Salary of a newly qualified engineer
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Hello everyone! In February I will finish my master's degree in telecommunications engineering. My work experience so far has been a couple of 6-month scholarships. In one I was paid €300 and in another €500 gross per month for part-time work. A company offers me about €19,000 gross per year for 6 months (I would start in mid-January) with a training contract and after 6 months they would give me a permanent contract for about €24,000 gross per year. To me, it seems like they are ripping me off. How can they pay so little? Is this normal or should I keep looking? Thank you!
P.D.: And no, leaving Spain is not an option for the moment.
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My advice is the classic one: look around, compare, and if you find something better, sign. As long as you don't have anything better, I would take it.
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As Obione already told you, take it and if anything comes up, it's better to leave. Out of curiosity, what company is it? It's so I can send a CV to see if it fits...
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I am with the colleagues, take it and start applying from the first day. The only drawback (at least the one I have had) is that when they call you from other places, they ask you to interview during working hours and you have to find a way to fit it all in without drawing too much attention.
That salary is low for a senior engineer, but that's what there is: in your situation I have seen better ones, although also much worse ones. Anyway, €24,000 are very relative. €24,000 in Madrid are barely going to give you enough to get to the end of the month. Those same €24,000 in a village in Andalusia are going to make you the king of the party.
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I've accepted it. After a little research, it seems that everywhere they pay more or less the same. How they get us! That's why they say that Spain is more competitive.
@Mystique I prefer not to say the name, it's a pretty small company.
@cobito It's in Madrid, so I'll have to share a crappy flat and spend little during the week to be able to afford the cubatas on the weekend
