Working in milan!

krishna93 wrote:

hey im krishna frm india!!!! im thinking of coming to milan next year and work there for a couple of yrs and then do my pg there! is it a gud idea?? i am an ac milan fan too and i like sports, travelling and partying!! i am currently doing my bachelor of commerce degree! pls help me wid some positive feedback! cheers !

Hello Krishna!

It depends on what quality of life you can accept, both on money and stress aspects.
Living in Italy at the moment can be very tough, since salaries are low respect to cost of living, at least if compared to other European countries. That is even more true in Milan, which is particularly expensive.
But again, it depends on the quality of life you are used to / you are expecting to have there. I left Italy (it's my mother-country) because I was tired to work hard and yet struggle for getting what I call a decent quality of life.

A very important "detail": being hired on an under the table basis is unfortunately common practice in Italy.
Being hired under the table can make the difference between living decently or not, since you are more easily hired in that manner and you can even get a higher wage (of course, they don't have to pay taxes in that case).
But it comes with a huge human cost: first, you don't have any parachute in case of injury or sickness in the work place, secondly, there is no pension.
Besides, with an unreported job you're not entitled to residence permit (since you're officially just a tourist).
Staying in Italy in a non-regular way does not entitles you to medical protection (with the notable exception of emergencies), and is an offense.

Hope I didn't cool down your enthusiam too much!