[stosh]

Ok so there is about a 95% chance I'll be offered a job on a caribean island (Turks and Caicos) for a minimum of 1 year.
Seems like there will be a $10k salary increase and monthly plane tix, room and board paid for, health insurance, and some other stuff included.

What would you do if you had family, a GF(who might be able to come), a million other reasons to stay?

 

[Silver]

I'd start stocking up on sunscreen...I've seen photos of you, and you're pretty pasty from those New York winters

 

[narlus]

well for one, you'd have a great chance to save some money most likely. i'm guessing that the cost of living is much cheaper, and w/ yr 10K increase it's a no brainer to sock away $$$ for yr house down payment.

you'll get a killer tan, and the monthly plane tix (back home i suppose) are pretty generous. i was given one home leave per year when i moved to ireland.

i say do it.

 

[stosh]

I'd start stocking up on sunscreen...I've seen photos of you, and you're pretty pasty from those New York winters

I am F'ing white... funny that other people notice it.

I don't tan either...

 

[Westy]

Life is short.

 

[MMcG]

you are young - go for it

 

[stosh]

well for one, you'd have a great chance to save some money most likely. i'm guessing that the cost of living is much cheaper, and w/ yr 10K increase it's a no brainer to sock away $$$ for yr house down payment.

you'll get a killer tan, and the monthly plane tix (back home i suppose) are pretty generous. i was given one home leave per year when i moved to ireland.

i say do it.

Cost of living is more expensive.

 

[stosh]

PS. There is no Mtn Biking.

 

[Westy]

PS. There is no Mtn Biking.

And how will that effect you?

 

[stosh]

And how will that effect you?

You're such an ass...

 

[douglas]

And how will that effect you?

LOL




and I say go!

 

[narlus]

Cost of living is more expensive.

in what ways? will they give you a car or lodging? i'd imagnie that near the tourist resorts prices would be higher, but where does the native population shop for food, etc? i'd imagine that it wouldn't be more than the metro NYC area, but i could be wrong.

 

[dan-o]

Do it, moving to NL for my company for 2.5 years was the best thing I ever did. Take your woman with you though. Also look into income tax issues. My company paid my NL taxes (I was paid in USD, pre-Euro thankfully) and I didn't have to pay any US taxes. We saved major bank while over there since every expense but food was covered by the company.

 

[Westy]

You're such an ass...

If you pitch them, I'm gonna swing.

Anyway find out more about the island. If I could live close to a beach with good waves I could even give up MTBing for a year. There would always be road riding.

 

[I Are Baboon]

That's one hell of a cool opportunity, stosh.

 

[stosh]

in what ways? will they give you a car or lodging? i'd imagnie that near the tourist resorts prices would be higher, but where does the native population shop for food, etc? i'd imagine that it wouldn't be more than the metro NYC area, but i could be wrong.

No income tax all the money in the country is made off import taxes and real estate transaction tax.

 

[stosh]

That's one hell of a cool opportunity, stosh.

I got my fingers crossed.

 

[Enginerd A2]

Dude, you need to go. It's only for year, so even if it sucks (which it won't), you'll make it. This is the sort of oppurtunity most people can only dream of, so if you don't take it, I'll be hunting you down to kick you square in the crotch. Scratch that, if you don't go, put in a good word about this kid you know in Michigan who'd be an excellent alternative. I'm serious. I'll do it for less money, too.

 

[stosh]

If you pitch them, I'm gonna swing.

Anyway find out more about the island. If I could live close to a beach with good waves I could even give up MTBing for a year. There would always be road riding.

THey are purchasing some condos

 

[stosh]

Dude, you need to go. It's only for year, so even if it sucks (which it won't), you'll make it. This is the sort of oppurtunity most people can only dream of, so if you don't take it, I'll be hunting you down to kick you square in the crotch. Scratch that, if you don't go, put in a good word about this kid you know in Michigan who'd be an excellent alternative. I'm serious. I'll do it for less money, too.

It's a straight mech/arch drafting job.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Go. You'll never regret it. The year will fly by.........

This is sorta like Biggins' Flagstaff opportunity only better.

-S.S.-

 

[Mackie]

Ok so there is about a 95% chance I'll be offered a job on a caribean island (Turks and Caicos) for a minimum of 1 year.
Seems like there will be a $10k salary increase and monthly plane tix, room and board paid for, health insurance, and some other stuff included.

What would you do if you had family, a GF(who might be able to come), a million other reasons to stay?

Go for it, bring the girlfriend, buy a road bike.
I see no downside to this plan.
If you hate it just move home. Duh.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I am F'ing white... funny that other people notice it.

I don't tan either...

You will down there..........

-S.S.-

 

[McGRP01]

you are young - go for it

You're single (for all intensive purposes) and have no kids (that you know of).

It's a no-brainer really.

 

[Enginerd A2]

It's a straight mech/arch drafting job.

Yeah, I think I'm qualified to do that, having a BSME. So I'll send you my resume to give to your boss then?

 

[narlus]

No income tax all the money in the country is made off import taxes and real estate transaction tax.

so if yr company is giving you free lodging, how does the real estate transaction tax affect you? i still don't see where the cost of living will be so much greater, esp if you are also given a car.

we didn't really save much $ relative to living in the US when we were in ireland because we travelled a lot, but we could have had we wanted to.

definitely look into how the taxes would be taken care of (both at home and abroad, although it looks like tehre's no income tax in T&C so that's a moot point). your company will probably take out $ from your earnings as "equalization" and then pocket yr tax credit.

 

[Snacks]

Go. Do it know while you’re young, without kids and a mortgage. Biking will be here when you get back.

 

[SkaredShtles]

You're single (for all intensive purposes)

I think that should be "intents and purposes".......

http://www.wordpirates.com/index.cgi/I/intensive_purposes.individual

-S.S.-

 

[johnbryanpeters]

And the skin cancer later in life will trigger fond memories.

 

[Yossarian]

How confident are you in having a job or finding a job at the end of the contract?

 

[stosh]

so if yr company is giving you free lodging, how does the real estate transaction tax affect you? i still don't see where the cost of living will be so much greater, esp if you are also given a car.

we didn't really save much $ relative to living in the US when we were in ireland because we travelled a lot, but we could have had we wanted to.

definitely look into how the taxes would be taken care of (both at home and abroad, although it looks like tehre's no income tax in T&C so that's a moot point). your company will probably take out $ from your earnings as "equalization" and then pocket yr tax credit.

oh all the food and everything on the island is expensive. ALso the island is pretty small so travel is limited. However it supposedly has the 2nd best coral reef in the world.



I think I'm gonna go... I have to stop worrying about my future and enjoy what I have. I'm to much of a planner.

 

[merrrrjig]

I would if there was a lot of stuff to do there

 

[narlus]

And the skin cancer later in life will trigger fond memories.

killjoy.

 

[stosh]

How confident are you in having a job or finding a job at the end of the contract?

Thats up in the air...

 

[stosh]

I would if there was a lot of stuff to do there

what the heck qualifies as "a lot of stuff "?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

The deepest question that occurs to me is whether you want to be one of those rootless exurbanites who stay in places for a couple of years and move on, or whether you need roots. I chose the roots, although I get the occasional urge to wander out in the big world.

J

 

[stosh]

The deepest question that occurs to me is whether you want to be one of those rootless exurbanites who stay in places for a couple of years and move on, or whether you need roots. I chose the roots, although I get the occasional urge to wander out in the big world.

J

I too choose roots most of the time. Never been a transient (sp?) person.

 

[Westy]

what the heck qualifies as "a lot of stuff "?

Stuff = dope.

Your such a square.

 

[stosh]

Stuff = dope.

Your such a square.

Dude it's a caribean island of course there is a lot of that...

 

[narlus]

The deepest question that occurs to me is whether you want to be one of those rootless exurbanites who stay in places for a couple of years and move on, or whether you need roots. I chose the roots, although I get the occasional urge to wander out in the big world.

J

it's a one year stint; it's not like his peripatetic gene will suddenly get turned on and he's a rover from now forward.

hell, i've been in the same general area all my life (western MA, college in providence, then boston and 'burbs) aside from my period in ireland. it didn't make me want to move to arizona or georgia when i got back.