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Originally Posted by andapplepie
The norm for commute to/from the burbs is 1.5 hours each way? Egads.
In terms of salary, just to make sure I understand - you suggest that we negogiate that my husband receives the same salary amount in the UK that he receives in the US. So, if he makes $100K here we should request £100 while in the UK? Is this normally done?
Does anyone have a good website or resource that you suggest in terms of items to negotiate for an expat package?
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I just gave my example as a person that used to live in the suburbs. I used to walk 20 min. to the train station, then the trip to London took 30 min. and finally the ride in the tube (underground) took another 25 minutes. Add any imponderables and the daily trip was often 1.5 hours.
I could have driven to the train station, saving 15 minutes, thus losing a cool 6 pounds a day for parking (Woking is particularly bad, other places charge a bit less), but the train and tube times are pretty much set in stone. At some point I was lucky that my office was on top of a train station (Victoria) and thus my trip took exactly one hour.
In any case I got tired of that and moved to London proper, now I may wake up at 8:30 and be sited in my desk at 9:00
Let me put it this way, in the UK £50000 ($100000) is a very good salary, but by no means you would be considered very wealthy with that. I earn a little bit more than that and I can only afford a 2 bed flat (In the suburbs I could afford a 3 bed house with garden).
I do believe that $100000 is an extremely good salary, to reach a similar standard of living I am sure you would need £100000 which would allow you the same level of comforts.
As I said I suggest this as a point of reference, that way you know if your company is not being as fair as they should (if they give you exactly the same money, but in pounds, then you know they are taking you for a ride ... ).