"engineers" are considered the top of the pile: as long as they're not talking salaries... I switched to not working for french companies for that very reason.

"engineers" are considered the top of the pile: as long as they're not talking salaries... I switched to not working for french companies for that very reason. Engineer, loads of experience, low salary compared to the UK or US. I know you could put a price on the "french social privilege", but I didn't benefit from it the least bit (no kids, working) so I was better off without it.