600CHF for Zurich; is that good/bad/indifferent?

[MasterBait]

I worked for CHF750 per day in Zurich for 6 months and had hardly any money left, when my contract was up for renewal I asked it to be raised to CHF950, customer said no, so I left, no sense in stayoing there and not getting richer

[reddog]

It was wasn't that long ago 1000chf per was a pretty standard starting rate for contacting on Switzerland, those days are gone, but 600chf is absolute rubbish, no doubt an extremely healthy mark up being made by the Indian agency. I wouldn't recommend contacting in Switzerland for less than 750chf per day, and even that would not make you decent money if you were going back to the UK regularly.

[WTFH]

Per day.

In that case, no.

[wattaj]

Is that per hour or per day?

Per day.

Further research identified the agency and client as being HQd in India. So that'll be three red flags.

Oh well, it would have been nice to add Zurich to the list. Maybe next time.

[WTFH]

Is that per hour or per day?

[BlasterBates]

Very roughly a take home of ₤6700, which includes expenses allowances and then subtract ₤1500 - 2000.

So not really worth it.

[Eirikur]

Very bad

[Lance]

It's been quite some time since I last worked abroad, so I'm completely out of touch with the market rates. 600CHF seems low for Zurich, but what do the panel think?
Cheers,
a.

it depends what you do and how good you are.
If you're cleaning windows I think it's a damn good rate.
If you're a senior solution architect it's tulipe.

[wattaj]

Plenty of threads discussing exactly this. Some of them might be a bit old but can't imagine anything has changed enough to still make them valid.
chf site:forums.contractoruk.com - Google Search

One thread asks about 750 and the general consensus is that is low but possible if you've nothing else. That would make yours very low but with the same caveat.

Posts that cross in the night. Thanks. Appreciated.

[wattaj]

Ah...
https://www.contractoruk.com/forums/...ghlight=zurich
https://www.contractoruk.com/forums/...ghlight=zurich
https://www.contractoruk.com/forums/...ghlight=zurich

Ok, as you were; nothing to see here.

[NCOTBAC]

Plenty of threads discussing exactly this. Some of them might be a bit old but can't imagine anything has changed enough to still make them valid.
chf site:forums.contractoruk.com - Google Search

One thread asks about 750 and the general consensus is that is low but possible if you've nothing else. That would make yours very low but with the same caveat.

[wattaj]

It's been quite some time since I last worked abroad, so I'm completely out of touch with the market rates. 600CHF seems low for Zurich, but what do the panel think?
Cheers,
a.