When I got transferred to the UK in 1990, my wife gave up a job making about $75K a year with great bennies. What she got on the other side of the ocean was about L30K which spent like $30K regardless of the exchange rate. She was really pissed until I pointed out that based on an article in the Evening Standard that the 90th percentile on wages was just L25K....
She had secretaries making about L13K that had to choose between food and heat in the winter. I have to say I was shocked at the incredible spread between the top 5% and the rest of the population. I had a great job making stupid money and got to see the inside of some of the big money events. unreal differences.
