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    in six weeks here i've dealt with...

    i just wanted to update this, for whatever it's worth, and say that i decided to leave. 2 months here was enough. i'm really sad to leave because in the end, i do like it here. i just can't ignore the things that keep happening to me. there was someone upthread who said something like, 'maybe...
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    Change in expat attitudes?

    this is so true. i keep asking myself why i'm putting up with things if i''m basically living the same lifestyle i was back home.
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    Change in expat attitudes?

    i know two recent expats planning on leaving earlier than planned and am also seriously considering it.
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    Public transportation

    can i get a little more information on getting monedas at banks? can you go to any bank? do you have to be a customer? also, re: the 'sube' (really, the 'monedero') on buses, it completely varies by bus line. when i lived near the 12, nearly all of the 12 buses (90% or so) had a functioning...
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    New DNIs available for foreigners yet?

    my MERCOSUR friend (a permanent resident, not a citizen) has the new DNI card. i want one, that 3/4 profile view is hot
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    Work and Salary Expectations

    this is a fascinating post and i genuinely thank you for opening my eyes about this. really interesting - i mean it.
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    Work and Salary Expectations

    why would somebody build an outsourcing company in a country where wages are only marginally cheaper than in the US? if your business model is premised on only being 2 or 3% cheaper than your competition or DIY, i don't know what to say. can a business really predict its expenses within 2-3%...
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    Work and Salary Expectations

    yeah from the perspective of the outsourcing company i see it now - a 30% rise in your labor costs does seem difficult to pass on to your customers every year... i was just looking at it before from the perspective of the outsourcing client for whom the services are still a serious bargain.
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    argentine cooking show

    i just need to state this for the record, in case i mentally block it out later. it seems important to report this for posterity. i watched an argentine cooking show. the theme was 'game day.' the tv chef made a 'super triple.' the 'triple' part apparently referred to four large ham and cheese...
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    Work and Salary Expectations

    i'm sorry, but i don't buy it. what's the cost of employee benefits in the US, like 30% of salary? what is it in argentina, 100%? overall, that employee's still got to be cheaper because the base salary is so much lower. rent and insurance HAVE to be cheaper in argentina than in the US...
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    Work and Salary Expectations

    thanks for the compliment on the math but i don't get yours... that 1500 extra the company is paying is really 300 because the company has overhead? did you mean 3000? and 3000's the dealbreaker but 1500 isn't?
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    I want to be your hair stylist

    dude where are you? i need a cut :(
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    Work and Salary Expectations

    this is what i don't understand. i'm not sure why a company can afford a 3% raise on a $40,000 annual salary in the US, and can't afford a 30% raise on a $9,000 annual salary in Argentina (by the way - those are actual salaries for very similar work in the US and argentina) 3% of $40,000 is...
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    in six weeks here i've dealt with...

    living in Europe is one crisis after another? I don't remember that from living in London for a year. I will say that travel is not part of American culture, basically the way it seems to be in every other country. 2/3 of americans don't have passports. so yes, our tolerance for travel-related...
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    Work and Salary Expectations

    as an american, and therefore presumably quite comfortable with the idea of capitalism, reading through the posts where people are dumbfounded that workers expect pay raises that keep pace with inflation blows my mind. getting a raise that doesn't keep pace with inflation is actually a pay cut...
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