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Dr. Liam Dodd, Scientist with a bone to pick

Other People's Pockets

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Is There a Minimum Wage in Austria?

In Europe, most countries have some sort of kind of collective agreement about how much people can be paid based on their qualifications. So suddenly you get a salary which isn't all that much, but going off, like, making almost nothing suddenly feels quite good. But the problem is, because postdoctoral contracts are anywhere from six months to two years, like two years about the maximum you'll get. "I just chose to go to a job where I at least knew I had some sort of protection and some level of continuity," she says.

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