FabSwingers.com forum: Move location for more pay....

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I've been asked to moe down south for a promo at work, means more penny's but I know noone there... Making friends isn't a problem.

Anyone done it and was it worth it? I'm not particularly money driven but I like a challenge.....

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

yes, many times

go for it.

good luck

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just a thought, but have you factored in the higher cost of living down south against the increase in salary (obviously the increase in status/position is another factor) to see if it there really is a monetary benefit (assuming that's a motivational factor) and that you're not just going to end up effectively doing more for the same (or god forbid less)?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"yes, many times

go for it.

good luck"

Cheers mate

bull by the horns n all that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

we recently [ april ] moved 70 miles away from all of our friends and family, gave up commuting into London, and set up our own business run from home, we now live in a 200 year old cottage, and although skint we have never been happier. Do what makes you happy life is too short for regrets....good luck

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Just a thought, but have you factored in the higher cost of living down south against the increase in salary (obviously the increase in status/position is another factor) to see if it there really is a monetary benefit (assuming that's a motivational factor) and that you're not just going to end up effectively doing more for the same (or god forbid less)?"

It will be cheaper to live where I'm relocating to. I've done the sums and I'll be a cpl of quid up for not a lot extra work. Money ay really a factor it's not my main concern... Ty for the help tho

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"we recently [ april ] moved 70 miles away from all of our friends and family, gave up commuting into London, and set up our own business run from home, we now live in a 200 year old cottage, and although skint we have never been happier. Do what makes you happy life is too short for regrets....good luck

That's what I wanted to hear xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've been asked to moe down south for a promo at work, means more penny's but I know noone there... Making friends isn't a problem.

Anyone done it and was it worth it? I'm not particularly money driven but I like a challenge....."

How much time have you got? Well I have done it a few times going up to Aberdeen which was a god forsaken place in the winter to Nigeria and even Siberia. I have a happy medium now away and back for a bit but you have to go where the work is long and short of it. If you can quadruple your salary then its a no brainer I just couldn't refuse but I know a lot who get home sick.

Best option is to see if you can do it on a trial period and see if you like where they are sending you. If not look at alternatives. Remember change is never all bad or good just a mixture of the 2.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

yes im not from Dudley i moved here for work, i have no family or real friends round here and it has been hard, i do talk to people who live near me but none id call a friend

Only time i go out really is when i meet people off here unless i go back home for a weekend then i meet up with friends and go out

was it worth it? depends how you weigh it up is more money worth seeing the people you love twice a year for?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"yes im not from Dudley i moved here for work, i have no family or real friends round here and it has been hard, i do talk to people who live near me but none id call a friend

Only time i go out really is when i meet people off here unless i go back home for a weekend then i meet up with friends and go out

was it worth it? depends how you weigh it up is more money worth seeing the people you love twice a year for?"

Well I'm round tha corner from u, in the mean time if u wanna coffee mail me. As friends not prospective buddy's....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

better weather down here

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"better weather down here

Dunno was pretty cold in sw chat yesterday........

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"better weather down here

Dunno was pretty cold in sw chat yesterday........

the chatroom has a weather forcast? lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"better weather down here

Dunno was pretty cold in sw chat yesterday........

the chatroom has a weather forcast? lol "

I declared my undying love and got the big silence lol well not love, just that I fancied them pmsl

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

I did the opposite....moved from the London area to the Westcountry.

Did miss the wage rates at first but thought it was a good pay-off to live somewhere a little nicer.

Regarding the higher cost of living in the London area....property prices and property rentals aside it's a bit of an urban myth.

In my experience it's often far more expensive to live outside of London when compared to the Devon area.

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

The average temperature in the South East during the summer months is higher than the Westcountry.....by some distance.

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

Have lived in a few different places in my our both in England and Scotland and enjoyed where we have stayed but the roots are firmly down now as mrs wants to stay in her home town which is where we finished up.

Go for it.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The average temperature in the South East during the summer months is higher than the Westcountry.....by some distance."

I'm a shorts in the winter kinda guy n e ways

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

"The average temperature in the South East during the summer months is higher than the Westcountry.....by some distance.

I'm a shorts in the winter kinda guy n e ways"

Well dont move to Scotland then as you might not even be a shorts in the summer kinda guy.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The average temperature in the South East during the summer months is higher than the Westcountry.....by some distance.

I'm a shorts in the winter kinda guy n e ways

Well dont move to Scotland then as you might not even be a shorts in the summer kinda guy."
Pmsl

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By *dinMan
over a year ago

Nr Biggleswade

"The average temperature in the South East during the summer months is higher than the Westcountry.....by some distance.

I'm a shorts in the winter kinda guy n e ways

Well dont move to Scotland then as you might not even be a shorts in the summer kinda guy."

The only shorts worth having are behind the bar in Scotland...

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