Job: Head of Stonehenge

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/job-search/default-job-page/?jobRef=16449

87•mooreds•1h ago

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_alternator_•1h ago

On the front page? LLMs got lots of us programmers dreaming of leaving the profession, I suppose.

tyre•34m ago

Is this not super cool regardless? Even if you love tech, was a fun little gem.

pants2•1h ago

Sounds like a very cool job, and not sure about the UK job market, but seems to be wildly underpaid for the qualifications!

y-curious•58m ago

Especially considering minimum wage “salary” in the UK is ~24k GBP, 64k is nothing imo. They call it the “wage squeeze”

UnfitFootprint•54m ago

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

enraged_camel•46m ago

Yeah, but 25 days holiday plus bank holidays means you're working like half the year at most. ;)

dylan604•6m ago

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!

loeg•46m ago

This is like 90th percentile UK salary. It's good pay for the UK, a poor country.

geysersam•31m ago

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.

bpodgursky•7m ago

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.

swarnie•56m ago

Just a smidge over $63k after tax and before gibbs.

The job market over here is shocking.

dismalaf•51m ago

Lol in Canada 64,000 pounds = $120K CAD which would put you in the 92nd income percentile.

loeg•45m ago

This is equivalent to $85,700 USD, not $63k.

theodric•20m ago

Read it again. $63k after tax and before "gibbs" i.e. government-provided social distributions.

techterrier•54m ago

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.

kaonwarb•51m ago

Not disagreeing, but it's also worth something to know, and say, that you are in charge of Stonehenge.

sva_•37m ago

Must be an extraordinary honor to be in charge of a bunch of rocks over there.

loeg•47m ago

This is like a 90th percentile UK salary.

YZF•4m ago

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)...

phyzix5761•4m ago

Don't forget to deduct the 25% effective tax rate.

Calculator: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/estimate-paye-take-home-pay/y...

celsius1414•52m ago

Missed opportunity to say they’re ‘looking for a rock star to lead our team!’

laszlojamf•44m ago

"a solid leader who can carry the weight of our massive responsibility"

peebee67•4m ago

They pretty much are, too. It certainly reads like some tech job ads. Rock star with 30 years experience. Graduate wages.

green_wheel•51m ago

What's your role?

I'm a CSO.

Oh nice, Strategy or Security?

Stonehenge.

bfeist•23m ago

Heard of it?

quuxplusone•23m ago

"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."

appplication•2m ago

This had me giggling, thank you

zuzululu•49m ago

really wish i keot my british passport

smashah•47m ago

Stonehenge would be a great AI Lab name!

Quarrel•45m ago

Damnit. No WFH option.

teaearlgraycold•25m ago

Unless Stonehenge is your home

readthenotes1•44m ago

"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

faangguyindia•36m ago

i know quite a few dev ops and frontend guys who were employed for last 4 years and are now driving taxi in india.

xtorol•34m ago

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."

madrox•33m ago

Building a henge, are we?

davidschof•28m ago

Their senior solution architect vacancy has similar pay: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers...

Somewhat less eminent job title though.

riffraff•18m ago

I would love to have "Stonehenge architect" as a job title.

ggm•26m ago

* Must be proficient in use of mistletoe in unspecified rituals.

* Must provide own sickle, and robes.

Mistletoe•3m ago

Honestly feels like a dream job. Imagine your ancestors smiling down on you if you are from Britain or just human.

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