On: Net vs. Gross Salaries in Europe

[arccy]

Shame they didn't include the UK, it's Europe's biggest competitor in terms of where workers can easily move to.

[NKosmatos → arccy]

I totally agree, UK should be included, but this article is based on Eurostat's 2023 dataset which includes all EU member states, three European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries [Switzerland, Iceland, Norway], and one EU candidate country [Turkey]. Raw data available: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data

[bboozzoo → arccy]

> where workers can easily move to.

Is this part still true though?

[n4r9 → bboozzoo]

It's much harder than it used to be. EU citizens now need a visa to stay and work for longer than a few months, and they mostly need to obtain a Skilled Worker Visa which has occupation and salary requirements.

Since Brexit I've noticed that my London-based employer has had an uptick in hiring Indian and Pakistani nationals, especially in Dev and QA. It's probably not the outcome that most Brexit supporters were gunning for, although I did hear that a large proportion of South Asians did in fact vote to leave for this reason.

[arccy → n4r9]

For most jobs that pay well, the requirements are more like a formality, it's quite easy to satisfy the conditions compared to some other countries.

[arccy → bboozzoo]

if you're from outside, it's more or less the same. if you're from europe, it's harder (but not that much harder if you're in tech).