The Voice
Honorary Master
Previous employer would ring me while I was on the train home from work asking if I could hop on to assist with a P1 or some other nonsense.
New employer keeps reminding me that I need to log off at 17:00.
-
Join the MyBroadband community
South Africa’s biggest forum. Discuss, discover, and connect with thousands of members.
-
Question of the Day: Which is the most hair-raising South African mountain pass you've driven?
Immigrating to the UK
- Thread starter AchmatK
- Start date
Previous employer would ring me while I was on the train home from work asking if I could hop on to assist with a P1 or some other nonsense.
New employer keeps reminding me that I need to log off at 17:00.
Sinbad
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2006
- Messages
- 88,630
- Reaction score
- 41,141
My employer is so clueless about actually running a decent IT operation that they don't want to pay overtime or standby. I got told my guys must plan their workloads so they can get everything done in office hours.
Nice thought... But about that core switch upgrade?
Nice thought... But about that core switch upgrade?
Messugga
Honorary Master
10%. Apparently 20% isn't uncommon as a requirement, at the moment.
Messugga
Honorary Master
Eh?
It's a house. I am buying in a town on the edge of the peak district, so a bit more rural and closer to nature, not to mention quiet versus the city.
Paul Kemp
Expert Member
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2021
- Messages
- 3,666
- Reaction score
- 5,746
Town? Just spent a week up there. Very jealous, absolutely beautiful.
Messugga
Honorary Master
Glossop
Loan amount divided by 4 to get annual salary.
Paul Kemp
Expert Member
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2021
- Messages
- 3,666
- Reaction score
- 5,746
Like the idiot I am, read Peak District, thought Lake District. None the less beautiful. One of the great benefits here is that you can live in a small town and still have access to everything.
Messugga
Honorary Master
Ah lake district is amazing but too impractical for me. Also outside of my budget by some significant margin!
Sideshow Bob
Honorary Master
I think NHS consultants get that salary very easily and pretty sure some IT & finance people.
Messugga
Honorary Master
I'm in tech. Higher salaries are mostly in London. I happen to work for a fortune 500 so get the benefit of US tech salaries affecting our pay scales a bit.
Being tied to a company via a visa sucks. But I'm not sure what exactly the solution is either, people will definitely abuse it if they weren't.
I'm just gonna have to suck it up for a few years until I hopefully get ILR.
Tman*
Executive Member
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2012
- Messages
- 7,408
- Reaction score
- 8,843
Look, Im not saying all companies are like that, its merely something I have experienced at my current employer.
Im quite fortunate that I dont require sponsorship.
That house I was telling you guys about…
Landlord has been super accommodating. Even offered 50% rent reduction on first month.
We have agreed on all the terms; paid a holding deposit and will pay the first couple of months rent, next week!
Tenancy is 6 months in my wife’s name as she has right to rent. We will decide if we continue after 6 months. Then I’ll be added to the tenancy then.
So it’s official.. we have a home in the UK to actually go to. One that will take the pets too.
Such a relief as now if my visa doesn’t come through in time; at least the family have someone to go ahead of me.
Almost there. It’s very real now.
Landlord has been super accommodating. Even offered 50% rent reduction on first month.
We have agreed on all the terms; paid a holding deposit and will pay the first couple of months rent, next week!
Tenancy is 6 months in my wife’s name as she has right to rent. We will decide if we continue after 6 months. Then I’ll be added to the tenancy then.
So it’s official.. we have a home in the UK to actually go to. One that will take the pets too.
Such a relief as now if my visa doesn’t come through in time; at least the family have someone to go ahead of me.
Almost there. It’s very real now.
You guys must register on the electoral register with this address as this is used on your credit profiles in UK, you need to start bulding your credit profile history.
The electoral register and the 'open register'
Find out how to get on the electoral register so you can vote, how to register to vote in more than one place, and how to opt out of the 'open register'.
The Voice
Honorary Master
You guys must register on the electoral register with this address as this is used on your credit profiles in UK, you need to start bulding your credit profile history.
The electoral register and the 'open register'
Find out how to get on the electoral register so you can vote, how to register to vote in more than one place, and how to opt out of the 'open register'.www.gov.uk
And remember to opt out of the “Open Register”.
killerbyte
Expert Member
I did this the first month I was in the UK.You guys must register on the electoral register with this address as this is used on your credit profiles in UK, you need to start bulding your credit profile history.
The electoral register and the 'open register'
Find out how to get on the electoral register so you can vote, how to register to vote in more than one place, and how to opt out of the 'open register'.
You guys must register on the electoral register with this address as this is used on your credit profiles in UK, you need to start bulding your credit profile history.
The electoral register and the 'open register'
Find out how to get on the electoral register so you can vote, how to register to vote in more than one place, and how to opt out of the 'open register'.
Thanks all. I’ll do this as soon as we settle. Within the first month.
Regarding credit profiles...
1) Another easy option to get some "loan" action from Loqbox. Basically you take out a "loan" for an amount you choose like £400, but you actually never receive the funds. You then pay it off over 12 months and Loqbox updates your credit profiles just like you took out a loan and you are paying it off. At the end of the term, you either have them pay you back the entire amount minus £35 fee, or you open a bank account through Loqbox and the £35 is not taken from you.
Used it for 2 years when I first arrived and I feel it helped boost my profile somewhat.
2) When you arrive, grab a PAYG sim for you and wife from the airport or local supermarket (no RICA required here), I choose EE. Then after 2 months or so, the service provider will phone offering you a contract which you then take as they will then also update your credit profiles monthly.
killerbyte
Expert Member
I have found the EE network performance to be the best.
I however chose to go the Lyca (which is on the EE network) monthly option.
Another way to boost your profile, is after about 6 months of getting a salary start to buy things on Klarna. Its a 3 month payment option with 0% interest.
Now here is a naughty secret... when filling out credit applications that you know you can afford with a place like Curry's, the application will ask where you have lived for the last 3 years. Just tell it you've lived at your current address for 3 years. It works and the system doesn't check. Then you pay off the item and build your credit record quickly.
Last edited: