28th May 2012, 04:16 PM
Quote:Germany, Norway, Sweden - better than UK.....but higher costs of living in all those countries and higher taxation.....
Bulgaria, Poland - worse than UK but lower cost of living.
So (taking into account standard of living) poor pay seems to be a common theme across Europe . . . Is there any common thread which drops us all into this trap? Is it lack of unionisation? The 'hobby' element?