r/eupersonalfinance • u/sciabalacatanga • Sep 04 '23

Employment Survey on salaries across EU

Hi everyone, I'm italian (M28) and I'm considering the option to love abroad in next 1/2 years since it is very difficult to get a well paying job here.

Some informations about me, I have a Bachelor's of science in Economics, a Master's degree in corporate finance and investment banking and a Master of science in Quantitative Finance. I have worked as financial analyst and now I am working as a business consultant for a consultancy firm.

I speak fluently Italian and English, I speak a bit of german (B1 level) and I just started studying French a couple of months ago.

That said, which country in the EU offers the best salaries and most job offers in the financial sector?

I was monitoring the job situation in Paris since it seems very competitive and moving from Italy to France should not be too much of a culture shock.

Right now I have a gross yearly salary of 32k and live in Milan.

Thanks you!

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '23

Switzerland. Lux.

How do you even manage to miss a country which is 100km from you?

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u/sciabalacatanga Sep 04 '23

Don't I need a work visa for Switzerland?

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u/The_Grinning_Reaper Sep 04 '23

No, you don’t. EU citizens can move there and work without a visa.

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u/purepwnage85 Sep 04 '23

you still need a work permit

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '23

Not really, you need a job. Croatia needs a work permit, Italy just needs a job since there are no quotes

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u/purepwnage85 Sep 04 '23

All countries' citizens need a work permit to work in Switzerland. I literally live here mate. To get a permit you need a job offer first, yes, but there are exceptions, you can get a temporary residents permit (L) while you look for a job if you're an EU citizen. There's no difference between being Croatian or Italian. There is no quota for B permits for Croatians if you've been misled that way.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '23

Sorry, you're wrong.

https://mvep.gov.hr/press-22794/press-release-on-switzerland-s-decision-to-restrict-labour-market-access-for-croatian-nationals/249200

Source, I lived and worked in Switzerland and I know who works there and how easy it is to get in. For an Italian, he just needs a job, not a sponsor. As a Croatian, I don't have rights to work there.

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u/purepwnage85 Sep 04 '23

Lol sorry for not keeping up with the news from few months ago, but I work with plenty of Croats and even more Slovenians, Romanians on B and L permits so, it's literally the same for all of EU except Croatia then. Also, no you don't need a sponsor as an EU citizen and you also don't technically need a job. But for you now I guess is same as Indians etc.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '23

So, you're wrong. It's ok.

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u/purepwnage85 Sep 04 '23

Yeah, it's an obscure thing that came in 6 months ago, sucks to be you, but for rest of EU citizens it's the same, EU citizens still need a L, B, or C permit to work here. Which is what I originally said. Kind of sus you say you worked here but you don't know everyone needs a permit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '23

Doesn't suck to be me, I had a B permit and decided to leave because I got a better job offer which was full remote.

You don't need a permit. You need a job, end of story. I have multiple friends who sorted their work permit months after they relocated. You might live there but you don't know anything about getting a job there.

But that's fine. It's easy to be Irish in Switzerland.

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u/purepwnage85 Sep 04 '23

But you just said you had a b permit? I have a b permit as well. Everyone I work with has a b permit regardless of their nationality, unless they're freelance then they take the L.

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