Senior nurse who left the NHS in tears after nine years is now earning the same salary in a menial job

Sean Sherry spent nine years in the NHS but quit in tears after suffering burnout. It turned out to be a lucrative move as he now earns the same level in an entry-level tech job

Sean Sherry now earns as much as a junior technician as a senior nurse

A senior nurse who quit in tears after suffering burnout is now earning the same salary in an entry-level technician position.

Sean Cherry, 31, spent nine years in the NHS, before becoming a Band 7 nurse at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.

Yet his net monthly salary of just over £2,500 is only comparable to his junior position at a financial consultancy.

Sean, from south-east London, quit last September after being laid off for 10 weeks. He said, "Nursing is never about money, you go there because you want to help people.

"But it amazes me that my salary after bouncing around the NHS for almost a decade is more or less the same as this very junior job."

Sean had led his pediatric nursing team during Covid.

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He hoped the intense pressure would ease after the pandemic - but that never happened.

He added: "I saw burnout and stress all around me, colleagues in tears on a daily basis. I had been crushed to the point where I lacked resilience.

"The week I came back from burnout was the same as my wedding day. It was supposed to be the happiest time of my life, but I was crippled by indecision.

"I just realized that I couldn't be a nurse anymore."