The clip was posted in a meme format, poking fun at career and qualification mismatches in the job market
- South Africans flooded the comments with questions, jokes, and requests to be connected to the employer
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A South African finance professional with a Diploma in Accounting and a BTech in Tax sparked a wave of reactions. The professional's payslip on TikTok detailing the total package.
Source: TikTok
The clip, posted on 5 September 2026, used a meme format with the creator's face superimposed onto the payslip image. She showed the salary she thought could compete with engineers.
An accountant submitted their payslip to @liferesetwithboni, revealing a R100 000 salary. The payslip reviewer made clear that the earnings were impressive. Watch the video below:
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SA stunned by R100k payslip
Not everyone was celebrating.
One viewer, Goitseone Tselapedi, pointed to what they saw as a red flag in the numbers:
"R4k pension contributions on a 100k pay is pure insanity and risky business."
Resiame Teane jumped straight to the point:
"Tell that person to plug me, I have a Postgraduate diploma in Risk Management."
NtswakiT said:
"Since I started watching your videos, I’m noticing that it is not about the industry you are in. It’s all about the company you work for 🤞🏻"
Other Briefly News stories about payslips
- Popular TikTok payslip reviewer Boni Xaba sparked online discussion after sharing the earnings of a medical intern working in Lesotho.
- Tech content creator @school_of_it posted a video breaking down a real-life software test analyst's payslip to show realistic tech earnings.
- A CA(SA) with two years of experience in corporate finance shared their payslip online, revealing a total monthly package that amassed attention.
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