What is the typical salary range for employees in private chemical engineering design firms in Shanghai?
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I graduated from university in 2008 with a degree in instrumentation, and I have been working at a provincial design institute ever since. But the performance here has been poor, with no major projects carried out. I have now received an offer from a private chemical engineering design firm in Shanghai. My current salary is 4,200 before taxes. I’m wondering what the typical salary range is for private chemical engineering firms in Shanghai? Is it sufficient to live on in Shanghai with such a salary?
After working for two or three years, this salary is considered acceptable. Considering your lifespan is indeed not long. Work for two or three years, and it should amount to over 100,000 years
The forum has always said not to go to private design firms, claiming that people there work overtime all the time until they’re exhausted. I think working overtime means there’s work to do, an opportunity to learn, and the days pass by in a fulfilling way, even though it can be tiring. I think it’s pretty good, right? Is there such a **?
4200 is a bit too little; after all, it’s Shanghai – with that amount of money one can only go without anything decent to drink. You can’t afford a house, and in a few years you’ll still have to leave.
A low salary is only temporary; when you make your employer feel that he needs to spend a lot of money to keep you, he will naturally offer you a satisfactory salary.
Reply to 3# Guatian Watcher: Not necessarily. I used to work at a private construction company, where there was plenty of free time; anyway, I got the same salary whether there was work or not, so I was quite content.
It’s a bit little. In Shanghai, you should have at least five or six thousand; after all, you also have two years of work experience!
When working in design, you don’t make much money in the first few years.
It will bark when you are free, and it will also bark when you are tired
I wonder which provincial design institute the LZ used to work at? 4200 before taxes in Shanghai is a bit too low; even 4200 after taxes seems insufficient to me. I graduated in 2008 as well
At the beginning of the project, there wasn’t much money available, after all, it was meant to be work done to assist others