They've had enough
A former NHS doctor has explained her decision to quit the UK for Australia - with a huge pay rise and much better working conditions.
Aoibhín says the salary rate "blew her mind" and she is now able to spend her days off exploring and camping in Sydney and Melbourne - compared to being too tired to do anything in her free time while working for the NHS. The Belfast woman, said: "You're working to live - not living to work. Australia is more expensive but I'm still making multiple times more than what I was making at home.
Aoibhín wanted to be a doctor since she was four years old - following in the footsteps of her parents, grandparents and great-grandparents who are all doctors. After graduating, she started work in May 2020 and was "thrown in" straight away. Aoibhín knew of a few people who had been out to Australia to work and her boyfriend, Matthew, was keen to go. She decided to finish her foundation training first - so she could return to the UK to work if she didn't like Australia.
In the UK Aoibhín would work a day shift of 9am - 5pm, a late shift of 9am - 9pm and a night shift of 9pm - 9am. But she claims she found herself working past her hours every shift.
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