How Long until I can come home?

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grindle wrote: »

Getting a degree through the evening course isn't the same, or doesn't teach to the same level as the full-time course?

Do they make the tests and ongoing assessments easier for the part-timers?

A degree course is a lot different from a night course. There's not a lot of people in the position to fork out for them and invest 4 years to get it.

donegal_road

there will be so many Irish going out your way OP, that you'll feel like your at home

Nothingbetter2d

OP lets face it... your an Aussie now.... g'day how is it hangin' out there in the bush?

Opticom

Doc wrote: »

Well the two or three years have passed and now I’m wondering how much longer?

I do realise that I'm not in that bad position really and that others are a lot worse off then me but sometimes I really do miss home.

You can take the optimistic view, the pessimistic view, or the realists view.

Here's the realists view :

On the positive side :

I think things have a least bottomed out and are now bouncing and scraping along the bottom.

The cost of living has improved in many ways.

If you're not too fussy, willing to search under every rock nook and cranney for a job, and willing to move around Ireland and work short term contracts anywhere, on low wages, there may be one or two short term jobs available in construction now and then.

People have become more careful with their money, it's now fashionable again to make do, repair things, buy second hand, and grow your own veg.

Anything flashy or ostentatious is seen as horribily out of fashion and crass, but on the other hand, it feels a bit like the 1980's, eastern Germany at times. Some people like that.



On the negative side :

None one of the old problems that got us into the mess have been fixed.

Irish politcs is still in a shambles, with not one poltician or party that can be trusted to tell the truth.

No one has been brought to task for the finacial corruption.

Under the surface, the Irish construction industry is still one of the most unprofessional, gangster ridden, corrupt mafia industries in the western world. No lessons have been learned. There are still hundreds of 'priory halls' out there waiting to be discovered and publicised.

Enda's big solution to the job crisis is for everyone that used to work in construction to retrain as IT professional's, as people have said here, a couple of quick courses won't cut it, so IT is the next bubble, and wage crash waiting to happen.

The streets are noticeably emptier of under 30's

You won't qualify for the dole here, as you've been off 'enjoying' yourself abroad.

Workplace bullying is now the norm, and employers now see you as their own personal slave / cheap labour.

It's back to who you know, not what you know again. (was't it always though)

This country is now fcked good and proper for a generation at least, it's back to the lifestyle and system of the 1980's. Which is o.k. in some ways, because we're actually far more used to it.

Advice

I would come home for an extended holiday first if I were you, have a look at the jobs market and have a good think about it before you cash in your chips in Oz.

JustAThought

Good point there ; not many people are talking about the catastrophic hours people are expected to put in; snd put up with; in order to be seen to Ne wanting to keep their jobs. It won't make the media CIA; hey; that's not a cc/union matter ; FCCs still desert the place at4pm at latest while private sector workers are increasing crucified with massive overloads, unsustainable working hours & unrealistic " targets". No like; there's plenty more who will do it.
Look at eBay/PayPal/Vodaphone/cocacola : all thousands of workers per company being told ; youhave your job it's just now located in Louth/Wecford etc ; commute or go; and all we see is Enda shuttering about how nice itis tbatDundalk/Louth etc have new" jobs" coming cos it will help local businesses.

My last role I was expected to match USA hours : as we'll as Irish ; travel & then catch up with projects on weekends ; I did an average start of 7 am and was usually under lressure to try and leave by 7pm to try and get home at a " normal" time ; this didnt include the Saturday's or the other " extras"

I saw a job advertised; part time lecturing, Dundalk ( as it happened!) , 24k per year ; temporary; PHD required.
Another; UCD ; management role ; " must be well presented and good looking"
WTF!!!

Standard requirements for roles are increasingly " sun/moon&stars" required; dealing with ambiguity. /short term contracts/ & " flexibility " required ; insert as that person said slavery.

We might all be shopping in Lidl but gas has gone up ( another) 10%, so has electricity; bins are now at about e200 total a year, tax on house e200, we willow be paying for meters for water for our houses if EU has it's way & then measuring how many times we can afford to shower :flush ; health insurance is running at a projected 40% projected increase ( it's currently at aprox e800) not tomention a tank of petrol for an average car at about e80/100.

It's now been raining for about two years ; ever day; with the exception of about 20 days last week & were still so excited by that that we don't know whether we're coming or going. Grafton Street ; we re all wearing black or navycoats, beanie hats & gloves... Did I mention it's June now.

Bleak & remorseless & unforgiving.
I sincerelydont recommend a move back at the moment.

Unless you ve a trust fund? 40k a year for about 10 years willcover you.