would you work in an isolated area? -- overseas

x in the city · 2011-02-12 01:46:34

So, in the current f***ed up climate would you take a job in an area, thats ..erm, lets say not a hive of mega city activity.. :p I have been offered a job in one such place, which pays well and Its better than nothing. Actually the isolation is not so much the problem but getting home is rather tricky. Its incredibly hard…

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#32 12-02-2011 11:13PM

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I'm actually waiting for one of the lads on this list to retire so I can get my dream job.

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#33 13-02-2011 12:43AM

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Ghost Estate wrote: »

and you're calling it isolated?

Yeah, as it is at least 3 hours or so to the nearest 'big' city, and it also has a surcharge for most deleveries due to its location.

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#34 13-02-2011 12:46AM

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x in the city wrote: »

Yeah, as it is at least 3 hours or so to the nearest 'big' city, and it also has a surcharge for most deleveries due to its location.

3 hours over dry land? what kind of stuff are you looking to have delivered you can't take with you?

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#35 13-02-2011 01:36AM

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Check this old thread out:

Some guy posted on the travel forum and offered a caretaking job the middle of nowhere in Greenland, in some sort of research station in the arctic circle where it's dark pretty much all day... you are given a gun just in case polar bears come... it seemed pretty facking isolated. Spending the whole winter alone in the middle of a facking glacier... I don't think I'd do it, and I have no kids or assests or anything, and I like to consider myself as quite adventurous.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055375021

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#36 13-02-2011 01:43AM

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I took a job once in a remote, isolated, desolate place and have never been the same since. The strange customs of the locals, the lack of amenities, the distance to civilisation and human contact, the wierd and agressive fauna, poor infrastructure and backward beliefs nearly drove me mad.... I'm never taking a job in Offaly again, no matter how good the money is.

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#37 13-02-2011 01:45AM

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Wow I think that'd be an awesome experience. If you don't have any real worries about leaving anything behind then you should go for it. A full time well-paid job is truly hard to obtain nowadays indeed...you don't have to take a dump in the ground and wipe your bum with leaves now, do you?

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#38 13-02-2011 01:52AM

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x in the city wrote: »

would you work in an isolated area? -- overseas

I'd absolutely love it. I walked all 800km of the Camino de Santiago last summer and adored the isolation of it. Can't wait to go back again this summer.

If your family and friends are saying you'd be nuts - well, what more incentive do you need to do it? Some day you'll probably be tied down and have loads of obligations. Carpe diem.

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#39 13-02-2011 01:56AM

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Solnskaya wrote: »

I took a job once in a remote, isolated, desolate place and have never been the same since. The strange customs of the locals, the lack of amenities, the distance to civilisation and human contact, the wierd and agressive fauna, poor infrastructure and backward beliefs nearly drove me mad.... I'm never taking a job in Offaly again, no matter how good the money is.

hehe. This reminds me of something I read from an English settler in Offaly, or King's County as it had just been renamed, in 1557.

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#40 13-02-2011 01:59AM

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In Canada at the moment, and met an Irish lad last week who works in a gold mine in the Yukon territory. Dawson City. Making massive money, but the isolation must be getting to him if he considers Calgary "awesome".

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#41 13-02-2011 02:27AM

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Jaysus, my weekender farm sounds more remote than this Job offer of yours. 'in this Current Economic clmate' you'd be a looper to turn down a well paid job.

the only dealbreaker for me would be if the job was in a country that Frowned upon Alcohol or Bacon

So where is this Job anyway???

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#42 13-02-2011 02:39AM

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Probably somwhere like Colchester.

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#43 13-02-2011 03:01AM

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I was trying to apply for a job as a fisheries observer onboard the crabbing boats in the Bering Sea (the same boats that are on Deadliest Catch). Over $6000 per month for 12-20 days at sea and you may only have to work up to 4 hours a day onboard the boat. The remoteness is meant to be crazy with alcoholism rife.

But they recently changed the immigration laws with regards to fisheries observers so thats that gone. I'd love to take a Land Rover across Siberia though - especially to here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event (freaky stuff)

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#44 13-02-2011 03:13AM

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x in the city wrote: »

Oh, I am getting the hell out of here, the place does have broadband, 3G coverage and pubs and even a night club. Relocation is paid for 3 months also to the value of ca €3,500

How about telling us where the bloody place is?

Why so secretive about it?

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#45 13-02-2011 03:18AM

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some_dose wrote: »

But they recently changed the immigration laws with regards to fisheries observers so thats that gone. I'd love to take a Land Rover across Siberia though - especially to here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event (freaky stuff)

say hello to one of the billions of mosquitoes that infest that place for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEAZ3uzCtJQ

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#46 13-02-2011 03:28AM

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Its all a question of risk and reward if the reward is good enough I would take the risk no problem

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#47 13-02-2011 03:31AM

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@rossie1977: I watched that and now I'm really itchy. :mad:

OP, you should go, you'll get a few stories out of it. Will you at least tell us the country it's in?

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#48 13-02-2011 08:39AM

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Go for it. I frequently end up is such remote places, in fact in one now. Once you have the interweb for the Skype and a beer supply!

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#49 13-02-2011 09:01AM

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Yea definitely... Will hopefully do it in the next 2 years. Middle of nowhere in Chili or somethin..

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#50 13-02-2011 09:18AM

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hi all just reading the post about working in isolated areas,i worked for a while in outback australia,600k from perth,in a goldmining town,repairing heavy machinery,in workshop,and out in the bush,desert areas,scorching hot over40 degrees most days,millions of flies,and yes you do sometimes have to use grass for toilet purposes,18 hr days,money was good,few pubs in town,but great experience

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#51 13-02-2011 09:37AM

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Heck yeah, i used to travel from the Slieve bloom mountains to Baltimore,Maryland, USA, returning home every three months. I would give my right arm (well i may need that) for a full time job anywhere, including Timbuktu!

Is maith an scáthán súil charad.

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#52 13-02-2011 12:35PM

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You should do it OP, once the money and leave are alright. I work deep sea, cant really get much more isolated then that, do 3mths on/off but its worth it for the money

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#53 13-02-2011 12:47PM

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Anywhere has to be better than here at the moment ... after nearly 4 months of freezing cold weather, I would happily trade for somewhere where the suns shines. OP, would love a bit more info about the job itself and where you're moving to and also if you have to leave behind family/children here or will they be travelling too.

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#54 13-02-2011 03:19PM

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Its in the scottish highlands...:o

Engineering work, its probably a bit of a bummer for people expecting me to say some obsecure place millions of miles from Ireland. :pac:

The first thing that I noticed from my few days there initially was the friendly attitude of the people. Dare i say Scots people give the middle finger salute to the English....

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#55 13-02-2011 03:21PM

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I moved from Sydney to Limerick. Same thing.

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