Thinking of moving to England

[Blinger]

unemployment is at a record high atm, i wouldn't move here until at least a year or two

or u culd claim benefits from our lovely gvnt!!

I plan on moving in with the queen!
@Misawa, you can't bake frozen stuff! A lot of shops here buy in the frozen pastries (plain squares so you can add your own toppings, croissants etc), you still need to let it prove up!

[Deeb]

Up north is a better bet than London tbh!

[Recursion]

I'd stay as far from the UK as possible, lol. Unemployment is high, no political parties around here are stable or have any idea what they're doing, we rely on Russia for our gas, our economy is ******/getting ****** and we have a worsening energy problem because the greenies don't want nuclear power.

Graduates with Masters degrees around here are struggling to get jobs, stay in Aussie

[Jordy]

I try not to be rude and all that ****, and I don't disagree with you normally, but that just sounds like utter ********! It's like saying all fighting scenes in a film are CGI. Yeast needs to be active (i.e. room temperature at least?) to bake off properly! And the dough.. you can't just chuck frozen **** into an oven!


I'd be more than happy to move to a smaller city, I just like the idea of living IN a city with some hustle and bustle, I don't wanna be out in the country where you see one truck and 3 sheep walk past in 24 hours.. I also don't want to live in a city like Perth which is backwards (as in shops are closed on Sundays and shut after 5pm), and Darwin which there is nothing to do! In terms of Australia, I consider London to be like Melbourne or Sydney, and Manchester/Liverpool/Birmingham etc to be like Brisbane and Adelaide.
Thinking about it, Edinburgh would be nice too, I fell in love with that joint as well, amazing scenery


Heh, funnily enough, before I moved out of my rental property, we had 2 English blokes move in who are tree-loppers, they had an agency organize everything for them so I think all they had to pay for was their airfares. Maybe there is something like that here?
Also bakers are "in demand" apparently, at least that's what our government thinks :s


What's "Pret"? My idea would be to save up 5k pounds (or $10k AUD) and buy a return ticket for a 2 month holiday, but hopefully delay that for at least 1 year if I do find a job.



Thanking you! I don't want a factory job, I want hands on stuff! I've heard stories where a factory produced loaf of bread takes 1-2 minutes to mix, whereas any smaller bakery mixes a loaf for I'd say minimum 10 minutes
My own bakery is defs outta the equation right now, I would have no chance saving up say 50 thousand GBP on my wage, especially since I'm only 21!



I'd love more suggestions too, guys!

No problem - Pret a manger is a big bakery chain in the UK (Sandwiches etc too), can be found in most cities and quite a bit more expensive than the likes of Greggs. Just had a look online and the pay is pretty decent (£7.25 per hour in London which would be enough to live on in London, you won't make your fortune there but living and working in London would be a fantastic experience). Another little known fact is it's owned by McDonalds.

http://www.pret.com/

Might be something worth looking into. And of course look into visa requirements and agencies online to live and work in the UK, bit of Googling and you'll be there :-)

[Blinger]

No problem - Pret a manger is a big bakery chain in the UK (Sandwiches etc too), can be found in most cities and quite a bit more expensive than the likes of Greggs. Just had a look online and the pay is pretty decent (£7.25 per hour in London which would be enough to live on in London, you won't make your fortune there but living and working in London would be a fantastic experience). Another little known fact is it's owned by McDonalds.

http://www.pret.com/

Might be something worth looking into. And of course look into visa requirements and agencies online to live and work in the UK, bit of Googling and you'll be there :-)

Ahh awesome!! I'ma chat to dad about dad about this and see what he actually says.
A visa is no problem apparently since I am a Swiss "citizen", quote from the government site

Swiss nationals and EEA nationals have a right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

so I'm all set there!