Moving to the US?

Brian Griffin said:
‘At will’.

A very odd employment law.

California is a place I’d love to work. Because of what I’d be doing ‘at will’ would terrify me.
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"At will" employment also works the other way. You don't have to hand in your notice, you can just quit and walk out of the door. Of course that won't help you get a good reference so most employee give at least 2 weeks notice (being paid every 2 weeks is common in the US) but there is usually nothing in the law or employment contract to require it.
 


PulseSafc said:
I think that would be the only way - For work, I'm 29
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Marry a yank. $10k a year for 3 years and someone will marry you.
Spam Javelin said:
I could comfortably spend the rest of my days living in Florida like.
Love the place
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Moving to Florida in 4 years. Just give me a pool, a floaty and an outdoor tv setup to watch the match.
Mackem00 said:
The working/living conditions seem pretty shit for the average Joe. It's not for me like.
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I’m an average Joe..... worked call centers all my time in Sunderland.... now I live in one of the most affluent towns in New Jersey, pulling down six figures.
Great thing here is if you hustle right, you can really do well fir yourself.
AndrewP said:
Might move to Florida in a few years time. Will only do it if the finances add up.
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Where in Florida????

I’ll be there in a few....

we could create a Fencehouses Ex-Pats
 
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njmackem said:
I’m an average Joe..... worked call centers all my time in Sunderland.... now I live in one of the most affluent towns in New Jersey, pulling down six figures.
Great thing here is if you hustle right, you can really do well fir yourself.
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That's all well and good but no every average Joe is that lucky/hard working/capable of such things. They are the people I'm referring to. Of which I'd guess they are in their millions.
 
njmackem said:
I’m an average Joe..... worked call centers all my time in Sunderland.... now I live in one of the most affluent towns in New Jersey, pulling down six figures.
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The American dream, my younger sons girlfriend's aunty is originally from HK, is a Doctor in Brandon, Florida,worth small fortune, her house looks like a set for a soap opera, beautiful.
 
Know of a few people in my line of work who moved out there to work for a while. All of them started in New York, a couple moved over to the West coast after a few years and a couple moved back to bigger things in Europe. Well jealous. The lad out there the longest must be clocking over 10 year now, don't think he has any kind of residency though.

Something I would have loved to have done 10, 15 year ago, but not now with the bairn.
Lambchops said:
I was amazed at this mind - Accounts receivable clerks for us are making 50k usd a year - barmy money!!
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A mate was part of a company with an office in Boston and one in Newcastle. When he was hiring developers he'd prefer to hire in the UK because they cost much less.

Same lad is doing remote work for a company in the US now. He shared an ad for a vacancy his company are looking to fill and it paid at least 2-3x what anyone would get in the NE. It's still saving money for the company over hiring where they're based.
 
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Thought about it pre-kids, love NYC and always found it a place I felt comfortable in and looked at the possibility of transferring with work, but only real chance was in was Farmington which wasn't a draw at the time. Current company is American too, but don't think I'd consider in the current climate (Automotive especially) even if there was an opportunity.

I've got a number of UK friends who are settled there, one is very successful, 2 have full citizenship, kids etc, the third is technically living there illegally, and can't come back to the UK as won't get back in :lol:

I'd still love to live there, but fear that ship has sailed so have to be content with the annual pilgrimage
 
monkeytassle said:
I gave you the stats. A remarkable amount of people earn a lot in the US
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And a remarkable amount don't. What's your average tradesman/factory worker/shop worker/health worker on?

I'm not disputing a lot of people are on decent money. My point was a lot of average Joe's struggle and with very little in the way of working rights, health provisions or state help struggle a lot more than they would here.

I'm surprised this is a debatable point tbh.
 
Mackem00 said:
And a remarkable amount don't. What's your average tradesman/factory worker/shop worker/health worker on?

I'm not disputing a lot of people are on decent money. My point was a lot of average Joe's struggle and with very little in the way of working rights, health provisions or state help struggle a lot more than they would here.

I'm surprised this is a debatable point tbh.
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Aside from the facts aye me too. You're basically saying low paid workers have it hard.
 
Lambchops said:
I can well imagine it - I'd treble my salary if I moved
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We have young graduates in the US earning more in cash terms than people in the UK with 20+ years experience (including me!)

Of course not all things are equal, benefits and job security are better in the UK, healthcare is more expensive in the US, working hours longer in the US. Property prices and rents vary massively across the country (as the do here) but as long as you are in a hotspot such as SF, NYC or Boston then generally you will get more for your money though longer commutes are common (or at least they were before you-know-what). I had a former colleague who used to drive 2 hours each way every day from New Hampshire to Boston but considered his commute to be working time so would schedule conference calls for the drive.
 
Darlo1973 said:
We have young graduates in the US earning more in cash terms than people in the UK with 20+ years experience (including me!)

Of course not all things are equal, benefits and job security are better in the UK, healthcare is more expensive in the US, working hours longer in the US. Property prices and rents vary massively across the country (as the do here) but as long as you are in a hotspot such as SF, NYC or Boston then generally you will get more for your money though longer commutes are common (or at least they were before you-know-what). I had a former colleague who used to drive 2 hours each way every day from New Hampshire to Boston but considered his commute to be working time so would schedule conference calls for the drive.
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Similar to the company I work for - we're actually looking to take some of the basic processing work (AP,AR) etc from the US to here in CZ, the potential cost savings are unreal.

Some of the commutes the lads in the US have are nuts mind - a couple I work with leave the house at 5am for a 8.30 start and don't get home til after 9pm
 

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