Where to go for work/life...
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- mugwart0
I'm 34 and thinking the same.
I had to fly out to Vancouver for work the other week (from a life living in and around London) and the difference was incredible.No place is perfect, learnt from living on a tropical island at 18 but this was really nice. Everyone got in on time, the moment the clock hit 6 they all left, walked home within 30 mins.
Air quality was second to none and the food was incredible.
It wasnt perfect but everyone whom i knew whom left London had a smile on their face.The English seem to have an Animal farm approach of work till you drop and watch others get richer at your expense. So my advice is to find some where that pays over time and doesn't have an additional 2 hours a day extra built into the contract.
Also aren't most game houses out side of London? I know someone starting at ubisoft in newscastle and there's a few around Manchester and within the countryside.
No where is perfect but if you can find somewhere that you can think of saving for a future, be it a little, eat and breath healthier you have a great start at life.
That or save for a face mask like the rest of us!
- Vancouver is great. Expensive, but great. Would live there.sublocked
- Another top tip from a Canadian: yes, places like Montréal and Vancouver are nice, and yes, there's universal health care and no guns, BUT (biiiiiig but):Continuity
- Labour laws in Canada are absolutely medieval. Two weeks annual leave is all the law mandates, and employers can effectively sack you on a whim at any time ...Continuity
- ... even after your probation period is done. You really, really, really need to negotiate hard, so get anything that even somewhat closely resembles ...Continuity
- ... European-style workers' benefits and protections. And, in most cases, you won't get any of it.Continuity
- *to get anything, ratherContinuity
- thanks for the heads up. Would love to live out there. So sick of London.mugwart