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Would you consider working abroad for a short period?

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John Benton

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Worked abroad for 3 years in a previous life, circumstances were different then, and it was fantastic.

My brother-in-law works on live cables, replacing damaged poles etc, and has been asked to go out to Virgin Islands to work helping repair damaged electrics. He is actually due to retire at the end of this month so he says it's going to have to be a massive amount of money to make him go.
 
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I got offered 450m2 of limestone in the same house in st Tropez 4 years ago for an island builder who did very well for himself. My wife could have come over too and money was good. Didn't happen as wife was pregnant with our first.
Nowadays I'd do short periods of time away but has to be well worth my time.
 
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Plan Tec Tiling said:
As the title says really..... Would you consider working abroad for a short period of time? This is not a thread offering work!, just to see what others thoughts or experiences of it are.

I was contacted by a US firm asking if I would be available at short notice over the next month to travel to Florida (at own expense) to be involved in the rebuild & tiling of damaged apartments with the possibility of further work in the Caribbean later on.
At the moment I am in no position to be able to, but will certainly bear it in mind for the future.
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Used to be a golden rule years ago never ever travel anywhere overseas at your own expense, if any company contacts you offering work then request an open ticket. Any half decent company would sort all your travel arrangements for you, if they're not prepared to then beware.
 
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Anyone know what happened to the tiler who started that job in the Cayman Islands a while back, he posted a few pics of himself laying the first tile then that was it never heard nothing. He did say he would provide regular updates.
 
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