April: News from Ingenjören in English
Ericsson engineers: Strategic shift or show for the President? • New agreements in place: Salary increases and reduced working hours • IT and telecom receive shortening of work time
Articles in English
March: News from Ingenjören in English
Salary increase for engineers • Northvolt engineers: “Not surprising, but unreal”
• Working time reduction varies between engineers • Technical specialists are lagging behind managers in salary • Scania's R&D engineers will soon find out who their boss will be • AI expert shares five keys to a better promt
The English guide to Saco Salary Statistic
Members of Engineers of Sweden have access to Saco Salary Statistic (Saco Lönesök). The statistics are available only in Swedish. But here's a guide in English how to use it.
February: News from Ingenjören in English
Salary statistics • Engineers of Sweden website now autotranslated into English
• Consultants may be entitled to permanent employment with the client • Wellness Allowances vary between differens employers • Engineering company in Malmö is testing shorter working hours • The Engineer Imprisoned by the Stasi
January: News from Ingenjören in English
Read about what could become the key issue in the negotiations between unions and employers that have just begun. Don’t miss new videos explaining how pensions and insurance work in Sweden. And see where in Sweden engineers have the highest salaries. Welcome to Ingenjören's first news summary in English.
Polhem Prize awarded to Yubico – The Hackers’ Worst Enemy
Jakob and Stina Ehrensvärd, founders of the cybersecurity company Yubico, have been awarded this year’s Polhem Prize by Engineers of Sweden. Their YubiKey, designed to protect against data breaches, is now used by the largest tech companies in the U.S., large corporations and governments around the world and helps to secure critical infrastructure.
What do you know about the Swedish labour market model?
Most regulations related to employment, salary and benefits in Sweden are not regulated in law. The laws have been replaced by collective agreements and this is called the Swedish labour market model.
“In India, there are no unions for IT consultants”
When IT engineer Thivakar Allimuthu moved to Sweden from India, he was surprised to find so many of his colleagues were union members. Just a few months later, he became a union representative at his workplace.
Salary, benefits and social security – that’s how it works in Sweden
As someone new to Sweden, it is not obvious how everything works with salary, pensions and uemployment benefit. The role of trade unions, the importance of collective agreements and your own responsibility – the differences can be big, depending on where you come from.
Eight things you should know as a PhD student
Where can I turn for support in practical matters as a doctoral student? What are my rights and obligations? Caroline Hövik at Sveriges Ingenjörer shares her best pieces of advice.