Was it the "Nice Decade"?

PasturesNew

fc123 wrote: »

You off to Jersey for a mini break PN? Sounds fun ...enjoy

Yes. I'm thinking 2 weeks, during which time I'll check out the options for working. No problems with residency, looking for work leads. Family over there are wedged up to the yachts.... should know some people.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I'd second that - the Scillies are amazing.

Amazing to visit. They look fab. I did a day trip on the boat, but the reality of living/working there is there's not much and it's expensive. Most jobs there are in kitchens/cleaning. And options for single people to stay are very limited. Most employers offering accommodation would be looking for couples as they'd get 2-to-a-room on the accommodation.

So, I'd recommend a holiday there. But not a viable work location.

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Amazing to visit. They look fab. I did a day trip on the boat, but the reality of living/working there is there's not much and it's expensive. Most jobs there are in kitchens/cleaning. And options for single people to stay are very limited. Most employers offering accommodation would be looking for couples as they'd get 2-to-a-room on the accommodation.

So, I'd recommend a holiday there. But not a viable work location.

Not on Tresco and Bryher - the website says:

Accommodation is provided for all of our staff working on both Bryher and Tresco. For seasonal staff this comprises of a single room with shared facilities, double rooms are available for couples.



Of the jobs available on Tresco, most are for cleaners / kitchen staff / bartenders, but not all of them are. Tresco's Art Gallery has a vacancy, for example, as does the hotel for a receptionist.

WTF?_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Amazing to visit. They look fab. I did a day trip on the boat, but the reality of living/working there is there's not much and it's expensive. Most jobs there are in kitchens/cleaning. And options for single people to stay are very limited. Most employers offering accommodation would be looking for couples as they'd get 2-to-a-room on the accommodation.

So, I'd recommend a holiday there. But not a viable work location.

From the sounds of things though, you have a nice large cash stockpile earning interest plus an income stream from a job that can be done online or via post.

Under such circumstances I don't see that it matters where you live from an employment persective ... I'd be inclined to relocate myself to the nicest possible location (within reason of course, bearing in mind cost of renting).

Gorgeous_George

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

When DS is about 5, we are both going to take a couple of months off and take him to India.

Is he THAT naughty?

GG

neverdespairgirl

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

Is he THAT naughty?

GG

Nope, we'll bring him back as well (-:

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Not on Tresco and Bryher - the website says:

Accommodation is provided for all of our staff working on both Bryher and Tresco. For seasonal staff this comprises of a single room with shared facilities, double rooms are available for couples.



Of the jobs available on Tresco, most are for cleaners / kitchen staff / bartenders, but not all of them are. Tresco's Art Gallery has a vacancy, for example, as does the hotel for a receptionist.

All of which will be over-subscribed by people younger than me and with experience. The younger bit is important as they can pay them a lower minimum wage. The experience bit is important too.

Most employers would rather hire seasonal staff aged 19-21 who have done the job before, than middle-aged women who haven't.

I'd not get the art gallery job, no matter what it is, because I don't know the first thing about art. "It's a picture. Blimey, HOW MUCH??!!" is about all I could say about art.

The reality, as ever, would be: inundated with applicants, mostly with experience, all young and chirpy and happy to do whatever.

I wonder how they do the hiring. Just guessing, but they must do their hiring without meeting the people.... because you can't get to the islands just for an interview, it's not practical/costs a lot.

mitchaa

LillyJ wrote: »

I also don't understand your comment about "high borrowing". Borrowing was cheap as chips in the last decade, which has led to most of the issues we are facing now!

High borrowing = As in the amounts, not the interest rates.

My parents bought their home back in the late 80's for around £25k, the house is now worth well in excess of £350k.

Nothing special, 3 bedreoom semi detached home in a decent area. They have just finished paying it off but they were paying something daft like £85pm.

They do not realise how much they would have to pay for the house now if they were to buy it today and start off from scratch again. They would never be able to afford it now if they had to do so. (How many people would)

That's the position the young generation find themselves in now hence the last decade for us hasn't been so good.

The older generation have no concept on how much housing costs nowadays. My mum about fell out her chair when i told her how much a £176k mortgage cost me, but yet her own home is worth double the amount mine is.

PasturesNew

!!!!!!? wrote: »

From the sounds of things though, you have a nice large cash stockpile earning interest plus an income stream from a job that can be done online or via post.

Under such circumstances I don't see that it matters where you live from an employment persective ... I'd be inclined to relocate myself to the nicest possible location (within reason of course, bearing in mind cost of renting).

Yes, to both.

Where you live matters because you still want to have the option to do things, to take up opportunities, to have access to shops and transport to get hold of things and go places.

Jersey, for example, I could work in banking/IT, or in offices temping/typing.
Scillies, for example, there are no such jobs. Just tourism/seasonal/split shift jobs on minimum wage.

Jersey, for example, I can get back to England main airports easier/cheaper than travelling from the Scillies. Jersey you can take your car; Scillies you can't. Jersey, for example, you have a choice of activities/places to go; Scillies are very limited beyond sitting on the beach or walking round the island. Jersey could keep somebody amused, entertained, employed and housed in the longer-term. The Scillies is a very short-term and limited opportunity.

globalds

Roughly a decade ago I left Japan and came back to UK via Taiwan ..I had watched Japan stagnate in the middle of it's collapsed property bubble and tried to resettle in Taiwan during the Asian meltdown..
Deciding that maybe I was Jinxing Asia I thought I'd better relocate again .
I couldn't believe how cheap property prices were and how easy credit was .I had a deal for a mortgage 3 months after touching down and was in my own home before 5 months had passed .
My children went to the local primary that unbeknown to me had failed it's Ofsted .The head and half the teachers replaced ..My kids spent 2 years in classes of 17 kids, the school was well funded and I ended up a school governor ...a great decade for school kids compared to the decade I endured .
I have undoubtedly missed far more opportunities than I have grasped at .But I am enjoying where I am at the moment .
Overpaying the mortgage .The wife has just started working part time and the kids are in one the best comprehensive school in the country .
More luck than Judgement .
Other bits not yet mentioned as positives
Stopped smoking *8 years ago ..I'm glad it is now uncool..
Not needing a drink .
A lover of technology ..So all the new gadgets with extra bells whistles and whirry things that have been invented / developed in the last decade are great .
Think I get on better with my kids ,than I got on with my parents at that age (Hoping that makes sense )