Job relocation to London. Compensation?

Sounds like he's paid off his mortgage, and he wanted people to know about it, or someone paid it off for him

zegna said:
Excuse me?

Don't patronise me son.

You clearly made a rather silly statement and a few other people commented on the fact it's not true.

Just some general advice - if you don't actually know much about the subject matter it's best to keep your mouth shout.

Step away from the keyboard.
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Just lol

Sorry but a) he's a don

B) he's made of Stone

You will clearly lose
 
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On a random note - flats in the place I was renting from in 2006 have increased by £350 a month since - which generally seems to be about the story for that kind of place since ouch.
 
DJMK4 said:
Sounds like he's paid off his mortgage, and he wanted people to know about it, or someone paid it off for him



Just lol

Sorry but a) he's a don

B) he's made of Stone

You will clearly lose
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Lol

I work with some of the most ruthless individuals in the financial sector day to day..

Do you really think I care about a keyboard warrior with admin access?
 
Rroff said:
On a random note - flats in the place I was renting from in 2006 have increased by £350 a month since - which generally seems to be about the story for that kind of place since ouch.
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That is a a rather large increase

But then I think most areas had an increase around then during those times.

Made living in London all that more expensive
 
zegna, you know that Wallstreet was a film and not a documentary, right? Your posting style - whilst hilarious on many levels - is slightly bizarre in that you appear to think that you're the only person in the world who has a challenging job which pays rather well but you seem to revel in that rather than just take it for what it is - a life circumstance.

There are a lot of posters on these boards who earn a good salary, many of them dwarfing yours, but none of them think they're Michael Douglas.

But still, keep it up - I do enjoy it :) (I mean this unironically, I really do, it's good entertainment)
 
zegna said:
Lol

I work with some of the most ruthless individuals in the financial sector day to day..

Do you really think I care about a keyboard warrior with admin access?
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I'm still curious about your original comment - if you'd gone with 60 grand being the minimum to do London "proper" i.e. living in spitting distance of the city, no worries about transport cost, eating out regularly at big name places, indulging in the night life, etc. etc. I'd have gone with that but the inference of less than 60 grand you'd be living like a pauper just isn't true.

EDIT: Though doing some rough calculations on the lunch time habits of some of my old (better paid) colleagues comes to an eye watering ~50 grand a year just for that before anything else :S
 
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zegna said:
If you are renting, this is not Londons fault, it's yours for not doing a 2 min check on tfl journey planner before taking the flat.

I'm guessing you live in a random part of South east, miles away from the awesome South London transport network?

the general rule is if your door to door commute is less than an hour you're in the norm. Luckily there are tablets these days which makes it less boring, but unfortunately doesn't make it any less uncomfortable.
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I'm in Battersea. Moved in with the girlfriend for winter. I don't have to be here and it's only been a week but I'm starting to regret it.

Unfortunately tablets aren't much use when every step of the way is so packed you can't move your arms.
 
zegna said:
Excuse me?

Don't patronise me son.

You clearly made a rather silly statement and a few other people commented on the fact it's not true.

Just some general advice - if you don't actually know much about the subject matter it's best to keep your mouth shout.

Step away from the keyboard.
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I suggest you step away from the keyboard darling - I don't need to patronise you "son" - but can do if you really want me to. :)

You made a silly statement, and many other people commented that you are somewhat out of your mind with some of your comments - so I think you either need to learn to read, or just accept that your suggestions are somewhat exaggerated.

I think you need to stop digging too, I can hear the Aussie accent from here.

Perhaps before you post again you might grow up? I won't hold my breath.

As for the keyboard warrior comment... well :D I haven't been called that in years - I love it! I am no different in person I can assure you, and a keyboard for me is not a line of defence.

I guess we're either misunderstanding one another, or you're picking a fight with me for no reason, and one that you won't win. I don't want to have this tit for tat argument with you, so I'm not entirely sure why you've got a bee in your bonnet about my posts, but I do strongly suggest you calm down.
 
Conanius said:
So... back on topic.

Freefaller you peasant, how did you get such cheap rents in epic places like Dulwich !?
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Hired from a friend was one of them. The other, the place needed some DIY, and I offered to do it for them in return for a subsidised rent.

For the other 2 I was just lucky, and went privately rather than through an agent. Chatting to people in the gym, at my rugby club, at work etc... I am really fortunate to have an extensive network of acquaintances and they're all quite reliable, so if I said I'm looking for a place I can get them to spread the word and as such get mate's rates. For a couple of years I shared a flat so obviously was paying a lot less. But I've never spent over £850 on rent and that was for a very large flat in a converted Victorian house.

Now fortunately I am in a position where a mortgage is being paid off and a deposit for another property is building up reasonably quickly. It took me a while to get there, but just lived carefully, planned my finances meticulously, bearing in mind that a while back I was in quite a lot of debt, and despite being on a good salary most of it went to sorting those out. Still, managed to pay for a few holidays, and cars/bikes - but it just meant I had to sacrifice some things. I wasn't earning near 60k at the time - so I'm either a financial genius or I'm really roughing it compared to what some people's standards are! :D

Despite liking the finer things in life, I'd prefer to spend my money more wisely and enjoy treats from time time rather than all the time - and be able to go on several holidays and spend time with family and friends, rather than just spend it on "stuff".
 
Fair enough :)

I always fancied living in Wandsworth Common or Dulwich Village. If I return to London in the future (Wife, Child, Dog and Chickens in tow) a house in one of these places would be the aim :)
 
Southfields is very nice and not far from Wandsworth.

Dulwich is quite expensive, but if you stay out of the Dulwich estate (where you have to pay the Dulwich governors it can be affordable. If you're happy to not be in SE21 (Dulwich Postcode) but literally on the cusp of it (not East Dulwich though) se26, se20 and se19 fall nicely.

SW18 southfields is lovely and I loved living there.
 
Certainly looks lovely from what I've seen of it.

OP - so the clear view is, it depends what you want. If you think London living is like Wolf of Wall Street, you need to be on pop star money... if you think its just like 'normal' living in a reasonable 1-2 bedroom flat or a house share, you probably only need to cover your travel costs.
 
Conanius said:
Certainly looks lovely from what I've seen of it.

OP - so the clear view is, it depends what you want. If you think London living is like Wolf of Wall Street, you need to be on pop star money... if you think its just like 'normal' living in a reasonable 1-2 bedroom flat or a house share, you probably only need to cover your travel costs.
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To maintain his current lifestyle making some assumptions then the main differences are going to be covering the pretty much mandatory travel costs, the difference in rent and possibly some adjustment for the difference in cost of eating out, etc. in the region of £500/m to extra to cover that as a minimum doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

EDIT: I think with the London weighting they kind of calculate it around "well your paying something to get to work normally anyway" but personally I'd expect to see a monthly travelcard/oyster pretty much covered if I was being relocated.
 
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Agreed - heck if you're going to relocate for work, and with it being London, I'd be asking for extra even if I were already on 60k. :)
 
The company is most likely to accept paying relocation costs and a going rate salary for the equivalent job in London. Getting travel expenses paid for the first year could also be possible.
 
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