Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/20

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Subject: [Leica] Leica finances
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:53:50 +0200
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I would not be surprised, Jayanand. The take-home pay is probably lower in 
Greece but when you figure in the vacations, sick leave etc., then I can 
believe it. Greece is basically a country that has been going downhill for 
the past 2500 years.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA











On Aug 20, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Douglas,
> I just read a startling report today which basically says that salaries (on
> a cost to government basis) are still 25% higher in Greece than Germany, 
> for
> equivalent positions in the public sector. I could not believe it. Is it
> true, do you think?
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Leica's biggest cost factor is labour - as it is for every company in
>> Germany - the ancillary costs (often called the second wage) are almost as
>> high as the salaries/wages and include a 50% contribution to health
>> insurance premiums, social security, accident insurance, disability
>> insurance and, and, and...
>> 
>> So somebody earning a monthly wage of say 2000 euros gross is costing the
>> company between 2500 and 4000 euros a month depending on age, marital
>> status, children, seniority, health insurance premium.
>> 
>> Douglas
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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