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I'd be intrigued to see a breakdown between London and the rest of the UK in the "working very long hours" stakes, especially when you add in commuting. It's e
by cmdkeen 13y ago
I'd be intrigued to see a breakdown between London and the rest of the UK in the "working very long hours" stakes, especially when you add in commuting.
It's entirely possible to have a successful career working 9 to 5, with a sensible commute, in vast swathes of the UK. I've spent 4 years in Edinburgh and have always lived within a 10 minute walk to work, often within a World Heritage Site.
The childcare costs are however a good point of something that other Northern European countries tend to do better at. Though our recent government spat over the ratio of staff to children shows that the public just aren't rational on the issue so changing it would be hard.
- Spearchucker 13y agoChildcare is insane in London. I do, however, take some comfort from knowing that (in my case at least) it's the most expensive part of my 18-month-old son's education. At £15,000 a year his nursery school costs £5,000 more a year than a university degree from Cambridge.
- vidarh 13y agoIt's one of the thing that is ludicrously depressing about living in London. I'm Norwegian, and my brother has two children in Norwegian nurseries. Even with the current atrocious exchange rate, he pays about GBP 6k/year combined for the two of them... If it hadn't been for work situation (especially that his mom is a UK solicitor with a big firm and wouldn't stand much chance of getting a decent job in Norway), it'd have paid off massively to move "back home" for a few years.
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoBut try doing poster paints and sand pits for a degree at Cambridge. Oh, that's the sociology dept.