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Job: Head of Stonehenge

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Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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That's a fairly standard wage outside London for senior developers. UK wages are not great.

i wouldn't call that standard wage, rather the lowest end of the spectrum where you could theoretically shop a "senior" outside of london.

Median senior dev salary is £70k according to recent job postings: https://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/senior%20developer.do

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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I caught a live stream of Stonehenge during this past Winter Solstice (it was cloudy, naturally) and the streamer provided a bit of trivia that I hadn't heard before: George Washington's English ancestors, specifically Sir Lawrence Washington, were the owners of the West Amesbury Estate in Wiltshire, England, which included the land where the ancient Stonehenge monument sits. (Via Google) If you hadn't that before, w…

What’s it a coincidence with?

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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I was slightly disappointed when I first visited Stonehenge as the standard tours keep you fairly far away and roped off. But, I took a modestly more expensive "Inner Stones" tour a few months ago and lucked out being selected to be fully alone for a minute. It was a profound experience being in the middle of such a historic place. Highly, highly recommended!

I highly recommend avebury, about 20 minutes down the road. Absolutely enormous megalithic complex, huge man-made hill, and you can just wander where you wish, go hug a menhir, whatever you fancy - and there’s hardly ever more than a handful of other people there. Oh and it’s free.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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Sounds like a very cool job, and not sure about the UK job market, but seems to be wildly underpaid for the qualifications!

36 hours per week. 25 days vacation (going to 28). Pension contributions. You can buy extra leave. Epic location, fun job, decent salary for the UK (where e.g. you don't pay for healthcare)...

You do pay for healthcare, from the taxes on that salary.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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Their senior solution architect vacancy has similar pay: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers... Somewhat less eminent job title though.

that is abysmal!

Wait till you see UK wages, when it's the UK arm of a US firm....

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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I caught a live stream of Stonehenge during this past Winter Solstice (it was cloudy, naturally) and the streamer provided a bit of trivia that I hadn't heard before: George Washington's English ancestors, specifically Sir Lawrence Washington, were the owners of the West Amesbury Estate in Wiltshire, England, which included the land where the ancient Stonehenge monument sits. (Via Google) If you hadn't that before, w…

What’s it a coincidence with?

"Rich man had a rich family, how queer"

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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RE Your predecessor No one knows who he was, or what he was doing. But his legacy remains hewn in the HR dock of Stonehenge.

Some say he was let go after a design error lead to some dwarves kicking over the first stonehenge.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

36 hours per week. 25 days vacation (going to 28). Pension contributions. You can buy extra leave. Epic location, fun job, decent salary for the UK (where e.g. you don't pay for healthcare)...

You do pay for healthcare, from the taxes on that salary.

Fun fact, so do Americans, just they don't get the service for it!
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