More than half of engineers willing to leave UK

goal of a lot of lads in work is to get their licenses/quals then **** off to work abroad for vastly more money.
 
Does surprise me either. Why work in the uk when you can be paid a lot more overseas. Heck I only had to move across the sea to Brussels and I'm being paid a lot more than what I was in the uk.
 
Just a by-product of the socio-economic path of this country in the past 25 years. Very unfortunate really that skilled people who could be used to boost the economy are willing to take those measures but un-surprising given the state of Engineering/Manufacturing in the UK at present.
 
Canada...the new USA.
Scandinavia...they tax, they tax a lot.
Italy...LOL broke country full of bent politicians (avoid Spain too)

Asia is your best bet.
 
I am not surprised really.
I am a design engineer and get paid OK. I'd get more in teaching. An 'engineer' is called to fix the printer.

The shortgage that the news frequently mentions isn't reflected in the UK based salaries.
If I moved to the US I would get far more, be more respected, have a bigger house and a V8 engined car.

So why don't I move to the USA? Well on my upcoming review I have put that I'm willing to relocate there.........:).
 
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Apparently Canada would have me tomorrow, just i always read they want around 10k before i can work there, not sure how true that is, i haven't really looked into it..

I'd consider it though if things turned bad..
 
OpenToSuggestions said:
I am not surprised really.
I am a design engineer and get paid OK. I'd get more in teaching. An 'engineer' is called to fix the printer.

The shortgage that the news frequently mentions isn't reflected in the UK based salaries.
If I moved to the US I would get far more, be more respected, have a bigger house and a V8 engined car.

So why don't I move to the USA? Well on my upcoming review I have put that I'm willing to relocate there.........:).
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Dont forget that they love certifications in USA, and they dont give a slight poo that you are qualified in UK...

It can even get to such stupidity that they will not even admit your uni degree because it is not from one of their "accredited" unis.
 
One of my mates is a qualified maritime engineer on a maersk ship. 6 weeks on 6 off, no tax raking it in. If you get qualified why not do something like this for a bit instead of getting a poor wage in UK?
 
I'm an electrician and have often thought of moving over to oz but when I researched it I would need at least 80k in savings and would have to basically retrain for 6 months before I could even think about getting any work
 
Lazder said:
Dont forget that they love certifications in USA, and they dont give a slight poo that you are qualified in UK...

It can even get to such stupidity that they will not even admit your uni degree because it is not from one of their "accredited" unis.
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This is actually a very good point.

My previous company, as I've mentioned before, employs a good mix of British and American engineers. It's widely accepted within the company that the British have a higher standard of education (and are generally more intelligent than the Americans, a Lead Design Engineer from the Houston office couldn't understand why it was a bad idea to have sharp corners cut into dynamic hardware that would encounter cyclic loading for example) even by the Senior US management. Yet, a lot of US businesses won't recognise the majority of bachelor degrees issued in this country. They want at least a masters.

I have 5 years oil and gas experience in the UK, if I want to work offshore in the states I've got to do a course which basically tells you how to tie your shoes and to wear a hard hat before they'll let me near a rig. Granted, I had to do it here but the fact that I have done means nothing in the states.

Canada is even worse. Before I was allowed offshore I had to buy a specific type of safety boots, jacket, gloves, glasses and hat and do 2 new courses. The ones that I'd taken with me weren't accepted even though they're used the world over and my quals weren't recognised.
 
Guys, dont forget that most of you studied your degrees at 3k in tuition fees, our American friends paid around 30k dollars a year (some more) for their studies... You cant just expect that they will allow you easily without much hassle jump onto their salary level.
 
[FnG]magnolia;25381901 said:
Why would you need 80k in savings? To cover your lack of income?
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You'll need a large amount of savings in order to get a visa also the cost of moving out there the costs just stack up plus there's the cost of getting a licence to retrain as a spark which could cost thousands

Also will need some if things go sour and need to return home
 
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