Stupid bloody island!
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- JerseyRaindog
I'm on a small island with a population of about 85,000 and just advertised for 4 nights in the (only) local rag for an experienced designer.
I had 4 responses. All with no experience. 2 of them bloody archictecture students!
I can't hire from abroad because you have to apply to the local government for a licence for new employees. And nobody wants to come here because you can't buy until you've lived here for 20 years and rent is extortionate.
I hate this stupid island. The locals think it's a priviledge to live here because they have beautiful beaches and low tax. But boy are they wrong. It's expensive to live here which wipes out all your tax savings and incredibly expensive to buy property once you're deemed fit enough to! My small 2 bedroom flat cost 200grand! If you want go anywhere you have to pay at least £150 just to get to Gatwick before you've even forked out for a flight to somewhere else. It once cost me more to get to Manchester that it did to fly to NY from Heathrow!
Stupid, poxy, inbred bloody island!
Sorry. I just had to get all that off my chest.
Still, at least I've got my health.
*cough, wheeze, splutter...
- honest0
you're living in the wrong place, get the hell out of there, you'll be bankrupt before you know it. I be the local parking fines aren't cheap either.
- TheBlueOne0
yeah, but are the chicks hot and desperate?
- honest0
yeah, but are the chicks hot and desperate?
TheBlueOne
(Sep 10 06, 00:31)not if he's stone broke they're not, but I suppose he might just be the only designer in the village which is a major pulling factor.
- JerseyRaindog0
I plan on getting out with wife and child in tow (yes, chicks are hot but incredibly spoilt and most are designer whores - too rich and too thin). Parking fines? Too much considering there are way more cars than there are spaces.
Supposedly this place has more cars per head than any where else in the world. Ferraris, lambos, porsches are commonplace.
But the speed limit is 40mph!!!!!!
- Engage0
what is this island called? Britain?
- JerseyRaindog0
The clue is in my username...
- JerseyRaindog0
Sorry engage, think I missed the irony there. Didn't realise you were uk based. I guess the M25 and M6 have pretty much 40mph self-imposed limits as well these days.
Nice site btw.
- honest0
The clue is in my username...
JerseyRaindog
(Sep 10 06, 01:43)Dude, what the taxes like? I'd make the move slowly but surely first especially with wife and sprog in tow.
Your work is great and I'm sure you'll find work anywhere you anchor but get yourself a good pimp if you are new to the area. UK is doing fairly well but you know the deal with taxes and overheads at the moment and housing certainly isn't anything cheery to speak about. Would you consider France as a place to settle? I know it's tricky to juggle the logistics of a move with working at the same time so plan ahead and put in contingencies for episodes of "shit-happens". How old's your kid, is schooling a priority?
- JerseyRaindog0
kind words Honest. France is a beautiful place but I struggle with the lingo. We filled in forms to make the big leap to Canada. My wife and I both want it and we think it will be a good place for our boy.
Man, it's just such a long wait...
- Witt0
howcome you can't hire from abroad? it's in the EU.
- JerseyRaindog0
Nope. Jersey isn't part of the EU.
- rasko40
but you do have Bergerac!
I always perceive Jersey to be an island full of rich, colonial old boy snobs and stuck up rich wanna be surf chick bitches, but I have never been so am probably totally wrong.
- rasko40
and by the way, 200k in London would maybe get you a one bedroom ex local authority flat, if that makes you feel better.
- Witt0
Nope. Jersey isn't part of the EU.
JerseyRaindog
(Sep 10 06, 04:02)
--------------------------------i see. you depend on the chieftain then.