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Few thoughts off the top of my head: a) Language barrier — Spanish is only the fifth most spoken language in the EU, with only 15% speaking it as a first or se
by UVB-76 10y ago
Few thoughts off the top of my head:
a) Language barrier — Spanish is only the fifth most spoken language in the EU, with only 15% speaking it as a first or second language (around half of whom are Spanish citizens);
b) Lower salaries on offer (as others have noted) as opposed to working in the UK, Germany, or France;
b) Given the economic situation in the country, and high levels of unemployment, Spain isn't anywhere near as attractive to skilled migrants as the other leading EU economies.
- Raticide 10y agoWell, at least they won't have to compete with the UK soon.
- e12e 10y agoJust because UK leaves the EU, that doesn't mean it won't still welcome foreign workers (especially from the EU). When I was last on Iceland, I met a handful of professionals working in software engineering and engineering - all but one of them was from the EU (a few from Spain). Anecdote, sure, but I got the impression a lot of businesses on Iceland hired various foreign workers (not to the exclusion of Icelanders, just to fill in a shortage of skilled workers - perceived or real). And then there's Norway, which participates via the EEC, but isn't an EU member. And the UK has made some noise about getting a similar deal.