Ok. In France we dont have those PPA. If we get off work, the first 2 days are being lost (unpaid), then after that, if you're off work the NHS pays you a sum per day, usually about half the daily wage.
My girlfriend that is off work since her back surgery, is getting like ~50-60% of her normal wage, as a compensation for being off work.
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PPA is not standard - it is a perk offered by certain employers (most high tech companies I've worked at have had some form of it if a person is paid hourly - salaried people don't get it at my workplace)
If anyone knows of any position or company that could use a guy with BS in Math, Master's and PhD in Physics..willing to do any job..let me know.
CIA. Really. As long as your under 35.
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I didnt know what to think once I read your suggestion. Actually, It was not a bad suggestion. After I get some other things done, I will probably go back and see what they got. Thanks!!
Note: I appreciate all suggestions..You may think of something that I never considered.
I went to a recruiting session at my school yesterday and they mentioned they were looking for people with math degrees. You'd obviously have to move to dc but if you're open to that, it may not be a bad option.
Yeah, relocating isnt a problem. If i had to do it all over again(pharmacist is ok at the moment)..i would probably get an engineering degree..with a side of comp sci. Physics and other pure science degrees are suffering at this moment with all the budget cuts to research and what not. Companies are looking for tons of experience. I also noticed that the recruitors are pretty much just looking at key words..they dont really understand anything. Sucks to be looking for a job during this time period. Hell, if someone wanted to get a good job..just go into the Navy and become a reactor operator..tons of jobs that pay well after you get out of service.
Just read this and thought I'd comment (being European and all).
For the record: I'm not judging the 'American System' at all and I have nothing but respect for you Dick, but... doesn't the fact that these European guys can afford to make 7 trips to the US (and who knows how many trips to other places) indicate that perhaps their socialist system actually works?
In The Netherlands we have average working weeks of 36 hours and about six weeks off per year. Sounds like everybody is taking it easy, right? But the actual reason that we can generally afford to work less is that we have a very high employment-to-population ratio: low unemployment rate + above-average participation of women (many families have two sources of income). So while the average number of hours a single person puts in per week may seem low, the total number of hours worked per week by the population is actually very high. We are among the healthiest, happiest, longest-living and most productive people on the planet, and the necessary conditions are created by our socialist government.
I know that many people assume that socialism equals handing out welfare checks to lazy people. And what could be easier than just cash your check every month and live comfortably off the income taxes paid by hard-working people, right? Wrong. Our welfare system provides the bare minimum on which one can subsist ($865 per month for single adults = $10,380 per year, and $1210 per month for a single adult with kids = $14,520 per year) and surely does not stimulate people to sit on their ass.
Again, I'm not trying to start a debate here but I thought I'd offer my perspective.
I have a PhD in biology and after working as a scientist for some time, I'm now part of a (semi-)governmental organization. What we basically do is funding the majority of all research activities in our country (allocating the available budget in the form of research grants), and we are also closely involved in formulating research policy (creating the necessary conditions for innovative research in the future, and making sure that the money ends up in the areas that are most important).
I have no idea if this is something you'd find interesting, but I do know that many people don't realize that these jobs exist and that they often require a significant background in science.
I'm no economist, but low population growth plus increasing life expectancy plus people who expect government money implies to me that at some point the Netherlands is going to be faced with a lot of older citizens who don't feel like working anymore and not enough younger citizens to pay for them.
Feeling a little overwhelmed by life... in a good way! Working hard, just had another job interview, getting published thanks to Shannon etc., expecting a next generation King fan, and now producing a documentary! I feel the need to express my gratitude to the universe for finally balancing out... after an exceptionally upsetting and stressful two years, I'm incredibly appreciative of this current good news!
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Killbourne, If you're up to relocating to Colorado Springs, give Cathy Gendron at Boecore Professional Solutions a yell; cathy.gendron@BPSHires.com. They hooked me up back in March with a great position with Exelis.inc (www.exelisinc.com); Exelis used to be a part of ITT but recently split off. The division I work in does government/DoD contract and they are always screaming for qualified people ... especially hardware and software engineers, but believe me if you've got the qualifications and experience (moreso than the degree, from what I've seen) then they are very open. They love prior military, if by chance you've got that. Go to the website, everything is listed there ... it is rather IT and engineering centric, but there are tons of open positions.If anyone knows of any position or company that could use a guy with BS in Math, Master's and PhD in Physics..willing to do any job..let me know
Along those lines, good news for me today. My 6-month BPS temp contract with Exelis as a Technical Order Management Support Analyst (keyboard pounder ... I don't love it, but it's a paycheck) was due to expire this weekend. While the boss had expressed interest in keeping me on full-time, I hadn't seen the job req show up from HR until this Tuesday. I applied right away, but HR is slow so I didn't expect much except to be unemployed on Monday.
An hour after I applied, the boss pulled me into the office, asked if I'd like to change jobs, and offered me a new position as a Project Trainer/Developer. They'd done away with this slot 3 years ago to save money, but are bringing it back because their alternate plan didn't work. I'll be one-deep (sink or swim), in charge of developing and providing training to all of our customers on all of our product lines; whatever we produce for whatever defense systems, it'll be up to me to train folks on it. Along with that comes a full-time position, $10K pay raise, and travel; will be hitting Florida, Alaska, England, Norway, Diego Garcia .... wherever we've got customers. So, needless to say .... SCORE! All of this based off of my military experience/background as well ... the position asks for an MS, but I've only got an AAS and working toward BSBA/Project Management.
So I'm with you library girl; looks like the universe has decided to finally cut us a break after a couple of kinda crappy years.
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Very interesting point, but doesn't that system stem innovation, invention and the overall need to succeed a bit? I am also not trying to start a debate. Just asking a question. Mike's post was indeed thought provoking...Just read this and thought I'd comment (being European and all).
For the record: I'm not judging the 'American System' at all and I have nothing but respect for you Dick, but... doesn't the fact that these European guys can afford to make 7 trips to the US (and who knows how many trips to other places) indicate that perhaps their socialist system actually works?
In The Netherlands we have average working weeks of 36 hours and about six weeks off per year. Sounds like everybody is taking it easy, right? But the actual reason that we can generally afford to work less is that we have a very high employment-to-population ratio: low unemployment rate + above-average participation of women (many families have two sources of income). So while the average number of hours a single person puts in per week may seem low, the total number of hours worked per week by the population is actually very high. We are among the healthiest, happiest, longest-living and most productive people on the planet, and the necessary conditions are created by our socialist government.
I know that many people assume that socialism equals handing out welfare checks to lazy people. And what could be easier than just cash your check every month and live comfortably off the income taxes paid by hard-working people, right? Wrong. Our welfare system provides the bare minimum on which one can subsist ($865 per month for single adults = $10,380 per year, and $1210 per month for a single adult with kids = $14,520 per year) and surely does not stimulate people to sit on their ass.
Again, I'm not trying to start a debate here but I thought I'd offer my perspective.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Hi Bio~Just read this and thought I'd comment (being European and all).
For the record: I'm not judging the 'American System' at all and I have nothing but respect for you Dick, but... doesn't the fact that these European guys can afford to make 7 trips to the US (and who knows how many trips to other places) indicate that perhaps their socialist system actually works?
In The Netherlands we have average working weeks of 36 hours and about six weeks off per year. Sounds like everybody is taking it easy, right? But the actual reason that we can generally afford to work less is that we have a very high employment-to-population ratio: low unemployment rate + above-average participation of women (many families have two sources of income). So while the average number of hours a single person puts in per week may seem low, the total number of hours worked per week by the population is actually very high. We are among the healthiest, happiest, longest-living and most productive people on the planet, and the necessary conditions are created by our socialist government.
I know that many people assume that socialism equals handing out welfare checks to lazy people. And what could be easier than just cash your check every month and live comfortably off the income taxes paid by hard-working people, right? Wrong. Our welfare system provides the bare minimum on which one can subsist ($865 per month for single adults = $10,380 per year, and $1210 per month for a single adult with kids = $14,520 per year) and surely does not stimulate people to sit on their ass.
Again, I'm not trying to start a debate here but I thought I'd offer my perspective.
I understand the point & if socialism actually works that way, it may be wonderful. Although I've never been to Europe (except in the Navy - and submarines don't get to port very often) I probably don't have too much of a leg to stand on here but I understand that Greece, Spain, France etc are Socialist & they don't appear to be working as well as the Netherlands or maybe Norway. Seems to me that eventually the system runs out of producers - even only $865/mo requires someone to be paying into the welfare system.
The version that seems to be shoved down our throat here supplies well more than the 'basic' necessities - when you can not work at all & still have a big screen TV, A new-ish car, computer with hi-speed internet, buying steak with food stamps & things that 20-30 years ago were considered luxuries ( microwave, AC, cell phone, etc.) something is not right. It also appears to be doing it's best to stop the businesses from creating the jobs required to support the unemployed in the manner they have come to expect.
Yes, I'd love to be able to visit Europe as often as possible but after talking with our visitors, I'd prefer doing it with money that I've earned, saved and spent myself - without someone else (gov't) paying for some of my day to day necessities so I CAN save.....
I have no intent of being insulting or coming across as rude or unpleasant - so please don't take any of this that way- this is just my opinion.
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Dick, I hope you didn't think I found your initial post to be insulting (because I didn't).
I think every system (liberal or social) has it flaws and it sure shows in some countries, like Greece and Spain. I'm not saying everything is perfect here either but us Dutchies are lucky in that there are generally enough jobs and people willing to do the work. One of the main problems here seems to be that some professions are disappearing while other fields are growing (and people get fired because of global economical issues too, of course), and that there's not enough being done to ensure that older/specialized employees who lose their jobs in one field can get re-educated and fulfill the demands in other fields. Companies need to invest in education and that's one of the bottlenecks on the way towards an even higher employment-to-population ratio.
Question for Canadians :
http://www.canadavisa.com/fr/canadia...y-range-a.html
What do those salary ranges means? If divided by 12, is it the value that is actually recieved by the employee at the end of the month? Or not?
In France, when negociating a contract we give your salary request. Which is gross. Meaning that the company pays about 25-27% (i think) taxes. In other words : if i say 45k€ as an annual salary wage, that's what it will cost to the company. I will NOT be recieving 3750€ month but 2887€.
So what are those figures? The "cost" to the company, or the actual money one employee recieves?
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That's yearly base salary with taxes in. I'm not sure how it's in France but we get paid by-weekly. So divide the ammount X by 26 and subtract the appropriate tax ammount and that's your net pay. You can find the tax brackets on government websites.
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