Would you work in Northern Ireland?

b12mearse

Given the current economic climate and the announcement of a 1 billion euro investment in Northern Ireland, would you work there?

petes

Yes.

CatFromHue

why wouldnt you?

guinnessdrinker

Yes. A lot of people living near the border already work in the North as well as people from the North working in the Republic.

leeroybrown

Definitely. Why wouldn't you? So long as you're living there full-time and not at the mercy of the current Euro-Stg exchange rate you should be able to have a pretty good standard of living. So long as you keep away from the more divisive elements/areas of the North it's a fairly decent place to live too.

AARRRGH

Northern Ireland depresses me, but if I was desperate enough I would work anywhere.

Agent Smith

oh hells no.




my family's from there. :pac:

Max Power1

i would take any decent job atm

wmpdd3

Check out the salary figures before you jump to conclusions.:

3 years ago, they were something like this:

Retail Manager ROI: €32,000 Retail Manager NI: £23,000

Now:

Retail Manager ROI: €36,000 Retail Manager NI: £25,000

At todays exchange rate that's only €26,500 for NI.

It's all down to the exchange rate but still makes it difficult to neg a comparable salary.

pow wow

Salaries are usually comparatively low, but I always found living there cheaper too. The minimum wage at 22+ is less than £6.00 and if you lose the job the dole is much much lower than in the Republic...if you find yourself at that end of the market I might not recommend it.

Tabnabs

I worked in Larne for 6 months, you'd be better off working in England, less hassle, more opportunities.

Tipsy Mac

wmpdd3 wrote: »

Check out the salary figures before you jump to conclusions.:

3 years ago, they were something like this:

Retail Manager ROI: €32,000 Retail Manager NI: £23,000

Now:

Retail Manager ROI: €36,000 Retail Manager NI: £25,000

At todays exchange rate that's only €26,500 for NI.

It's all down to the exchange rate but still makes it difficult to neg a comparable salary.

Yes but the cost of living is about 25-30% cheaper up north, cars, alcohol, groceries and medicines are all much cheaper. Best would be working in the south and living up the north.

DaireMac

Tipsy Mac wrote: »

Yes but the cost of living is about 25-30% cheaper up north, cars, alcohol, groceries and medicines are all much cheaper. Best would be working in the south and living up the north.

+1 ,was working up in Ballymena last month a full breakie as much toast and all the tea you could drink £3.50 now thats at least 8-€10 down here rip off found the people friendly to.

D.

nipps

ye, why not?

experiMental

It depends on what sector are you working in - retail is not a good example. If you are going to work in engineering, marketing and anything to do with telecommunications, you'd be much better off working in NI. The reason is, you'll be working in the UK, so you'll get much more exposure to the biggest companies in your chosen industry than in Ireland, and also better progression opportunities.