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I have created this group to discuss about the issue of budget, net salary, working conditions etc. I hope you find this useful as this is a topic that, in my opinion, is not presented very transparently it is something that we all care about…!
I personally have been granted a global postdoctoral fellowship with an outgoing phase in USA - San Francisco and return to Spain and I have two questions:
- I am quite horrified after being informed that the employer costs (36% in my case!!) are deducted from the living allowance rather than the management and indirect contribution cost. Is there anything we can do about this?
- I also am not sure about weather the mobility and family allowance are subject to tax deductions or not.
The MSCA is supposed to be a very competitive gran and the truth is that I have realized that it is not so much...does anyone else have the same feeling or I am alone here?
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In my case, for example, the cost of living in San Francisco is extremely high but the country correction does not account for this, just accounts for USA in general. Renting a flat in SF is around 2500$ per month which leaves very little margin for living (my net salary after all would be around 2700e aprox.)
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Does anyone have any advice regarding how to overcome this situation? Is there anything we can do about this?
Thank you in advance
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