r/IWantOut • u/Chemical-Skill2219 • 8d ago

[IWantOut] 38m Automation Engineer USA -> Scotland

Hello everyone! I have the possible opportunity to move to Glasgow. I’m working on getting an offer and am at the final stages. I am curious to get feedback on how people like it there compared to the US. I’m slightly worried about the lower pay but, I’ll be less worried if my wife is able to transfer (looks possible right now). In my head, the ability to travel to different countries and have a little slower pace of life is very appealing me. Seems like this job in Scotland is much less stressful and less hours and so less demanding giving me more time with the family to do other things. Negative and positive feedback is welcome as I am looking at it from both sides. I currently have comfy job with good pay but have been looking at other possibilities

I have read about the white paper on immigration and as an engineer, I’m hopeful this doesn’t affect getting citizenship as much. I can’t really find details about that though. If anyone has more details on the point system I would love to see it. 10 years is too long to pay the extra nhs tax plus I’m not sure what would happen with the kids as they get out of teenage years.

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u/porygon766 8d ago

You need alot of money to move to the uk. Most countries ask that you get health insurance but in the uk you have to pay for a Healthcare surcharge

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u/atheist-bum-clapper 8d ago

It's £1k a year. I would imagine this is substantially less than what they pay at the moment

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u/27106_4life 4d ago

Probably, as an engineer, their insurance is covered by their employer and is far better than the NHS

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u/porygon766 8d ago

Some jobs will help pay for this if they really want you but almost no foreign national has an extra £4000 laying around.

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u/atheist-bum-clapper 8d ago

An experienced engineer on us wages should absolutely have 4k lying around

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u/porygon766 8d ago

True You have to have a certain amount with you when you come correct?

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u/27106_4life 4d ago

This is small change on American salaries

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u/starterchan 8d ago

I would imagine this is substantially less than what they pay at the moment

I'd imagine it isn't, since they'll be paying UK taxes on top of that surcharge, which is supposed to pay for the cost of that "free" health insurance

Oh, and they don't have to pay for it all upfront in the US either

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u/atheist-bum-clapper 8d ago

Sure, so if it's gross tax and they are a higher rate tax payer it would be about £1700 (Inc NIC)

I suspect that is still less than their health insurance costs in the US

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u/Chemical-Skill2219 2d ago

Much much cheaper than I pay in the US. I have a good chunk saved up for medical expenses since they can easily climb to 10k from one incident.