SaligoBay Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 L'Express has a little whotsit to tell you how much they reckon you should be earning in France for what you do.http://www.lexpress.fr/reussir/dossier/salaires/moteur.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeb Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Just about spot on SB. Really sad. LOL then I looked up our accountant.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 They're having a laugh aren't they? I thought all the French apart from civil servants, lawyers and accountants were on the SMIC anyway.So that looks like an 80% pay rise for Mrs Will, and I'll never need to work again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daley Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 If only they were true. I have been actively looking in France for about a year now and some of the jobs and the salary to go with it have made me fall off my chair. I am not sure if the French are into titles i.e. Directors is a term loosely used in England, but for Directors jobs in France I have seen some really insulting salaries for the responsibility of the position. Then when you see how much you have to pay in taxes, I am sometimes wondering why would I want to leave Germany, but it's not just about the money. Take a look on the APEC site and you will see what I mean. I shall quote L'express figures at the next interview when we get to discuss salaries!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastobe Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I just looked up my job - and its pays less in euros in France than Iearn in pounds in the UK - and then some!![:'(] - And I just looked upthe 'Directeur' and the salaries were ridiculous - our directors earnat least four times that amount plus bonuses...If those salaries are correct then France is definitely a retirementonly destination...unless, of course, you want a life of 'genteel'poverty LOLHastobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 I can only go by Mr SB's salary, and that, sadly, is right! A 25% drop in salary for a cost of living that is, at best, 10% less than the UK! It is sobering, isn't it? [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo53 Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Remember French salaries are usually quoted net (of social security, ie the deductions made at source), whereas UK ones are quoted gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miaviv Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Sorry, but in my experience they are almost always quoted gross (brut)never net . You would then have to allow for social deductions tocome out of this (an A4 sheet is the norm for a French pay slip) andthen account for your tax - I still think we pay less tax than in theUK though but not sure...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo53 Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 It's definitely also common in France for salaries to be quoted net monthly. Which makes comparisons with a gross annual salary quite difficult, what with 13th month etc. For example, when he was taken on by his employer, OH was asked how much he wanted net monthly. This was the figure of discussion, though in the actual contract it was specified as gross annual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miaviv Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 I hate banging on about this but having worked for quite a few Frenchcompanies since moving here 13 years ago, I have yet to come across onethat talks of net salaries - always gross. I wouldn't like tomislead posters that some jobs offers may talk of net salariesbecause I have NEVER seen one, only gross is mentioned in the officialoffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte3 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Hi All. On my contact my salary is quoted as gross, but in the newspaper advertisements I have noticed the salaries are quoted as nett. Typical France, really complicated as usual. Sorry about the italics must have hit the wrong button on this damn french keyboard. Oh look, fixed it........must be the red wine again.Aly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-cat Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Holy Mackerel!! I've just checked my old job (at least I think I did - the same wine problem, as Aly, above!! [blink] ) & for the first time ever, think I might have been well paid!! Thank God we are retired!! Ali (on the wine!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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