Just got offered a job in London.
21000 GBP annually (shit).
Comes down to 1439 GBP after taxes.
Is this even enough to make a living. I've got no contacts, so no cheap flat/flatshare, I suck at cooking so will prolly eat junkfood 50% of the time (more expensive than normally).
Should I just tell my prospective employer to go fuck himself?
It's doable, but you will live in poverty.
I'm sure you can make more in Denmark
Yea, that's what my calculations are proving too.
probably 700 GBP PCM for rent (all utilities + internet)
then 130 for 1 month tube pass
Then probably 500 for food, toiletries and other mundane shit (as well as clothes etc).
Then 250 pounds for my student loans
1580 GBP in expenses.
That's 150 pounds in the hole....every month.
Yep, job I have now pays better. But I need work experience in the field. The job I have now is just shitty unskilled labour.
not really bro, living in london is expensive
Don't do it pal.
I used to live in London. I rented a tiny one bed apartment in Tower Hamlets (ie apaki shithole) that cos £900 per month before bills, after bills and food I had £20 left at the end of the month.
>Landlord was a paki, and often let other pakis come for viewings even though I was only a few months into my rental agreement, he loudly told the other pakis that 'the current tenant will probably leave soon, when he realises this isn't his city'
>I am obese so spent huge sums on food, also the apartment didn't have an oven so I had to eat cold or microwaved food, also didn't have a washing machine or sink so had to sneak my clothes into Tesco supermarket at 4am and clean them in the sink there
>shower was broken so overwhelmingly hot, had to fill a bucket with the water then wait for it to call down and dry myself with a towel
>bathroom was too small for this so had to do it in the bedroom
>bedroom had no curtains and landlord wouldn't let me put any up so people walking past could see me naked wiping my fat arse with a towel
>Nieghbours were smelly pakis
>got food poisoining from fruit I bought from the paki market
>one night woke up with a shortness of breath and crawled out of bed, managed to open the door and knock on the flat next door
>neighbour was a paki and when he saw me naked and possibly dying he kicked me in the face and slammed the door
>fainted, woke up and was OK thank god
fuck London, I'm back in Burnley now.
If you really can't take the job, then why not show the employer your numbers and try to negatiate a higher pay? If you won't take the job as it is then you have nothing to lose by trying.
>21k gbp in one of the most expensive cities
what field ffs?
That's the plan. The interview was in 2 stages. At the first interview I talked to a local representative here in Denmark. The next interview I get to talk to the guy doing the actual hiring (HR dude).
I'll do the interview then lay out my concerns and politely decline unless I can negotiate a higher salary.
They'll sort out a flat/place to stay (havent been given the details yet) initially but expect me to find my own place after a while.
What that place is (sleeping bag under my desk? lol) and what it'll cost me is another matter.
Translation.
Fuck, that sounds terrible, mang.
>1439
that's really not enough, you'll be spending 2/3rds on rent alone for a shit flat
added to that, london is awful. nice for day trips in touristy areas but hell to live in.
>moving to the Islamic State of Tower Hamlets
why would you d such a thing
even black people in london can't stand tower hamlets/that whole paki bantustan in east london
my cousin (a nurse from the north who moved to london for work) who was the kind of person who flips out at you for even using the term 'black' and is hugely anti-racist said that the only part of london she avoided was "bangladesh" meaning that area
>Translation.
You poor sod.
Also, using a bike instead of the tube can save you that 130 pounds/month.
>Moving country for 21k
Lmao why
grimmest post of the week
What company? My friend (Swedish) works as a translator for a betting company and she makes a 25+ ish I think.
He said he's moving for experience so I assume is entry level
21k would be pretty fucking miserable tbqh
t. live in London on 29k
Det er en daarlig ide kammerat. kender en gut der lavede oversaettelsesarbejde i Irland. Han hadede det. Jeg gaetter paa at du relativ ung - find paa noget bedre at lave. Det er spild af tid.
>Japanese TV
Shit's outdated; Samsung rules the market now.
>tfw I got an offer from UCL
>mfw I dodged a bullet
>not sueing the slumlord
I don't speak Danish but I'm seeing "Ireland" there - Dublin is also expensive
>Believing his story
>Translation
you can literally just do that at home with an internet connection
I've seen parts of London where this story could have been believeable
>I don't speak Danish
Why did you reply then? Your input was worthless.
>Live in Denmark
>Want to move to fucking UK
AUTISM
My input was in agreement with yours, apparently
London is nice to visit, but unless you are rich it is not very nice to live in , as you live in the shit bits for a lot of money.
I would highly recommend , on that salary, not moving to London
Many people who work there do not live there, but commute from the nearby towns and cities such as Woking, Clapham, Surbiton etc.
There are many other places in Britain which are cheaper and nicer, perhaps ask if there is an alternative location.
I wouldn't go. after brexit they will kick you out if you are unlucky.
>probably 700 GBP PCM for rent (all utilities + internet)
Woah lad, are you planning on sharing a two bed flat with 30 Ukrainians in some dodgy paki neighbourhood like Whitechapel or Poplar ?
You would probly be better of living far away from London and just suck it up and wake up extra early to commute then you could actually make money and not be surrounded by niggers or pakis.