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Londoner here -- I see a lot of your compatriots working on awesome tech products. To boot, they all seem to be TechItalia graduates, so it seems like Italy ha
by presscast 8y ago
Londoner here -- I see a lot of your compatriots working on awesome tech products. To boot, they all seem to be TechItalia graduates, so it seems like Italy has a serious brain-drain problem :/
- marcyb5st 8y agoI am one of these "escaped brains". The explanation is extremely simple. In my case, after finishing Uni (degree in CS), I applied for few companies in my area, near Verona which is a wealthy part of Italy. The best salary I managed to bargain was around 1000 euro per month (gross). This leaves you with a 750 Euro net and basically no benefits. Take away rent, a little bit of leisure, and transportation costs you basically save nothing. At that point I said fuck it. I started looking for jobs on the other side of the Alps and landed a job at Google in Switzerland that pays 10X that. And yes, Switzerland is crazy expensive, but not 10X Italy! I miss Italy, but it now became a holiday destination for me.
- ensignavenger 8y agoDoe Italy not have a minimum wage, or is it just really low?
- marcyb5st 8y agoSome working categories have it, some don't. IT didn't back in 2013, the period when I decided to pack my stuff and go. Now I believe it has been incorporated in the metalworker category (see below). Minimum salary for year 2018/2019 (hourly/monthly) Clothing and fashion 6,60 € 1.144 € Agricolture 7,13 € 1.235,87 € Tourism 7,17 € 1.242,80 € Metalworker 7,32 € 1.268,80 € Construction 7,59 € 1.315,60 € Food industry 8,21 € 1.423,07 € Finance 11,11 € 1.925,73 €