Rogue One: these wages are based on average numbers for the US and Canada. If you are moving to an area that's 15% more expensive to live you should at least be making 15% higher wages. on a side note, my mind is blown that you are making that much money as a librarian's assistant, I'd hold on to that job as long as…
Wages are proportional to your contribution to a project. Being paid over $150,000 a year in games is not unheard of but that's for senior positions only. You can get royalties but they're also mostly for senior positions. It's all about bargaining. How valuable are you? If you have no experience, then I'm sorry to say,…
It's pretty easy to make over $100,000 a year working at a mine. Especially if you know a skill like welding, or can drive heavy vehicles. But it's not fun and you might get killed in an accident.
Government of Canada has been handing out tax breaks and money to studios like insane to get more studios in Canada. Just recently, the government gave money to Digital Extremes. Something like 2.3 million.
I thought you may want to post ACAS on the Employee Rights section on the wiki as the advice is much more comprehensive than the direct.gov.uk information and they offer a free mediation and telephone advice service too :) You can just call them up, explain your situation and they will tell you your legal rights if things…