The Wacken Hot Tub (General Chat)

[Quark]

Done with office work, time to head home

Have a good night

Speaking of which, I should have been gone a good hour ago Good night!

Good night!

 

[Koldawne]

Have a good night

Speaking of which, I should have been gone a good hour ago Good night!

Good night and good morning everyone

 

[Koldawne]

I've got some pain in my back today. WebMD says I've got kidney stones. :|

It always seems I am a hair from dying when I go there!

Heh, I don't trust it either. I probably just slept the wrong way and spasmed a muscle or something.

Much more likely Hope it feels better soon!

 

[Koldawne]

There's plenty of demand for MBAs in the country, so local jobs are rather easy to come buy. As far as pay numbers go, I'm inclined to go with "barely ok" as a reply. But according to statistics, I am in the top 0.2% in the country, so... :S

It's not so much that I get paid really well. Just that the rest of the country gets paid really low. (60% of the country earns less than 2$ per day)

That sucks
Apparently our family is making double the 'average' here but we're no where near 'rich' or even comfortable for that matter - of course we have been to Europe twice in the past 4 years so..ok maybe were doing alright

 

[dishayu]

And that's not enough for here. We have plenty of MBAs ourselves.

But you can always try to get a job at a big multinational!

Yes, yes. I am aware and that is the plan, respectively. I hear there is an acute workforce shortage in Norway

 

[dishayu]

Good night and good morning everyone

That made me burst into laughter for some reason

Good morning to you

 

[dishayu]

It always seems I am a hair from dying when I go there!


Much more likely Hope it feels better soon!

Thank you

 

[dishayu]

That sucks
Apparently our family is making double the 'average' here but we're no where near 'rich' or even comfortable for that matter - of course we have been to Europe twice in the past 4 years so..ok maybe were doing alright

If I apply World banks PPP index to the numbers then i'm also earning comfortably above EU average. The problem is that it doesn't translate well at all if and when I venture outside the country. Everyday goods and services are pretty much an order of magnitude more expensive.

 

[dishayu]

I mean, I have hired this lady who cleans the house, does the dishes, washes and irons the clothes daily and asks for about 12 Euros a month in return. :|

I don't think that service will cost anywhere near 12 Euros anywhere in Europe.

 

[Koldawne]

I mean, I have a hired this lady who cleans the house, does the dishes, washes and irons the clothes daily and asks for about 12 Euros a month in return. :|

I don't think that service will cost anywhere near 12 Euros anywhere in Europe.

In Canada that would be at least 220€ / month - probably more if she comes every day.

 

[Koldawne]

That made me burst into laughter for some reason

Good morning to you

Normally I am off hours with everyone so it's normal to be saying goodnight and good morning at the same time hehe

 

[Quark]

That sucks
Apparently our family is making double the 'average' here but we're no where near 'rich' or even comfortable for that matter - of course we have been to Europe twice in the past 4 years so..ok maybe were doing alright

You're doing well! I haven't been to the Americas 2x in 4 years! Just ONCE, and that was 11 years ago!

(OK, I do little EU trips)

Yes, yes. I am aware and that is the plan, respectively. I hear there is an acute workforce shortage in Norway

Norway is very expensive! Mainly 'cause everything that you like is heavilly taxed. (tobacco, alcohol etc. I mean).

I mean, I have a hired this lady who cleans the house, does the dishes, washes and irons the clothes daily and asks for about 12 Euros a month in return. :|

I don't think that service will cost anywhere near 12 Euros anywhere in Europe.

12€ per what? Per hour? That's more likely here. But 12€ a month is way underpaid!

 

[Quark]

And if you pay someone 12€/hr, you as employer pay more or less 18€/hr! That money goes straight to the state on tax and social security.

 

[Koldawne]

You're doing well! I haven't been to the Americas 2x in 4 years! Just ONCE, and that was 11 years ago!
(OK, I do little EU trips)

12 per what? Per hour? That's more likely here. But 12€ a month is way underpaid!

We don't have 'little' trips here so we just save up to do something big - I don't have a house so it's not like I own anything either. We are trying to save for a house now but realistically we may never be able to afford it if the rates go too far up (which they are heading for now).

12€ / hour IS underpaid here.. The cleaning people charge closer to 25 € / hour.

If there weren't so many people and I had any idea how to speak Indian I could probably have a really nice inexpensive visit there!

 

[Koldawne]

If there weren't so many people and I had any idea how to speak Indian I could probably have a really nice inexpensive visit there!

Nevermind..it's $2900 for ONE person to fly there.. holy fark!