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> In France "engineers" are considered the top of the pile, they have a higher status than in the UK, not least because they traditionally stem from "Grandes Ec
by Bayart 4y ago
> In France "engineers" are considered the top of the pile, they have a higher status than in the UK, not least because they traditionally stem from "Grandes Ecoles".
Very few people come from the Grandes Écoles, that's the point of them. There are far more engineering schools than that. And even then they don't necessarily have exceedingly high status and pay.
In France status means being management/exec. You're technical ? Well, get fucked, you're from a lower caste.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoHence why I wrote 'traditionally' but even being an engineer from an engineering school is high status in France. You seem to conflate your experience and generally the pecking order in a company with something specifically French whereas it's not.
- yamrzou 4y ago> In France status means being management/exec. You're technical ? Well, get fucked, you're from a lower caste. That was my impression as well, working as an engineer in France. Is it different in the UK or other European countries?