Reality check?

Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2010, 7:07 am Post subject:

If only we had the $$$$
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Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2010, 7:15 am Post subject: re: Reality check?

my friend is a nurse in hadassa ein karem and gets paid about 35 shek/hour. She takes on more shifts to get paid overtime

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Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2010, 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: re: Reality check?

Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2010, 9:44 pm Post subject: re: Reality check?

Mrs Bissli - are you talking about the UK? Same thing - airfares for 5 people, soooo not happening. But it would be great to be over there, my mother lives in Scotland and used an ancestral visa initially, I dont qualify, its my great grandfather who is a Pom Smile

Aside from anything else, I want to be in Israel, lol!

Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2010, 9:45 pm Post subject: re: Reality check?

Rebecca - depending on where you live etc wouldnt it be cheaper to live in EY than the States anyway. And if oyu are making aliyah you can get your airfares paid etc...excuses excuses, I'll see you there!

Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2010, 10:17 pm Post subject:

but we couldnt afford the rest of it and you know it. plus the whole 1)heat 2) hubby never did his army service 3)huge language barrier 4)leaving my beloved NE US 5) family

Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2010, 10:52 pm Post subject: re: Reality check?

No fair!! Well at least I'd be closer...lol

Isnt hubby old enough with enough kids to avoid army service anyway?
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Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2010, 10:58 pm Post subject:

lol-but would you shlep the hand-me-downs to israel?

Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2010, 11:42 pm Post subject: re: Reality check?

If it meant you'd make aliyah you betcha!

Posted: Tue, Apr 27 2010, 3:04 am Post subject: re: Reality check?

Ok, so lets say I have a work from home job that pays what my trusty currency converter works out to be about 85 shekels an hour, and I work school hours 5 days a week - say about 35 hours a week. Take off some hefty tax bill and say I come out with about 1500-1800 shekels a week. Life is possible on this sort of income for a family with 3 little kids living outside of a major city?

Is 85 shekels an hour a good rate of pay?

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Posted: Tue, Apr 27 2010, 3:15 am Post subject: re: Reality check?

This is doing medical transcription work with pay in Australian dollars.

So if 85 shekels is a good rate, then the take home pay must be a livable amount. I'm taking about 50% off for taxes, fees, currency conversion etc. What is the normal work week in Israel in terms of hours?

Posted: Tue, Apr 27 2010, 3:23 am Post subject: Re: re: Reality check?

Posted: Tue, Apr 27 2010, 3:31 am Post subject: re: Reality check?

I thought they went on Sundays tho? Here from age 5 or so they go (Jewish school - public are even less hours) 8 - 3:15. Wouldnt matter in any case, hours could be made up at night. But would give me flexibility during the day to do what I need, and no time wasted driving/bussing to and from work. Good to have another option, I think I have two genuinely feasible options now Very Happy