On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 08:38:59AM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ooh, that IS interesting! Following a nasty piece of tax legislation (IR35)
> this side of the pond, I'd be VERY interested in working in the 'states.
Hmm...make sure that you don't still get bit. When I had some
London-based guys working for us on both sides of the pond, earnings
from the States were still taxed with their domestic earnings.
> I s'pose I'd better contact dice direct but anyone got any clues what the
> cost of living is really like compared to the UK? SO I can determine what
> salary roughly equates to what I get now?
Figure London as equivalent to New York City. California can be right-out
impossible, especially housing, if you're around SV (San Jose area).
Chicago is a nice mix of lower CoL and decent salaries, with a good
number of tech jobs in the metro area.
Things are a little wonky right now, with the .bomb, but it seems to be
hurting upper levels most, and folks are still hiring.
IIRC, even from a G7 country you need an H1. This is a bit of a
complication, since you have to already have an employer to "vouch"
for you. We had one Brit working for us at one point who had to go home
twice a year for immigration purposes--the trader wouldn't pop for an H1,
so Richard was officially on holiday in the US--10 months of the year.
They never caught on--officially.
> And is the West Coast as weird as the Easties make out? :-D
*I* think so. (I'm in Chicago, and have sniffed at a few jobs in
San Jose. I'm still here, and SillySide is part of the reason.)
Cheers,
--
Dave Ihnat
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