Travelling around the world flying planes, building mysterious machines working for NASA or something interesting like that DARPA maube, sleeping with lots of women, properties world wide and having like a few dozen children as well.
Travelling around the world flying planes, building mysterious machines working for NASA or something interesting like that DARPA maube, sleeping with lots of women, properties world wide and having like a few dozen children as well.
So who spilled the beans and told you what my job is, it is supposed to be a secret ! At least you didn't mention the working on Mars part.
Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
I don't do lighthouses, but I do work at sea sometimes on ships doing subsea inspection (we inspect oil and gas pipelines and structures for damage etc using remote controlled subs).
It's a longer working day than in the office, doing 12 hour shifts, but rolling out of bed for breakfast then walking downstairs to work does take some of the sting out of it.
Out of working hours there's nothing to do but watch TV/movies and play games, so it is a good catch up. Mostly it's pretty tedious and can get lonely though. Phone calls home aren't the most exciting when all you have to talk about is what you had for tea (usually not great food since I'm veggie and that isn't catered for very well).
Seasickness can be a problem for some when the weather gets rough, but the upside of that (for the crew, not the company) is that no work can be done, since it isn't safe to put the subs overboard in bad weather. The odd bad weather day spent relaxing can be a nice break (assuming your work is up to date and there's nothing else you can do), especially since you get no days off otherwise. It's just tough luck if you spend those days throwing up.
Be careful what bit of sea you're in though. I was in Danish waters earlier this year and the insane taxes meant I took home less than half the extra cash I usually would if I was in a UK zone. Bit of a bummer since I'd paid for my car's annual service/MOT on my credit card ahead of time expecting to take home much more, but all I was left with was just enough to cover my holiday spending. Planning spending when you've no idea what your take home pay will be is impossible.
How come you get taxed differently depending where you're working? If I have to fly to Germany to work with a customer or supplier, I don't get charged German tax rates.
How come you get taxed differently depending where you're working? If I have to fly to Germany to work with a customer or supplier, I don't get charged German tax rates.
Depends on how long you're there. I was unfortunate enough to hit exactly 30 days, the required limit to be caught by the reciprocal taxes. Fortunately, there is only the one tax in effect, so for that month I pay no UK tax. Still, it means I'm taxed on the entirety of my month's pay (no personal allowance in Denmark) and at a higher rate. It ends up that I worked longer hours for less pay than I would have got in the UK, despite the allowances for being away from home. The company used to offset the variance in tax, but with the industry slump and 3 rounds of redundancy so far, that uplift was one of the benefits that got the chop. I was well gutted, since I wasn't warned about it in advance. Hopefully someone else gets put on that job next year.
Yeah, I know people who work there and pay high taxes - the upshot is there are no local rates to pay, but that's not much consolation if you're stuck off-shore.
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Yes, I have the feeling that such is actually the case with this island in particular.
So who spilled the beans and told you what my job is, it is supposed to be a secret ! At least you didn't mention the working on Mars part.
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It's a longer working day than in the office, doing 12 hour shifts, but rolling out of bed for breakfast then walking downstairs to work does take some of the sting out of it.
Out of working hours there's nothing to do but watch TV/movies and play games, so it is a good catch up. Mostly it's pretty tedious and can get lonely though. Phone calls home aren't the most exciting when all you have to talk about is what you had for tea (usually not great food since I'm veggie and that isn't catered for very well).
Seasickness can be a problem for some when the weather gets rough, but the upside of that (for the crew, not the company) is that no work can be done, since it isn't safe to put the subs overboard in bad weather. The odd bad weather day spent relaxing can be a nice break (assuming your work is up to date and there's nothing else you can do), especially since you get no days off otherwise. It's just tough luck if you spend those days throwing up.
Be careful what bit of sea you're in though. I was in Danish waters earlier this year and the insane taxes meant I took home less than half the extra cash I usually would if I was in a UK zone. Bit of a bummer since I'd paid for my car's annual service/MOT on my credit card ahead of time expecting to take home much more, but all I was left with was just enough to cover my holiday spending. Planning spending when you've no idea what your take home pay will be is impossible.
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