Hong Kong

If you ever will want to return to America, make sure the exchange rate stays favorable.

You going to get a better chance to do this?

Hong Kong: Home of the Shiny Green Suit.

how many meeps do they have you gobbling for that kind of scratch?

What it boils down to is these guys"locals" don't have the urgency that a private jet owner expects. I have this urgency. I'm just nervous about making this huge leap in jobs. I lose 7 years with Gulfstream"401k and insurance" but triple my salery. I am tempted by the fact that this is a once in a lifetime experiance. But it could be a disaster. Gamble time! Hmmmmmm. I think I need 2 weeks to think this one over. A little more difficult than joining the military it feels.

Explain why disaster.

Don.t forget that HK belongs to the Commies. If you decide to stay for a year or so, the DHS may not let you back in.

I'd stay. meep the US and A. Oh, and mail me a ps3.

i think it sound groovy. If i didnt have wife/kid/dogs and i were offered something like that i would jump on it, but i'd try to weasel more $$ or benefits (housing?) out of them.

If the company turns out to be assholes than I'm stuck here for 1 year minimum under a contract. That could turn out to be a long year. I got a dinner meeting with there boss tonight to talk over the details and what not :/

My first contract negotiations. I think I'm gonna cry

Are there any other palefaces who have done what you're considering, with the same company? Find them, buy them dinner, grill them. That has kept me out of at least one meep job which I still have occasion to thank myself for turning down every so often.

I would doubt anybody would going to track you down to the US from Hong Kong to make you fulfull the rest of a 1 year contract at $80k (less what you already worked). It wouldn't be worth it. Now, if you were making $500k and they paid you all up front, different story.

Its not exaclty a threat that anyone would serously back up.

The ONLY thing that would concern me is the tax consequenses. The HK taxes and/or the US taxes. dont take advice from this on anyone who isnt a tax professional.

As Pacino said in "Scent of a Woman:" When in doubt, meep.

Evaluate the cost of the 3 years of 401k. See what your post-taxes salary would be if you worked in HK, and calculate the cash flow you'll have after all your expenses. Let the numbers speak for themselves.

The family factor is tougher. I've known more than one family which broke up because of the "out of sight" problem. See if one of the benefits could be flying your family to you, at a whim. Or, decide how important the family is to you, and if you could live without it -- then, Chinese meep for miles (a joke, I hope :)

The third, and most important factor, is stability. Can these folks really deliver for years? How likely are you to be out on your meep, after becoming irrelevant back at the US and unneeded in HK?

Free airfare to BBP Hong Kong?

THANKS ACIDBURN!!!!!

living in America?

Forgot about this ebtry. I declined the job and enrolled in college to get my A&P license before I vacate the US. Sorry to let you all down but i feel I must try to get welfare before I go.

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