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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)...

Yeah, the 25 days of vacation are a bit disappointing, in Germany 30 days are standard.

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…

Rich people have lots of descenders who tend to be rich.

Washington was a wealthy landowner in the British Empire, hardly surprising his ancestors were wealthy landowners.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The median income in the UK is currently sitting at £2,627 / week or £31,524 / year [1]. This is advertising more than double that at £64,189, not quite graduate wages! [1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwor... EDIT: £2,627 / month, not week!

2.67 * 52 = 138.84 Not sure how you got 31,524

They meant per month obviously.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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post #3

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

Especially considering minimum wage “salary” in the UK is ~24k GBP, 64k is nothing imo. They call it the “wage squeeze”

The UK has had substantially less wage inequality than the US for a long time. The UK “wage squeeze” is median/minimum wage which has gone from the 1/3 to 2/3 since ~2000 as the minimum wage has been raised. But the relevant difference here would be around 90th percentile/median which is 1.85 in UK vs 2.4 in US and even higher in California.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The median income in the UK is currently sitting at £2,627 / week or £31,524 / year [1]. This is advertising more than double that at £64,189, not quite graduate wages! [1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwor... EDIT: £2,627 / month, not week!

2.67 * 52 = 138.84 Not sure how you got 31,524

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Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The median income in the UK is currently sitting at £2,627 / week or £31,524 / year [1]. This is advertising more than double that at £64,189, not quite graduate wages! [1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwor... EDIT: £2,627 / month, not week!

2.67 * 52 = 138.84 Not sure how you got 31,524

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