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But in the US the cost of living is definitely higher than Europe, therefore you can't compare it. €36k pa in Italy is the salary of a senior IT engineer... But you can rent a flat with 500€ per month and eat with 200 € per month. Do your maths.
True. I was just making a point that its not a good salary for everyone.
You have universal healthcare.
Universal healthcare sucks major ass in Canada. I'd rather pay for better accessibility and quality.
You feel ill and you wait 4 ~ 8 weeks for initial examination in Canada. Then wait a week for a result and then few more weeks of wait for another examination. I don't know how it is in US but free healthcare sucks.
@deank
Not always; if you're judged to require immediate care, you'll get it. Keep in mind that it is such a system that permits everyone adequate medical care, such that less Canadians die in our hospitals than Americans in US hospitals. I may be one sided, but I feel very little reason to permit such a terrible system in the US.
Yes, there are wait times, but I think it's much better than a pocket full of debt because I was bankrupted by an out of network hospital on an insurance plan run by a bunch of crooks. Because when you've been critically injured, you don't have a choice to which hospital you go. Good luck.
Not in my experience. When my mother suddenly got seriously ill, the medicare wasn't there for her. Well, it was there but it was just too slow. I had to send her to US at my expanse to save her.
@deank
Sorry to hear that. I won't deny that there's room for improvement in the Canadian healthcare scheme, but I don't believe privatizing our system will solve wait time issues.
I had the money to spend to save her. If I hadn't had the money at that time, she would have been a goner. That's all I care about.
When she was hospitalized, they were just giving her morphine. Fuck that.
Don't you have both private and universal healthcare in Canada?
In Italy you can choose.
Nope, no choice. Nowdays, if one of my family members is sick I send them South Korea. Their medical facilities are 20 years ahead of Canada's and can get proper and accurate treatments within a day.
Sure, in the cheapass webhosting industry
As a linux admin, I can make a salary of 50.000 euro a year, or 120.000 euro as a contractor.
And no, there was no crisis for talent, the only question is if you want to sell your body/mind to the capitalist crooks of this world (government/telecoms/pharmaceuticals/energy companies)
The end is .kr (enunciated near).
I think that you're comparing apples (L1 support, which is the topic of this thread) and oranges (Linux admin), but I'll leave it at that.
This job offer came right on time. Right now I am desperate for a job, even remote support. I hope to be lucky enough and grab it.
Good luck @default
Give this guy a chance, i bet he’s worth it!
HK and SG for example. Cant live on such a pittance. Especially if you have a family to support. Sad thing is its hard to find people in HK to work in this field and be worth even 20k.
Wait for your CV
@default
Is the position still available? If yes, is being remote a possibility? Currently looking for a job and the timing of this couldn't be any better.