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."
Considering the location, I would imagine that the ancestors prefer to haunt the barrows at night. Still a dream job if that's your thing. Just watch out for the Nazgûl. :)
I caught a live stream of Stonehenge during this past Winter Solstice (it was cloudy, naturally) and the streamer provided a bit of trivia that I hadn't heard before:
George Washington's English ancestors, specifically Sir Lawrence Washington, were the owners of the West Amesbury Estate in Wiltshire, England, which included the land where the ancient Stonehenge monument sits. (Via Google)
If you hadn't that before, welcome to the "Huh, that's a funny coincidence" club.
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)...
UK tech salaries are also not high. And 64k pounds for a history and/or business major is quite right. Do not forget also: history is a overrun study with many people afterwards driving taxis
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, because let's face it, you're not really doing anything on the day you're knocking off early anyways. See you at the pub!
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.
They really miss out on opportunities here.
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.
I would have thought you'd need to be a druid
Damnit. No WFH option.
Unless Stonehenge is your home
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."
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
"If I get the role, what will my budget for repairs be?"
really wish i keot my british passport
Honestly feels like a dream job. Imagine your ancestors smiling down on you if you are from Britain or just human.
Considering the location, I would imagine that the ancestors prefer to haunt the barrows at night. Still a dream job if that's your thing. Just watch out for the Nazgûl. :)
I caught a live stream of Stonehenge during this past Winter Solstice (it was cloudy, naturally) and the streamer provided a bit of trivia that I hadn't heard before:
George Washington's English ancestors, specifically Sir Lawrence Washington, were the owners of the West Amesbury Estate in Wiltshire, England, which included the land where the ancient Stonehenge monument sits. (Via Google)
If you hadn't that before, welcome to the "Huh, that's a funny coincidence" club.
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 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"
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)
Sounds like a very cool job, and not sure about the UK job market, but seems to be wildly underpaid for the qualifications!
This, shockingly, is actually quite well paid considering for the UK.
Lead Data Scientist for the UK Government is currently advertising for a salary of £57,670 - £67,500.
https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?jco...
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.
Yes?
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)...
I'm not in the UK, but from what I understand that's actually decent. US salaries, particularly in tech, are wildly higher than in most of Europe.
UK tech salaries are also not high. And 64k pounds for a history and/or business major is quite right. Do not forget also: history is a overrun study with many people afterwards driving taxis
This is like a 90th percentile UK salary.
Don't forget to deduct the 25% effective tax rate.
Calculator: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/estimate-paye-take-home-pay/y...
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
It is a leadership role though.
I don't know how many staff there are, but it's surely one of EH's most important locations.
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)...
Inquality has barely moved per Gini in the last thirty years, and GDP is very misleading.
https://ifs.org.uk/data-items/gini-coefficient
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.
If the UK were a US state, its GDP per capita would rank it roughly on par with or just below Mississippi, making it the poorest state in the union.
The UK is poor and sprinting as fast as it can towards being poorer.
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.
It is good for a professional with specialization in history.
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, because 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.
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?
Stonehenge would be a great AI Lab name!