They don't look for rock stars. English heritage wants ideology:
"You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing."
(Should have mentioned Talibans, handy to blow up misplaced stones)
36 hours per week. 25 days vacation (going to 28). Pension contributions. You can buy extra leave. Epic location, fun job, decent salary for the UK (where e.g. you don't pay for healthcare)...
The UK is still the 5th biggest economy in the world. Public infrastructure feels like it's under huge strain however, and there is also a big problem with inequality, which seems to be changing under Labour, albeit slowly.
Raw economy size can be misleading in two ways. The value of a dollar is much less or much more depending on where you're at. So an economy of 10 shekels might mean an economy of 100 widgets, or it might mean an economy of 1 widget. Purchasing power parity (PPP) attempts to account for that. The second is that economies are largely a product of population. An economy of a million making a million shekels is quite a bit different than an economy of 10 making a million shekels, so you also want to look at per capita values. Even both of these adjustments combined [1] can be extremely misleading (see: Ireland and many other places...), but they provide at least a less unreasonable basis for comparison than nominal dollars. And the UK is currently 30th there.
It's not a "good" wage in the US. It's exactly median.
Which is fine, someone has to be median, but really underwhelming for the (presumably highly-educated and talented) head of the #1 national historical monument.
And don't you knock of at lunch on Fridays anyways? So that's like a 4 day work week, but let's face it, you're not really doing anything on the day you're knocking off early anyways. See you at the pub!
Due to a typo in the paperwork sent to HR by the hiring manager, they are only paying 64,189 pence. The director was last heard chastising HR, saying "It's not your job to be as confused as Nigel."
On the front page? LLMs got lots of us programmers dreaming of leaving the profession, I suppose.
Is this not super cool regardless? Even if you love tech, was a fun little gem.
Missed opportunity to say they’re ‘looking for a rock star to lead our team!’
They don't look for rock stars. English heritage wants ideology:
"You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing."
(Should have mentioned Talibans, handy to blow up misplaced stones)
They pretty much are, too. It certainly reads like some tech job ads. Rock star with 30 years experience. Graduate wages.
"a solid leader who can carry the weight of our massive responsibility"
I would have thought you'd need to be a druid
Sounds like a very cool job, and not sure about the UK job market, but seems to be wildly underpaid for the qualifications!
36 hours per week. 25 days vacation (going to 28). Pension contributions. You can buy extra leave. Epic location, fun job, decent salary for the UK (where e.g. you don't pay for healthcare)...
Don't forget to deduct the 25% effective tax rate.
Calculator: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/estimate-paye-take-home-pay/y...
Not disagreeing, but it's also worth something to know, and say, that you are in charge of Stonehenge.
Must be an extraordinary honor to be in charge of a bunch of rocks over there.
This is like a 90th percentile UK salary.
this isnt all that *bad for something in the conservation / heritage / ngo sector
edit: *obviously its not a wonderful salary, but for the sector....well I've seen worse.
Especially considering minimum wage “salary” in the UK is ~24k GBP, 64k is nothing imo. They call it the “wage squeeze”
Average full time salary is 40k GBP. It’s +50% on the average which seems right for a non profit organisation in a non exec role
This is like 90th percentile UK salary. It's good pay for the UK, a poor country.
The UK is still the 5th biggest economy in the world. Public infrastructure feels like it's under huge strain however, and there is also a big problem with inequality, which seems to be changing under Labour, albeit slowly.
Raw economy size can be misleading in two ways. The value of a dollar is much less or much more depending on where you're at. So an economy of 10 shekels might mean an economy of 100 widgets, or it might mean an economy of 1 widget. Purchasing power parity (PPP) attempts to account for that. The second is that economies are largely a product of population. An economy of a million making a million shekels is quite a bit different than an economy of 10 making a million shekels, so you also want to look at per capita values. Even both of these adjustments combined [1] can be extremely misleading (see: Ireland and many other places...), but they provide at least a less unreasonable basis for comparison than nominal dollars. And the UK is currently 30th there.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...
Let's not be delusional. The UK is not a poor country, and 64K is low by US tech standards but it's good by any other measure.
It's not a "good" wage in the US. It's exactly median.
Which is fine, someone has to be median, but really underwhelming for the (presumably highly-educated and talented) head of the #1 national historical monument.
It's £64K, not $64K (which is indeed about the median in the US). So, not bad.
Ah I misread that, but $86k is still not good for a highly educated professional.
Yeah, but 25 days holiday plus bank holidays means you're working like half the year at most. ;)
And don't you knock of at lunch on Fridays anyways? So that's like a 4 day work week, but let's face it, you're not really doing anything on the day you're knocking off early anyways. See you at the pub!
Just a smidge over $63k after tax and before gibbs.
The job market over here is shocking.
This is equivalent to $85,700 USD, not $63k.
Read it again. $63k after tax and before "gibbs" i.e. government-provided social distributions.
Lol in Canada 64,000 pounds = $120K CAD which would put you in the 92nd income percentile.
Due to a typo in the paperwork sent to HR by the hiring manager, they are only paying 64,189 pence. The director was last heard chastising HR, saying "It's not your job to be as confused as Nigel."
What's your role?
I'm a CSO.
Oh nice, Strategy or Security?
Stonehenge.
"Just to be clear, you are saying you manage a hedge fund, right?"
"Yeah, a henge fund."
"Hedge fund."
"Henge fund."
"Hedge."
"Henge."
"...I think we're on the same page."
This had me giggling, thank you
Heard of it?
Their senior solution architect vacancy has similar pay: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers...
Somewhat less eminent job title though.
I would love to have "Stonehenge architect" as a job title.
Building a henge, are we?
You bastards, you never told me 200 miles. 200 miles in this day and age! I don't even know where I live now!
* Must be proficient in use of mistletoe in unspecified rituals.
* Must provide own sickle, and robes.
Damnit. No WFH option.
Unless Stonehenge is your home
i know quite a few dev ops and frontend guys who were employed for last 4 years and are now driving taxi in india.
"Job type Permanent"
I bet they enjoyed typing that in.
"5,000 years+ -- depends on you"
Might be another option if it were freeform text
Honestly feels like a dream job. Imagine your ancestors smiling down on you if you are from Britain or just human.
really wish i keot my british passport
[delayed]
Stonehenge would be a great AI Lab name!