[cocoflunchy]

Reading your internships page (http://www.lokku.com/jobs/intern.html):

    > Will you pay for my travel to London?
    No.
    > Can you help me get a work permit?
    No. You need to be able to work in the UK.

The internship sounds really interesting, but maybe if you want more people applying from all over Europe, you should be a little more open about your relocation policy? (I understand that the cost of travel might not be prohibitively expensive intra-europe, but it kind of reads as "Can I apply if I'm not in London? No.")

[wklslk]

I was interested in applying for an internship with them a few years ago. If I recall correctly, the pay was barely enough to cover the cost of living in London (if that), and it was a lot lower than the pay for any other developer internship I've come across, even some up north. If you'd have to relocate, you'd almost certainly have to pay out of pocket.

If they're not paying for travelling to interview in London, that's again worse than expected, since pretty much all companies, startups and corporations alike, do.

[freyfogle]

If you're from the EU you don't need a work permit.

[cocoflunchy]

I know, but I think it doesn't help with the "international-friendly" image that they want to display.

[arethuza]

I think it's the EEA - which is the EU plus Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/

[swombat]

Also includes Switzerland.

[mapleoin]

except for Romania and Bulgaria.

[vickytnz]

Doesn't being an EU citizen give you free right of work? (This is spoken as someone who's non-EU and is going to have all kinds of fun sorting out visas once I finish studying in the UK).

[gotofritz]

Travel TO London is probably not going to be half as expensive as travel IN London once they get there

[lifeisstillgood]

Scarily thats true

  Single flight Krakow to London :130 Zloty or about 29 UKP
  One week travelcard zones 1-6 - 55 quid.

That's utterly insane

* http://www.ryanair.com/en/cheap-flights/krakow-to-london-sta... (Airport tax not included) * http://www.londontoolkit.com/briefing/travelcard.htm

[mseebach]

Yes, London travel is pretty expensive, but: You don't need a travelcard unless you travel more than once back and forth every days - pay as you go is cheaper. Also, the price of a flight without the airport tax is irrelevant, as there is no way to not pay it (which is why it's so dishonest for Ryanair not to include it in the price). Finally, commuting by bike in London is completely feasible - cycling from Poland is a significantly more substantial undertaking :)

[lifeisstillgood]

Yeah but the view is prettier. :-)

[tomp]

2) If you're an EU citizen, you can work in the UK (with a few exceptions, e.g. AFAIK Croatia citizens can't access the common jobs market for a certain period after Croatia has joined the EU). If you're not, it's a lot of paperwork to get a work permit, and usually not worth it.

1) EU travel is really cheap - London is one of the most frequented destinations for the low-cost airlines (EasyJet, RyanAir, WizzAir, ...), so it shouldn't be more than 200EUR return from just about anywhere in EU.

[mseebach]

1) The corollary of that, of course, is that the company should be happy to pay the flight for the interview if the candidate sounds good after a phone conversation, if perhaps not for the relocation itself.