Pulaski

Is this for a specific job/location, or some sort of contract agency?

Try to get some sort of feel for the money - if it isn't $60k in a low cost location, or $100k in a high cost location, then the situation likely won't be viable for a family of five.

MidAtlantic

It looks like it may be this, which is more like a training program than regular employment.

https://www.bigga.org.uk/careers/tem...ers/02364.html

Pulaski

$2,200/mth!

vikingsail

That is solid advice If it is the training opportunity above its unlikely to be viable with a family of five.

Sorry to be the harbinger of bad news.

Nutmegger

This would smack of desperation for someone who supposedly has many years of experience in the working world -- this is for kids with one year of work under their belts. And we all know what Ian would say about decisions born out of desperation . . .

Twinkle0927

Exactly the reason why people should research the cost of living before being dazzled by wage figures. I do wish people would stop converting that into GBP and thinking it's a good wage because it's more than they are getting in Scotland or some other lower cost area of the U.K.

This type of money is what the 19-year-olds living in mama's basement earn where my husband works. It just about covers the cost of running their car, a bit of rent for mama, and some pocket money for the weekends. For a family of five it is actually below the poverty level (which is ridiculously low in the USA). There's no way I'd move my family across the world to live in poverty.

tom169

But the weather is nicer.

Pulaski

I am not even sure about that - across much of the US every year the weather tries to kill you in one of several ways - floods, hurricanes and tornadoes, or cooking you or freezing you to death. The weather in the UK is quite benign in comparison.

mrken30

Hence why I chose the PNW to live. It's just taxes and maybe smoke that kill you here.

Twinkle0927

In Ohio? That's debatable..

tom169

But, but, but it's hot in Florida. That is USA.

Amandac86

It is not the 2200 a month he has been offered $75000 yearly. I wouldnt be so stupid to move my family across the world to live in poverty! Thank you to some of tou for your help but others are just being rude and nasty!

scrubbedexpat099

That sounds more like it, he has a job offer, he has been offered a salary but the biggie still remains, what Visa would his potential Employer be applying for?

Amandac86

Thats what we dont know yet. Need to find out with the skype talk at weekend.

scrubbedexpat099

That is the biggie, please come back and tell us what they are proposing.