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Member since 13 April 2013

vishal81Member13 April 2013 10:40:42

Hello All,

I am new to this forum , i am considering going to norway this month , i am Engineering graduate with 2+ industrial experience
for about one year i am working as a freelancer Embedded Software Engineer from india for a Norwegian company , they were paying me 15$/ hour rate which is typical for india , now they want me to come to oslo,norway and assist in their development for about 3 months , they are offering to take responsibility of Rent , Food , Transport etc , and they offer me same 15$/hour ( after tax deduction) Payment , I know this is probably very less compared to the Par hour rate Paid for embedded Software in Norway , but i have not idea about correct rate in Norway , and the reason they are calling me there is that they don't want to pay Norwegian Price otherwise they could hire local engineer , still i think i should bargain with them , what do you think should be a respectable and good Par Hour Price , if the salary is same as here there is no motive for me to travel that far , also i think even after rent , food etc there can be many expenses in a city like oslo.

cipnirvana2003 New member

Member since 10 March 2013

cipnirvana2003New member13 April 2013 12:31:29

hi man,

everybody is coming in Norway to make money, good money.if your company pay for food, rent,transport etc that's a good thing BUT 15$/hour is extremely less for Norway/Oslo.Better bargain and do not destroy the market:)
good luck

vishal81 Member

Member since 13 April 2013

vishal81Member13 April 2013 12:49:56

Thanks for advice , whats norway pay for software freelance in $/ hour

cipnirvana2003 New member

Member since 10 March 2013

cipnirvana2003New member13 April 2013 13:32:13

depends on many factors, as you guess,naming a few experience,nationality:( field of activity,company,city, competition, etc... here i met persons with 130$/hour, not being in managing positions, but yeah with 12 years experience... so depends on you. anyhow i was working in the past, remote in different countries.i kept my country salary, company pay for rent transp food etc and as a plus, i had some 80-90$/day for working abroad.

Judais New member

Member since 29 September 2012

JudaisNew member13 April 2013 17:35:58

Bargain more.25 ll be good for people of your experience if they
Give your all other facility

skumars Member

Member since 29 April 2013

skumarsMember29 April 2013 11:45:29

Hi,
From what i can see you could save around 30,000 if you have a very low quality life in Oslo(No Booze, No Eating out, No Travelling) - Jus the same indian IT life with shivering cold. $30-$40 would be good. Beleive me everything is costly and rental is also high. Eating out is impossible for such a salary.

Regards
Pithru Patel

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