Topic: 本人找到在卡尔加里的一份程序员工作（55k），不知道应不应该去？ @枫下论坛 The Rolia Forum

相约北美 / 移民留学 / 本人找到在卡尔加里的一份程序员工作（55k），不知道应不应该去？ -tony_jy(万里长江); 2001-9-1 {66} (#187154@0)
如何去。本夫妻有5个箱子，加一个电脑。行李如何办？飞机？火车?灰狗？

Can you drive? If yes, you could rent a VAN at Toronto, and return it at Calgary. Find a Chinese newspaper, and make several calls. -bloor(不老); 2001-9-1 (#187159@0)
不知道！但是55K：0你总知道吧？ -yellow(yellow); 2001-9-1 (#187171@0)

Ask the employer whether they will pay for your relocation. Fly to Calgary with some luggage, and ship the rest by moving company. -guest:X-man; 2001-9-1 (#187170@0)
If this is your first Canadian job, don't go. 55k is too cheap. New grads price. And it'll more or less set your price for the next few years to come... -guest:guest; 2001-9-1 (#187179@0)

I started with 70k 5 years ago, what do you think I'm getting? :) -guest:guest; 2001-9-1 (#187189@0)

that's 5 years ago. things changed a lot since then. -lazycat(lazycat); 2001-9-1 (#187191@0)

So, if 55K is too cheap. How much do you think an IT engineer like me who has 10 years experience can expect? -mature(mature); 2001-9-1 {268} (#187190@0)
I have good background, last five years worked for large world famous companies. My English is not so bad. Dumn, I got only 40K. Some of my former colleagues even can not find a job in Toronto. The market is different now. I think you'd better accept 55k. It is good.

It's called DOE or DOM. Depending on what kind of experience and the market for your particular skills. -guest:guest; 2001-9-1 (#187194@0)

Actually, I am new landed immigrant. -mature(mature); 2001-9-1 {392} (#187207@0)
Unfortunitely, I missed best market time in North American. I worked for large famous US and Europe companies in Beijing. I do not have Canadian experience. But, you may notice that it is REALLY hard to find a job in Canada recently. I think 55K is good enough right now. A lot of IT employees were laid off. So, even my salary is not very good. I am happy that I can find a job at this time.

Let's see... -guest:guest; 2001-9-1 {447} (#187197@0)
Assuming you're a good employee, at least in your boss' eyes. 5 years ago, the market price was about 60K for a 5 year veteran, and assuming you didn't do like every else did, you stick to one good company like Nortel, each year the raise would then be about 5 %, so your now making (1.05)^5 * 60,000 = 77,000. That's actually a little low if you're in some good hot business like professional services... but for nortel, that's probably it.
Sorry, your English is not so good. -carelesswhisper(无心快语); 2001-9-1 (#187199@0)

What I said is not so bad, of course I am not so good. -mature(mature); 2001-9-1 (#187233@0)

salary should not be called cheap. a high salary or a low. fish or meat can be cheap. you don't know that even stayed 5 years in NA? -guest:guest; 2001-9-3 (#188709@0)

灰狗可能没有行李限制。 -lazycat(lazycat); 2001-9-1 (#187196@0)
搬家的费用可以扣税，一切收据留好。 -guest:; 2001-9-1 (#187215@0)
有人辞官归故里，有人星夜赴考场，这年头，55K还问去不去，yellow说的对，就是55K：0的问题。至于5年前70K那哥们，搞不懂他5年前拿70K，和人家新移民小夫妻55K去卡城有甚么关系？ -gonewithewind(思嘉); 2001-9-1 (#187220@0)
如果一个多伦多的大公司给我一个55k的合同工？我是做还是去卡城? -tony_jy(万里长江); 2001-9-1 (#187226@0)

做! If u like toronto. -gonewithewind(思嘉); 2001-9-1 (#187234@0)
很容易：多伦多房子价格和卡尔加里一比，去哪还不清楚了吗。都是一样的房子，如果不是拿来炒，当然是少付钱的好了。至于工作机会哪里更多，如果你短期内不想跳槽，可以忽略。 -guest:; 2001-9-1 (#187235@0)

合同工的工资如果没有到固定工的两倍，实际上都不是太值得，因为它没有其他福利，比如CPP，EI，还要考虑合同期满后可能的失业期。。 -guest:; 2001-9-1 (#187237@0)

What's CPP ? What's EI ? Thank you in advance . -acezl(acezl); 2001-9-2 (#187387@0)
CPP和EI不都是自己交的么？ -guest:; 2001-9-3 (#188720@0)

不来的话就介绍我去做吧，我现在就在卡 -guest:calgary; 2001-9-1 (#187238@0)
坐灰狗去，大概需55个小时，这样一来你可以领略加拿大的打好河山。每人可带3件行李，超过3件，每件加收5刀，车费大约130刀每人。 -tellme(tellme); 2001-9-3 (#188767@0)
去. 工资不算低. 楼上那位嫌工资低的在扯蛋. 建议你有空再看一次白雪红尘, 好好珍惜这份工作. -guest:; 2001-9-3 (#188818@0)