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rachel s
ever since I was in school,Ive always wanted the american life,
the school,uni,the houses,the luxury lifstyle.
I want to live the american life so badly!!! I think about it everyday,Im in my 20's so its not a teenage phase.I only watch us tv,I love programmes like the O.C,Gilmore girls,the hills,friends,scrubs
is it what it's cracked up to be?
Answer
No, I've worked for 12 months the USA and the US isn't all what it's cracked up to be. Or is like in there movies and TV shows, believe me it's totally the opposite.
No one there even looks, dresses or acts anything like the actors you see on there TV shows. The schools, houses, clubs etc are all just film sets. Most all of the outdoor and location filming is all done in Canada.
As for luxury lifestyle, the wages they pay in the USA are disgustingly low compared to many other countries. They are under a third of what they pay in mine and in many countries. Women working in the USA get paid even less than this.
I make over 250k plus a year working in Australia, so you couldn't even imagine. How totally shocked I was after being head hunted and offered a 12 month contract job in the US. When I received my first pay check, it was a absolute joke.
Even if your a semi or professional trade skilled person you need to work two jobs, to make a decent weekly wage. I earned more an hour, when I was a first year apprentice in the skilled professional industry I work in. So I truly felt financially poor the whole time working there, with having a mortgage, being paid under a third of my yearly income.
Also there are no employment protection laws or unions, nor equal employment opportunity or equal work place condition laws in the United States. Most people in the US live pay check to pay check, tips and commission, and/or on government assistance and food stamps.
Pray you never get sick or injured, until your health insurance waiting period kicks in, and read the fine print.
It cost me almost two grand to be treated at a hospital when I sprained my wrist.. Finding the medical insurance I was paying didn't cover injuries like this. I was told by the triage nurse if I didn't have the money up front, I wouldn't be treated at the hospital or even given a pain killer, for the pain. On the bill, I was charged A$80 just for one Panadine forte, I had while waiting to be seen.
As for schools, most Americans choose to have there children, home schooled. Because most state schools are under funded, run down and have police and security guards patrol, bag and metal search students.
The educational curriculum, taught in American state schools is very low. What they teach US students in the fifth grade, is what is taught in the second grade in all state schools in mine and many country's.
If you can handle, being openly discriminated, the gun crime, being mugged, bashed or robbed, police yelling profanity pointing guns at you, bad fashion, watching FCC modified television and nothing open on Sundays.
Also being able to find two jobs, affordable accommodation, so you can eat and pay monthly utility, phone, cable, net and medical insurance coverage, from a low paying wage. Which over three and a half million, middle class skilled Americans living in tent cities all across the USA or in there cars can't even find.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVwG01-bogE
All I pretty much did was work 80 -90 hours a week, just to cover utility bills, gas to get to and from work and live in a decent apartment in a low crime area, nothing much else.
Give it a go, I suppose, it depends on the person or which country they come from, if they would like or consider living there.
No, I've worked for 12 months the USA and the US isn't all what it's cracked up to be. Or is like in there movies and TV shows, believe me it's totally the opposite.
No one there even looks, dresses or acts anything like the actors you see on there TV shows. The schools, houses, clubs etc are all just film sets. Most all of the outdoor and location filming is all done in Canada.
As for luxury lifestyle, the wages they pay in the USA are disgustingly low compared to many other countries. They are under a third of what they pay in mine and in many countries. Women working in the USA get paid even less than this.
I make over 250k plus a year working in Australia, so you couldn't even imagine. How totally shocked I was after being head hunted and offered a 12 month contract job in the US. When I received my first pay check, it was a absolute joke.
Even if your a semi or professional trade skilled person you need to work two jobs, to make a decent weekly wage. I earned more an hour, when I was a first year apprentice in the skilled professional industry I work in. So I truly felt financially poor the whole time working there, with having a mortgage, being paid under a third of my yearly income.
Also there are no employment protection laws or unions, nor equal employment opportunity or equal work place condition laws in the United States. Most people in the US live pay check to pay check, tips and commission, and/or on government assistance and food stamps.
Pray you never get sick or injured, until your health insurance waiting period kicks in, and read the fine print.
It cost me almost two grand to be treated at a hospital when I sprained my wrist.. Finding the medical insurance I was paying didn't cover injuries like this. I was told by the triage nurse if I didn't have the money up front, I wouldn't be treated at the hospital or even given a pain killer, for the pain. On the bill, I was charged A$80 just for one Panadine forte, I had while waiting to be seen.
As for schools, most Americans choose to have there children, home schooled. Because most state schools are under funded, run down and have police and security guards patrol, bag and metal search students.
The educational curriculum, taught in American state schools is very low. What they teach US students in the fifth grade, is what is taught in the second grade in all state schools in mine and many country's.
If you can handle, being openly discriminated, the gun crime, being mugged, bashed or robbed, police yelling profanity pointing guns at you, bad fashion, watching FCC modified television and nothing open on Sundays.
Also being able to find two jobs, affordable accommodation, so you can eat and pay monthly utility, phone, cable, net and medical insurance coverage, from a low paying wage. Which over three and a half million, middle class skilled Americans living in tent cities all across the USA or in there cars can't even find.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVwG01-bogE
All I pretty much did was work 80 -90 hours a week, just to cover utility bills, gas to get to and from work and live in a decent apartment in a low crime area, nothing much else.
Give it a go, I suppose, it depends on the person or which country they come from, if they would like or consider living there.
Howâs life in the United Arab Emirates?
Victor
just curious...
Answer
It depends. You can love it and you can hate it.
The positive aspects:
- Good weather (personally I don't mind the heat that much) all year round
- Good lifestyle, here it is normal to go out for dinner in 5 star hotels, fancy places, boat parties whereas in Europe that would be a rare thing
- Salaries are good
- You don't pay taxes
- As a woman, you are treated very well. People are polite, let you pass in front at queues and there are "ladies only" counters (I like that ;-))
- You can become spoilt (that's a good or bad thing depending on how you see it) in the sense that it is normal to have a full time house maid to clean after every one of your moves, someone pakcking your groceries up at the supermarket and filling up your car at the fuel station
-You can call groceries at any time (till 12pm) and they will deliver for free, even only a bottle of milk
- You can afford luxury cars if you want to (loans are easy to get)
- You are well located to travel. Dubai is a major international hub and there are lots of cheap flights to Asia, the Middle East and other places
- There are a lot of expatriates from many different nationalities to meet
- You work in a multi cultural environment and can learn a lot
- Work opportunities and career growth are better than in Europe
- Lots of good restaurants, hotel quality & service is excellent
- There are good scuba diving opportunities
- As more and more expatriates are coming to Dubai, each of them is bringing a bit of their culture to the place, so culturally the offering is diverse and always improving
- Plumbing in the bathrooms is intelligent (there is a drain in the bathroom to take out excess water). I never thought I was missing something back home in Europe until I got used to this very useful thing...
Negative Aspects:
- You get bored quickly as once you've been to the malls, hotels and beaches a couple of times it's kind of always the same
- There is limited nature. Once you've done kayaking in the mangroves and been to an oasis, the rest is pretty much desert. So not really great opportunities for trekking for example (unless the stone mountains with a few shrugged trees are considered as nature)
- There are very few "free" things to do. Everything here has a price.
- It is a lot about materialism, things that shouldn't matter tend to matter a lot here (how much you earn, the car you drive, the phone you use, the place you live)
- Good schools are not free (not like in most of Europe)
- A lot of the expatriates here have come with the intention of staying a couple of years only and accumulate wealth. In turn this means that many people don't really care about making good friends, or, if they do, are likely to leave after a couple of years
- A lot of the expats are quite superficial. The Brits (I work with many of them) enjoy stereotypical stuff such as going out for beer(s) and watching a game and have little to say except that
- Guys they think they can seduce girls with a nice car and money (that is partially true) and girls think that by being beautiful they can get guys to pay for them
- Money seems to attract good looking girls. If you go to night clubs in Dubai it's like being at a Fashion show. But these girls are not for free (not necessarely prostitues, but would only go out with a rich man)
- Dubai is not a walking city, you have to have a car
- You tend to work with a mix of people. Some interesting and some plain stupid (sorry to say that). When working with certain Arabs (I'm not racist, but I have experienced this a lot, especially with Lebanese or Jordanians) they tend to talk a lot but not do much. Also they tend to be a lot of politics at work with these nationalities, many good looking girls try to advance their careers by acting "cute" at work
- Abu Dhabi is kind of boring compared to Dubai
- Some people gain weight when they initially arrive to the UAE because they stop exercising (the car is used for everything) and become lazy
It depends. You can love it and you can hate it.
The positive aspects:
- Good weather (personally I don't mind the heat that much) all year round
- Good lifestyle, here it is normal to go out for dinner in 5 star hotels, fancy places, boat parties whereas in Europe that would be a rare thing
- Salaries are good
- You don't pay taxes
- As a woman, you are treated very well. People are polite, let you pass in front at queues and there are "ladies only" counters (I like that ;-))
- You can become spoilt (that's a good or bad thing depending on how you see it) in the sense that it is normal to have a full time house maid to clean after every one of your moves, someone pakcking your groceries up at the supermarket and filling up your car at the fuel station
-You can call groceries at any time (till 12pm) and they will deliver for free, even only a bottle of milk
- You can afford luxury cars if you want to (loans are easy to get)
- You are well located to travel. Dubai is a major international hub and there are lots of cheap flights to Asia, the Middle East and other places
- There are a lot of expatriates from many different nationalities to meet
- You work in a multi cultural environment and can learn a lot
- Work opportunities and career growth are better than in Europe
- Lots of good restaurants, hotel quality & service is excellent
- There are good scuba diving opportunities
- As more and more expatriates are coming to Dubai, each of them is bringing a bit of their culture to the place, so culturally the offering is diverse and always improving
- Plumbing in the bathrooms is intelligent (there is a drain in the bathroom to take out excess water). I never thought I was missing something back home in Europe until I got used to this very useful thing...
Negative Aspects:
- You get bored quickly as once you've been to the malls, hotels and beaches a couple of times it's kind of always the same
- There is limited nature. Once you've done kayaking in the mangroves and been to an oasis, the rest is pretty much desert. So not really great opportunities for trekking for example (unless the stone mountains with a few shrugged trees are considered as nature)
- There are very few "free" things to do. Everything here has a price.
- It is a lot about materialism, things that shouldn't matter tend to matter a lot here (how much you earn, the car you drive, the phone you use, the place you live)
- Good schools are not free (not like in most of Europe)
- A lot of the expatriates here have come with the intention of staying a couple of years only and accumulate wealth. In turn this means that many people don't really care about making good friends, or, if they do, are likely to leave after a couple of years
- A lot of the expats are quite superficial. The Brits (I work with many of them) enjoy stereotypical stuff such as going out for beer(s) and watching a game and have little to say except that
- Guys they think they can seduce girls with a nice car and money (that is partially true) and girls think that by being beautiful they can get guys to pay for them
- Money seems to attract good looking girls. If you go to night clubs in Dubai it's like being at a Fashion show. But these girls are not for free (not necessarely prostitues, but would only go out with a rich man)
- Dubai is not a walking city, you have to have a car
- You tend to work with a mix of people. Some interesting and some plain stupid (sorry to say that). When working with certain Arabs (I'm not racist, but I have experienced this a lot, especially with Lebanese or Jordanians) they tend to talk a lot but not do much. Also they tend to be a lot of politics at work with these nationalities, many good looking girls try to advance their careers by acting "cute" at work
- Abu Dhabi is kind of boring compared to Dubai
- Some people gain weight when they initially arrive to the UAE because they stop exercising (the car is used for everything) and become lazy
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