Your mate has a right sense of humour!
The way it's written implies he earns that £55k per week.
So £2 750 000 a year assuming regular income and self-employed so unpaid for just two weeks' holiday.
Oh all right, say 5 weeks' holiday but still self-employed, so no pay in those weeks. That holiday entitlement is more realistic.
Now only £2 585 000 a year.
Before tax and National Insurance, of course. Though he can probably just about afford five weeks' unpaid leave even if makes his third home in the Cotswolds and a 'Sunseeker' yacht a bit less likely..
On the right side of the law otherwise he would not be boasting about it in the pub!
Either a Premier League footballer or running a major public-utility company....
.... or of course, kidding you.
OR...
Let's read it again:
He is on £55 000 a year AND works 5-day weeks. (Plus his weekend work.)
