I'm sorry - where is it a law to have natural light at the workplace? I've had the misfortune of working in a windowless office space for too long.
On Sunday, July 8, 2012, Patrick Salmon wrote: > BTDT. Having moved from London to Paris to DC a while back I can attest > that your greatest challenge is the reality of "two nations divided by a > common language" and the myriad of cultural differences. Job wise, if > you've got the skills (note: with 'skills' including interpersonal, and not > just limited to technical) you'll be fine. > > It'll be your adventure, and I'd be the first to encourage you to go for > it, but language and culture *will* bite you. > > Some examples: an English accent can be a liability. I'm now expert at > spotting when someone to whom has gone into "that sounds really good" mode > rather than listening to the critical (to them, usually) information. Sure, > I've modified my accent a chunk but 18yrs on that one comes up regularly. > Bet you're accustomed to working in office with windows and natural light? > Well, it's the law there. Not so here. A high-paying wonderfully titled job > could lead you to what you'd consider a broom cupboard. > Or you could do like I did and tell the realtor you want a 3 bed house > with a garden. Obvious enough, right? Wrong. We narrowly avoided > homelessness by changing 'garden' to 'yard', but wouldn't have otherwise > known. > > The list goes on. > > Good luck! > > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Rankin, James R > <[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');> > > wrote: > >> On another totally OT note...there's some talk in our household about >> moving to the US because my sister-in-law lives there (NY area). Just >> wondering what the US IT jobs market is like at the moment (probably mainly >> contract work) to see if it is worth us giving this some serious thought. I >> am utterly disenchanted with the UK at the moment and would be glad to >> relocate somewhere better before my kids get too old. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> JR >> >> ---Blackberried >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, >> 'cvml', '[email protected]');> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
