Graduate/junior quantity surveyor salary?

Tom21

Hi all
Just wondering what grads or juniors Qs starting salary is in ireland presently? Done an interview but the Money is not great, I know it's experience but I have 2 years done. I am being offered minimum wage. Is this the going rate presently or am I being conned. Job is outside Dublin. Cheers.

kkelliher

Tom21 wrote: »

Hi all
Just wondering what grads or juniors Qs starting salary is in ireland presently? Done an interview but the Money is not great, I know it's experience but I have 2 years done. I am being offered minimum wage. Is this the going rate presently or am I being conned. Job is outside Dublin. Cheers.

The rates for qs and most professionals have fallen through the floor completely. There are jobs being advertised looking for 5 plus years at 30k so graduates are going to do well to reach even that level. Most grads are only getting intern positions at 50 euro per week ontop of dole

Tefral

Unfortunately people in our profession don't make the money we used to. I picked up the skill of Electrial measurement and that has helped me wages wise but the days of QS's making 30k with 1 -2 years experience is gone.

If you have the opportunity to travel OP I'd take it. There's good money to be had working in London as a QS, I'm not long back in Ireland after working over a year in Heathrow. I came back for personal reasons but if your after just money, I think finding a position outside ireland is your best bet.

Recently there is a demand for good QS's in Ireland with experience 5+ years but employers don't want to pay for them. They lament then when they say they can't find them. Scam bridge is another thing keeping the wages of our profession down.

HHH

Being offered minimum wage is an absolute joke with 2 years’ experience under your belt in my opinion. I agree with cronin_j, I'd definitely recommend travelling if the opportunity is available to you. I spent 4 years as a QS at home on far less than 30k as suggested above before I came to Sydney last year. I attended a young Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors meeting last Friday and out of approx. 60 members there were at least 15 Irish people there. I'd imagine it's the trend among all young surveyors is to head off almost straight after graduating?

Tom21

Thanks for the feedback, currently working in another industry not sure if it’s worth taking the risk i.e. spending more time on an industry/profession that goes boom and bust, will we have to leave again in ten years time? Is it worth getting back into it any advice? Things are picking up I hear in London and slowly here. Cheers again.

IrishLad2012

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/property-recovery-threatened-as-building-sector-hit-by-shortfall-in-graduates-30225884.html

And we wonder why there is a shortage of trained professionals, they are all emigrating because of the bad wages and Scambridge offers here. One of the World's biggest QS firms who have 5 offices in Ireland are always advertising for Scambridge positions. This same company has $8.1 billion turnover during the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2013. A lot of this problem has to fall with the SCSI, they should put a ban on its members offering Scambridge positions and then companies would have to start hiring people on normal wages.

kkelliher

IrishLad2012 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/property-recovery-threatened-as-building-sector-hit-by-shortfall-in-graduates-30225884.html

And we wonder why there is a shortage of trained professionals, they are all emigrating because of the bad wages and Scambridge offers here. One of the World's biggest QS firms who have 5 offices in Ireland are always advertising for Scambridge positions. This same company has $8.1 billion turnover during the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2013. A lot of this problem has to fall with the SCSI, they should put a ban on its members offering Scambridge positions and then companies would have to start hiring people on normal wages.

When have you actually ever seen the scsi do anything for the membership?