Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
Sep 14th 2011, 4:30 am
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Sep 14th 2011, 4:37 am
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
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Sep 14th 2011, 5:20 am
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
Hi NSK...
Well, my problem is having trawled the web I am not getting a clear picture of the cost of living in Perth and whether it's spiralling.
Then the company offers me double the day rate I would expect to get in UK (why? I ask myself!).
Which adds up to making me nervous about the whole thing. I feel there's a catch.
In my experience, if something looks too good to be true, then it's too good to be true.
That's where I'm at, plain and simple.
Cheers,
Well, my problem is having trawled the web I am not getting a clear picture of the cost of living in Perth and whether it's spiralling.
Then the company offers me double the day rate I would expect to get in UK (why? I ask myself!).
Which adds up to making me nervous about the whole thing. I feel there's a catch.
In my experience, if something looks too good to be true, then it's too good to be true.
That's where I'm at, plain and simple.
Cheers,
The catch isnt 'can I live on 200,000 a year
its can my family and I survive ( emotionally ) on opposite sides of the world.Or the location of where you are going to work, has 'remote' been mentioned.
Sep 14th 2011, 5:24 am
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Sep 14th 2011, 5:27 am
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
Sep 14th 2011, 5:49 am
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
I have been living in Perth for just over a month and this is what I've been through... I earn double what I did in my last salaried job in the UK, but I seem to have less disposable income, even though I budget a hell of a lot more here than I ever have before. Everything is so expensive (2-3 times more expensive than what I would pay for like things in the UK, like accommodation, food, drink, satellite TV, broadband etc). So, don't expect to feel richer because you earn double what you earnt in the UK as your spending will most likely at least double too, especially if you want to live in a decent, close to CBD area and have an active social life (which, by the way is almost impossible to find, in my opinion, in Perth as everywhere is so quiet and everyone is so clique-y, so it's hard to make friends) and whether you can drive (as everywhere is out in the suburbs and it can be difficult relying on the busses, although the trains are ok) and what you plan to do at the weekends. So far, there's almost nothing I've found enjoyable about being here, and I just keep my fingers crossed that what my work colleagues say that "it gets better in summer" is true as I'm tied here for a minimum 18mths commitment. 
Sep 14th 2011, 7:37 am
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
I have been living in Perth for just over a month and this is what I've been through... I earn double what I did in my last salaried job in the UK, but I seem to have less disposable income, even though I budget a hell of a lot more here than I ever have before. Everything is so expensive (2-3 times more expensive than what I would pay for like things in the UK, like accommodation, food, drink, satellite TV, broadband etc). So, don't expect to feel richer because you earn double what you earnt in the UK as your spending will most likely at least double too, especially if you want to live in a decent, close to CBD area and have an active social life (which, by the way is almost impossible to find, in my opinion, in Perth as everywhere is so quiet and everyone is so clique-y, so it's hard to make friends) and whether you can drive (as everywhere is out in the suburbs and it can be difficult relying on the busses, although the trains are ok) and what you plan to do at the weekends. So far, there's almost nothing I've found enjoyable about being here, and I just keep my fingers crossed that what my work colleagues say that "it gets better in summer" is true as I'm tied here for a minimum 18mths commitment.
Give it a bit longer (6 months +) before you consider any decision to quit - on my travels I do that as a rule and always seem to settle in (inc the remote places).
I'm relocating from Abn too. I'm budgeting double everything and it still seems worth it (on paper!).
I'll spend a year or so in Perth then after about a year I might think about bringing wifey and daughter out but the thing is wifey and I are not really hubby-wifey. . . nothing's simple!
Socially, out of work I go to the gym almost every day, and go out and get blooted at the weekends, so would seek to do the same in Perth. So as long as there's a nice posh gym and more than one pub, I'm ok.
Sep 14th 2011, 12:22 pm
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
I have been living in Perth for just over a month and this is what I've been through... I earn double what I did in my last salaried job in the UK, but I seem to have less disposable income, even though I budget a hell of a lot more here than I ever have before. Everything is so expensive (2-3 times more expensive than what I would pay for like things in the UK, like accommodation, food, drink, satellite TV, broadband etc). So, don't expect to feel richer because you earn double what you earnt in the UK as your spending will most likely at least double too, especially if you want to live in a decent, close to CBD area and have an active social life (which, by the way is almost impossible to find, in my opinion, in Perth as everywhere is so quiet and everyone is so clique-y, so it's hard to make friends) and whether you can drive (as everywhere is out in the suburbs and it can be difficult relying on the busses, although the trains are ok) and what you plan to do at the weekends. So far, there's almost nothing I've found enjoyable about being here, and I just keep my fingers crossed that what my work colleagues say that "it gets better in summer" is true as I'm tied here for a minimum 18mths commitment.
Sep 14th 2011, 11:28 pm
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
That's what most people here do to entertain themselves, you'll fit in fine
Sep 15th 2011, 2:32 am
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
Scotsal thanks very much for your honest info!
Give it a bit longer (6 months +) before you consider any decision to quit - on my travels I do that as a rule and always seem to settle in (inc the remote places).
I'm relocating from Abn too. I'm budgeting double everything and it still seems worth it (on paper!).
I'll spend a year or so in Perth then after about a year I might think about bringing wifey and daughter out but the thing is wifey and I are not really hubby-wifey. . . nothing's simple!
Socially, out of work I go to the gym almost every day, and go out and get blooted at the weekends, so would seek to do the same in Perth. So as long as there's a nice posh gym and more than one pub, I'm ok.
Give it a bit longer (6 months +) before you consider any decision to quit - on my travels I do that as a rule and always seem to settle in (inc the remote places).
I'm relocating from Abn too. I'm budgeting double everything and it still seems worth it (on paper!).
I'll spend a year or so in Perth then after about a year I might think about bringing wifey and daughter out but the thing is wifey and I are not really hubby-wifey. . . nothing's simple!
Socially, out of work I go to the gym almost every day, and go out and get blooted at the weekends, so would seek to do the same in Perth. So as long as there's a nice posh gym and more than one pub, I'm ok.
Sep 15th 2011, 2:38 am
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
Sep 15th 2011, 4:55 am
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
Also the fact that you refer to a 'day rate' implies to me that you are being employed on a contract or casual basis, as otherwise I would expect to see a salary mentioned.
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Sep 15th 2011, 11:11 am
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
Sep 15th 2011, 11:13 am
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
Without knowing what your branch of engineering is, and how much experience you have, I would expect that you happen to have a skill set that is in very short supply in Perth at present - probably in mining or oil & gas. The rate you are quoting is pretty high even for Perth and so you must have something to offer that your prospective employer needs and just can't get anywhere else.
Also the fact that you refer to a 'day rate' implies to me that you are being employed on a contract or casual basis, as otherwise I would expect to see a salary mentioned.
Also the fact that you refer to a 'day rate' implies to me that you are being employed on a contract or casual basis, as otherwise I would expect to see a salary mentioned.
