Looking for Russian Personal Assistant to Director

**jstar** · 26-10-12, 21:30

for an expat the salary is a joke.

The average salary for a secretary in Albania and Russia is approx. $12,000 per year.

In Indonesia the average salary for a secretary to the CEO is the same, but for a fresh graduate working as secretary, the average is 1/4th of that amount.

In these salaries there is no accommodation included and healthcare insurance varies.

Anyway, normally the goal of companies offering positions abroad and filling those with ex-pats, is to make sure the employee retains the same purchasing power and savings as in their own country. So the employee should not be 'worse off' in the assignment as (s)he would be at home. The result is the ex-pat neither gains nor loses from a financial perspective.

Aren't they doing that?

**mer2012** · 27-10-12, 08:12

however its not good to joke about salary. its hOrrible for everyone concerned,,,

**jstar** · 27-10-12, 08:22

Originally Posted by mer2012

however its not good to joke about salary. its hOrrible for everyone concerned,,,

Jim and Scoot did not joke about salary; it is an standard English expression they used*. When you say something 'is a joke', you mean that it is not acceptable (so not serious, non-satisfactory).

* http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom

**mer2012** · 27-10-12, 13:14

hhh! Jstaaar! You didnt get what I meant! Go to General Advice subforum and find a thread with title: "Staff, what to expect from them and what to give in return?" and you will understand what I mean