Biggest issues to consider - emigration UK to Australia?
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Hi,
I may have the chance of a job offer in Australia in the next few months.
Just wondering if anyone who has already been through the process of moving over there has any advice for someone middle aged with a young family feeling they need to make a life change?
I already know my wife would easily get a new job with almost double her current salary in heathcare, with less responsiblites.
I have had a quick initial look into property prices and where the job is based the property prices are considerable higher than a large portion of the UK for similar porperties.
Salary has not yet been negotiated, anyone know roughly how salaries compare to equivilent Uk jobs in the Construction sector?
What is schooling like?
Crime levels ?
Anyone know anything about personal healthcare?
How are the Brits treated/accepted by Australian retail or contract clients?
Sorry for rambling... in a hurry to leave for work and have so many questions, with so little time this week!
I may have the chance of a job offer in Australia in the next few months.
Just wondering if anyone who has already been through the process of moving over there has any advice for someone middle aged with a young family feeling they need to make a life change?
I already know my wife would easily get a new job with almost double her current salary in heathcare, with less responsiblites.
I have had a quick initial look into property prices and where the job is based the property prices are considerable higher than a large portion of the UK for similar porperties.
Salary has not yet been negotiated, anyone know roughly how salaries compare to equivilent Uk jobs in the Construction sector?
What is schooling like?
Crime levels ?
Anyone know anything about personal healthcare?
How are the Brits treated/accepted by Australian retail or contract clients?
Sorry for rambling... in a hurry to leave for work and have so many questions, with so little time this week!
well, I think its all for nothing anyway...
Had a 3 way Skype meeting (people in 3 different areas of Australia)scheduled for this morning with the company MD and a couple of other people - didnt even get a request to share contact info until 5 mins after the scheduled appointment time, so I sent the area manager a Skype message immediately to let him know that no one had called me or requested to share contact info apart from him(to which I recieved no reply)then sat like a pillock for an hour.
I did email him half an hour after the meeting time asking if he would like to reschedule the meeting and he replied that they had been sitting waiting to talk to me at the scheduled time!
NO attempted or missed calls on Skype.......... and his Skype was set to AWAY and didnt answer any calls for the whole period.....
A little annoyed that I have wasted a day on this now!
Had a 3 way Skype meeting (people in 3 different areas of Australia)scheduled for this morning with the company MD and a couple of other people - didnt even get a request to share contact info until 5 mins after the scheduled appointment time, so I sent the area manager a Skype message immediately to let him know that no one had called me or requested to share contact info apart from him(to which I recieved no reply)then sat like a pillock for an hour.
I did email him half an hour after the meeting time asking if he would like to reschedule the meeting and he replied that they had been sitting waiting to talk to me at the scheduled time!
NO attempted or missed calls on Skype.......... and his Skype was set to AWAY and didnt answer any calls for the whole period.....
A little annoyed that I have wasted a day on this now!
Edited by hedgefinder on Wednesday 25th January 13:31
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