Salary in Canada

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    I'm not entirely sure why you would want to leave Amsterdam to go work in Canada, to be honest with you.

    For one thing, the salaries are much lower - dollar-for-Euro - in Canada than they are in NL. For another, you're in for a massive shock, vis-à-vis labour laws in Canada; they're much more in favour of the employer to the point of being draconian. Thirdly, if you're thinking you're going to do global brand work here, you're in for a shock. There are only a handful of agencies in Canada who do any sort of stuff for global brands, and they're mostly in Toronto. They're usual suspects: McCann, Leo Burnett, Ogilvy, etc, and it's often straight adaptations of stuff from the US market. For the rest, it's local or national brands no-one outside of Canada has heard of.

    I've lived in A'dam and am from Canada, and I would commit unspeakable acts of violence go back and settle in NL, all things considered.

    But hey, if you're Hell-bent on it, good luck to you.

    • Hmm, thanks, I havnt really thought of living in Canada before, but a pretty good agency might want me to move there.Deks
    • < From a guy who lives in Montreal. Hahaha... where did this come from, Philippe?Andrew_D
    • Come again?Continuity
    • You seem miserable to be here, why?Andrew_D
    • You've got your opinion, I've got mine. :)Continuity
    • Fair enough, mate. ;-)Andrew_D

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