Hello,
My husband has been offered a job in Amsterdam,salary package of 45000 Euros P.A.We will be relocating from Singapore.We both work here in the IT field and I earn 9100 SGD (5500 Euros ) per month. I am an service delivery manager & worked in IT sectors for both IT and banking industry for 9 years. I however do not have a job offer in AMS & we will have a 6 month old baby around the time we move. Will my husbands salary be sufficent for us ? Will it be easy for me to get a job there?
Happy to hear from anyone who has moved there and would really appreciate any information. I am a little scekptical about the move since I will have to forgo what I am earning here and kinda start from the scratch and everything depends on me getting a job but then again I am not sure if my husbands salary alone can sustain us for a few months until i get a job if that is easy in Amsterdam .........
idearulez said:
Judging from your experience (you said you have 9 years exp) your husband must also have good amount of experience, I am not sure what kind of work he do in IT. But 45K sounds very less to me, even if he qualifies for 30% ruling.
He won't qualify for the 30% ruling on this amount. It is low for an IT job here.
Amstelveen is bit expensive in terms of apartment rent.
Amstelveen is THE expat area, with a very large Indian expat community. As you won't be roomsharing with a small child, expect to be paying in excess of 1000 euros per month rent (unfurnished): it's as expensive as Amsterdam, although you get more space in your apartment (or house) than you'd get for a flat in the same price range in Central A'dam. That's not going to be easy on your husband's salary.
For you language issue for jobs (I see from few years even for IT jobs dutch language requirement is strictly followed).
I don't agree. My husband also works in IT and for the first time in a couple of years, he's being offered roles that are happy to have English-only speakers. Dutch is only a strict requirement in certain companies: even some of the Dutch banks are happy to take English only speakers, and most of the utility companies are fine with it.
If you both have job in singapore then don't spoil it. Thats my best advice to you.
I fully agree. The moment they offered you 45k, they were taking advantage, thinking you'd be cheap. They don't care if your family would exist on the poverty line, so long as they got you(r husband) here. You will find work here if your skillset is in demand; and possibly even 4 days per week (common for mothers, as the schools shut for a 1/2 day each week): childcare might prove a challenge, or you might be lucky if you find a new daycare centre opening up that doesn't make you wait a year or three for a place. Until you do, make no mistake, you won't be living comfortably on the wage your husband has been offered, as you'd be paying 42% tax on it also.