Where to go for work/life...
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The problem I see with living in a city the size of London is that any gains you make on the work/life balance front are essentially wiped out by interminable daily commutes, as a direct result of it being exceptionally and prohibitively expensive to live in the city proper, let alone zone 1 or 2.
A recent acquaintance of mine who works at an agency in London is an ECD, and lives outside the city proper, mostly to keep housing costs down. Consequently, he commutes 2 hours per direction, per day.
Also to consider: the advertising and design industries are simply not conducive to work/life balance, despite any feel-good hype to the contrary from individual agencies. It's hard, long graft, which includes sometimes very late nights and weekends, particularly during pitches.
Keep all of this in mind, when looking to move for balance reasons.
- Oops, I totally mis-read. I thought I read that you WANT to go back to Brighton or London.Continuity
- Anything with passion tends to work people harder. It's unavoidable unless you really put a tremendous amount of effort into boundaries.formed
- Even then, you'll be competing with kids that will work longer/harder/more talented, also almost inevitable.formed
- Yep this ain't no industry for old men ;)Chimp
- Speak for yourself there Chimp ;-) . Passion doesn't have to die. Still working on the balance though...formed
- @formed, yep as you said it's all about putting those boundaries down. Perhaps working freelance you'd have more control.Chimp