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[Andreas Stern]

Hi Matthew,

some more things to consider when working as an employee:

is it an "all in" Arrangement or will they pay for every hour overtime ( 
which includes a 50% to 100% Overtime bonus, dependig if you work during 
the day or night or on weekends )

Austrian social Insurance System (Sozialversicherung, SV) also includes 
rates for the federal pension insurance as well as a contribution for the 
dispatching cash ( the second is a very small amount paid by the Employer 
)

and paid sick time cannot be endless - after 6 weeks you get only half 
salary ( but the Health insurance company pays a Sick pay instead )


regards

A.

On Sun, 1 Aug 2010, Philip Poten wrote:

> Matthew Quirke wrote :
>
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone can give any advice or experiences about the
>> salary situation here in Austria for IT Jobs, I'm new the work market having
>> just moved from New Zealand.
>>
>> I have been offered a job testing security appliances by a company here in
>> Austria that specialised in this.
>>
>> The salary sounds low compared what I am used to in NZ, especially after tax
>> and considering high living costs.
>
> Tax is not only tax but also (obligatory) health/dental, accident and
> unemployment insurance. 25 days paid vacation by law, 38 hour/week and paid
> sick time as needed (as in: can even be endless) complete the offer - that's
> how we roll around here ;)
>
>> I  have a lot (12+ years) of experience in networking and a fair (5+ years)
>> in security testing.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest what sort of range I could expect to earn?
>
> It depends on several factors.
>
> The biggest one, obviously, is how good your portfolio is (20%), how well you
> sell yourself (30%) and who you know (50%).
>
> But I'm really not an expert on where to get well paid pentesting jobs, but I'd
> imagine at banks, big telcos etc. But there definetely is a wide range of
> companies, from "don't think they need it" (vast majority) to "don't want to
> need it" ;)
>
> Are you planning to contract/open your own company? Biggest pay, anything from 60-
> XXXX%/hour of what you get being employed (but insurance might be more costly, also
> there is no unemployment insurance)
>
> Generally, well paid employment opportunities for experienced professionals in
> the austrian IT usually start at 3200/month (excl tax) for normal positions and
> can go well over ~10000/month (excl tax) for good positions, such as "senior"
> or "teamleader" in a telco or bank.
>
> As an employee, you get twice the money in June and December.
>
>> Are there differences in salary around Austria?
>
> Vast differences, but stay within the boundaries of Vienna & the surrounding industrial
> area and you're good.
>
>> For general testing jobs?
>
> Freelance, contracted or employed?
>
>> For testing security appliances?
>
> Freelance, contracted or employed? ;)
>
> http://english.bmf.gv.at/Ministry/_start.htm should give you an overview over
> the financial/tax details, as should http://help.gv.at/Content.Node/HELP-FC.html
> for anything concerning practical things, such as driver's license and starting
> a company.
>
> hth,
> Philip
>
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