30-70$ a week? Fuck. And here I thought Italian civil servants were underpaid. I should stop comparing with German's Beamte and go for US workers instead. Even cleaning people usually get at least 10$/hour.
ETA Awesome icon, and what a cute name you have. Didn't know it was used on the US.
ehm, in Italy of course cleaning people/plumbers/hairdressers/medical doctors in private practice/almost the whole country cheats on taxes, LOL.
My cleaning lady works at least 25hrs/week afaik, and when I had a nanny she was making 12$/hr + taxes, retirement plan, health care, five wks/yr paid vacation and end-of-contract money (one month of income for every year you have worked).
I'm trying to convince my kids to work hard at school, claiming that more schooling=better income but I'm not really sure it's true. Job prospects in Italy are very grim.
It's impossible to cheat here when the taxes come off automatically. When I get my T4 at tax time, it shows all the deductions that were taken off over the year so I have no choice. The ONLY exception would be if I received tips and didn't claim them as income. I know a lot of people who don't do that, and sometimes they get nailed, sometimes they don't.
And it's the same way here. All the schooling in the world isn't going to help you get a job. A lot of the time, it's all about who you know that gets your foot in the door. It's sad, but true.
I pay all my taxes the way you do, but the plumber etc will usually ask if you need a receipt and price accordingly.
it's all about who you know And here I was, thinking this was a purely Italian phenomenon. That's so very sad. I'm currently trying my best to make sure my kids speak enough languages to have more than one choice of country to live in, but I'm starting to suspect that this won't really solve any problem.
As long as you graduate and have a diploma, you can usually go on to get a decent job. You don't need a degree for everything. I don't have a degree, and I had a great paying job at the casino for 9 years. Having more than one language always helps though. I have french and spanish, but I have yet to be in a position where I had to use it.
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28/10/11 17:31 (UTC)(no subject)
28/10/11 19:50 (UTC)ETA Awesome icon, and what a cute name you have. Didn't know it was used on the US.
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28/10/11 20:04 (UTC)My cleaning lady works at least 25hrs/week afaik, and when I had a nanny she was making 12$/hr + taxes, retirement plan, health care, five wks/yr paid vacation and end-of-contract money (one month of income for every year you have worked).
I'm trying to convince my kids to work hard at school, claiming that more schooling=better income but I'm not really sure it's true. Job prospects in Italy are very grim.
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28/10/11 20:08 (UTC)And it's the same way here. All the schooling in the world isn't going to help you get a job. A lot of the time, it's all about who you know that gets your foot in the door. It's sad, but true.
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28/10/11 20:45 (UTC)it's all about who you know
And here I was, thinking this was a purely Italian phenomenon. That's so very sad. I'm currently trying my best to make sure my kids speak enough languages to have more than one choice of country to live in, but I'm starting to suspect that this won't really solve any problem.
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