Reply to: Question for Swiss expats

[sasguru]

I doubt they would want to hire someone who doesn't have the basic mathematic skills to work that out on their own.

Try this

BBC - Standard Grade Bitesize Maths I - Foreign exchange : Revision

Ah you're back, thus lowering both the tone and the average IQ substantially.

[LatteLiberal]

Is £220K p.a. Swiss francs (permie) a good salary in Basle nowadays?

I doubt they would want to hire someone who doesn't have the basic mathematic skills to work that out on their own.

Try this

BBC - Standard Grade Bitesize Maths I - Foreign exchange : Revision

[sasguru]

I'm surprised at that. Medical coverage included is very uncommon, even for senior positions. Usually it only applies to expats on secondment. In terms of UK standard of living, I'd say that is equivalent to a salary of £100K.

they did mention somehting about medical benefits, didn't look too closely.

Anyway - I live in Basel, so are you really sure about this sas? .

Was more curious than anything , since it is a lot more than a permie stato would get here.
But all in all, we're better off here I think.

[suityou01]

I'm surprised at that. Medical coverage included is very uncommon, even for senior positions. Usually it only applies to expats on secondment. In terms of UK standard of living, I'd say that is equivalent to a salary of £100K.

Bâle is the French. Basle is English.
But the NI equivalent is a lot lower, so the overall cost, compared to the UK is less - especially if you're on a high salary.
I know singles who have a great time here.
No. The local language is Baslerdeutsch, a middle Allemanic dialect. (The rest of German speaking Switzerland speak a high Allemanic dialect). The local official language is Swiss High German - which is different from that spoken in Germany.
Only by the French (and middle-class English). It's Basel to the locals. You really don't know what you're talking about do you?

Anyway - I live in Basel, so are you really sure about this sas? You should post your question in www.englishforum.ch; should provoke a good flaming.

[NotAllThere]

Its Swiss Francs, gross. Permie role (Senior stato at pharma).
Package on top includes relocation for family, rent paid for 3 months, full medical, canteen etc.

I'm surprised at that. Medical coverage included is very uncommon, even for senior positions. Usually it only applies to expats on secondment. In terms of UK standard of living, I'd say that is equivalent to a salary of £100K.

Basle is French and Basel is German I think..

Bâle is the French. Basle is English.

Private Health insurance is mandatory

But the NI equivalent is a lot lower, so the overall cost, compared to the UK is less - especially if you're on a high salary.

Otherwise a great place to be if your with family, would be a bit boring eventually if singleton

I know singles who have a great time here.

local language being high german

No. The local language is Baslerdeutsch, a middle Allemanic dialect. (The rest of German speaking Switzerland speak a high Allemanic dialect). The local official language is Swiss High German - which is different from that spoken in Germany.

It is pronounced and spelt as Bale (baal) locally…

Only by the French (and middle-class English). It's Basel to the locals. You really don't know what you're talking about do you?

Anyway - I live in Basel, so are you really sure about this sas? You should post your question in www.englishforum.ch; should provoke a good flaming.

[MarillionFan]

I wouldn't bother. MF is on more than that from memory.

One made up salary per thread please.

Well, one doesn't like to boast, but...

[suityou01]

I hope your contract doesn't say anything about you being a Schochtlwirt

???

[darmstadt]

I hope your contract doesn't say anything about you being a Schochtlwirt

[suityou01]

Or a tea bag.

"Er trägt Kinderschuhe" is a phrase that comes to mind, but Good Luck Suity if you can manage it!

He carries children's shoes?

[Sysman]

Suity is off to Germany soon. I only wish I was there to see him fawning and gurning when they call him an "island monkey", without him knowing.

Or a tea bag.

"Er trägt Kinderschuhe" is a phrase that comes to mind, but Good Luck Suity if you can manage it!

[sasguru]

Anyway, Swiss German, how weird is that!!??

When I was in Basle in the 90s, a German (Prussian) friend came to visit. He said Swiss Deutch sounded like the sort of German you talked to babies in Germany.
"Kruterhusli, Shichterdeli"

[stek]

Suity is off to Germany soon. I only wish I was there to see him fawning and gurning when they call him an "island monkey", without him knowing.

Der Inselaffe! My partners boss in Germany used to call her black friend 'Der Affe' and he wasn't at all racist by German standards....

[stek]

Must work with Yanks then.

In Swiss German oder Hochdeutsch I hear Barzel.

No, Swiss co with Swiss employees - think they used High German more to help her, since she speaks that. When she worked in Hamburg they did Platzdeutsch on her to confuse her poor lass!

She speaks near native English, even understands my Bolton accent, but can't follow Scousers and one guy when we lived in Scotland, he was from Wigan but had a pure Scots accent to me. To her he had a crazy mash of Scots and my accent and she couldn't follow it at all.

Crazy the nuances you pick up in accents without knowing - cos her first time in a native speaking English country was in Scotland (six months) now every one says she has a Scots accent which I can't hear at all. Weird.

Anyway, Swiss German, how weird is that!!??

[sasguru]

Try finding a job in Bern without having fluent German or promising to learn it and see how far it gets you.

Suity is off to Germany soon. I only wish I was there to see him fawning and gurning when they call him an "island monkey", without him knowing.

[Sysman]

Pretentious tit

The English have the unfortunate way of using French when it is not applicable to certain bits of Switzerland.

E.g. Berne rather than Bern.

Try finding a job in Bern without having fluent German or promising to learn it and see how far it gets you.