Comments on: Researcher Jobs in Norway /researcher-jobs-in-norway/ All Things Norway, In English Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:35:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Martin /researcher-jobs-in-norway/#comment-722292 Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:45:00 +0000 /?p=16803#comment-722292 Hi David,
our experience with jobs in academia in Norway are, that salaries are not matching international levels at all. It might be valid for PhD or regular scientists but on a associate/full professor level the salary can not compete with for example Germany(take low cost of of living in to account) or Switzerland. I think thats why Norway is not able to hire international acknowledged scientists in certain fields. The positions are often taken by scandinavian people who know what they get. Our experience is, that you can hardly live from one income even outside Oslo. This is kind of devaluating the person as well, since it is not reflecting career. And for the partner coming along it might not be so easy to find a job right away. Norway has here a certain disadvantage compared to other countries. The job market is very limited in variety as well. And besides of fewer working hours there is not really a advantage being in Norway. Plus it is very hard to start a life here, when you have to buy a apartment/house and the salary doesn´t really reflect that. So, for us it is a major downside that you definitly loose life quality and you feel kind of poor even though you having a position as a professor. To finalize, if you saying the science sector is one of keys for Norway´s future economy, then they should really adjust salaries and conditions there to be able to compete with other countries.
And there are some strange rules as well: Have you written about feriepenger? This is so strange, you have contract stating a certain amount of vacation days but you are not getting them paid in the first year. Since the salary is so low, you can not compensate for not getting paid and spending money on vacation, means you have to work through the first year…. thats kind of our experience.
I got a lot of useful information about Norway from your side. Thank you very much.

]]> By: Haider Salman /researcher-jobs-in-norway/#comment-535207 Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:42:09 +0000 /?p=16803#comment-535207 I am major researcher holding Master in human genetics and Bachelor of Medicine, looking for any kind of job in norway.

H. A. Salman

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