Job transfer to USA

Anna1

My job want me to travel to USA for 2 months to give training to people in our "sister company" .... Any advice on how much compensation and wages I should ask for. They are supplying an apartment and car and daily allowance for food. But I am wondering if anyone has done something similar and how much they got paid. All advice welcomed.

Alun

Personally I'd be happy with what you've been offered. Why do you feel the need for "compensation"? It's only 2 months after all, hardly a "job transfer".

seamus

You'll find that in many jobs Americans get paid relatively much more than you do for doing a lesser job. Find out what your job would be paid if you were permanently employed in the US.

You may not be able to claim it though.

Anna1

i'm finding it very very hard to find out the peoples wages in the other company. I do feel I should get compensation for going to another country for 2 months. I'm not really being asked to go, I'm being told i'm going, this is why i'm looking to make sure i'm compensated for being away from family and friends when i don't really want to go.

leeroybrown

Another thing to find out is what change in working conditions you will have while you are over there. As it's only a short stay it probably won't matter much but I think that holidays, etc tend to be less over there. I previously worked for an Irish company that had a US office and Irish transfers to the office kept their Irish holiday entitlements giving them considerable more time off than their US co-workers.

seamus

Check out: http://www.salaryexpert.com for a rough idea.

I discovered that someone doing my job in New York, with no experience would get paid almost twice as much as I do now. :eek:

I'm in the wrong country tbh

Tom Dunne

Anna1 wrote:

My job want me to travel to USA for 2 months to give training to people in our "sister company" .... Any advice on how much compensation and wages I should ask for. They are supplying an apartment and car and daily allowance for food. But I am wondering if anyone has done something similar and how much they got paid. All advice welcomed.

I did what you are doing (except I had a choice) three years ago for a US multinational. I was taking the training, as opposed to giving the training, but I was getting all of what you were getting, except the daily food allowance. If I recall correctly, I got around 2,000 Euro at the time. There was no change in wages - I was still paid directly into my Irish account.

TBH it's a great way to see the country and a great opportunity.

Gandhi

If they are covering your living expenses, then most if not all of your salary could be going straight into your bank account. Have you asked about any tax benefits - i.e get away with only paying US income tax or no income tax at all while you are there?

Worst case scenario, you could just put out a tip jar at the training sessions.

leeroybrown

Gandhi wrote:

If they are covering your living expenses, then most if not all of your salary could be going straight into your bank account. Have you asked about any tax benefits - i.e get away with only paying US income tax or no income tax at all while you are there?

For a two month visit it's unlikely that most people will be in a position to cut back on their main expenses. If I went to the US for 2 months for training, I'd be left with a mortgage I still had to pay and a car that was still costing me money and a number of regular bills that still need to be paid. Those renting would probably end up paying for an empty room, appartment or house. While I would save a reasonable few quid it wouldn't be huge.

Both the US and Irish revenue services might want to lay claim to the taxation rights. There is more than likely a prior treaty in place to cover this situation.

Kernel32

I don't see why you would expect to get paid extra unless there is something in your contract about that. As long as your expenses are covered then whats the problem? There shouldn't be a taxation issue as you would have to be in the states for 6 months or more and even then there is a tax treaty in place.