xpensive wrote:There you go riff, a company car for an engineer, F1 must be the only area for that to happen.
xpensive,
Consider this: The F1 engineering position will likely require hundreds of hours of uncompensated overtime work that an aerospace engineering job wouldn't. The car included in the F1 job is probably a loaner. And for the value of the uncompensated overtime wages required for the F1 job, you could likely lease yourself a much nicer car than even Merc will provide.
Many years ago when I was a young engineer, I got a job with a well funded factory race team doing engine and transmission design. I reported directly to the chief engineer, who coincidentally got a six figure salary and a very expensive company sports car. I was paid about one-third of his salary and got no car. But I accepted this because the work was interesting and it was a real big-time racing job. During the beginning and middle of the race season (about 6 months), I was working 6 or 7 days a week, and usually 60 to 70 hours. Since I was paid salary, the overtime was usually uncompensated. When I divided my salary by the number of hours I worked, the hourly rate was close to minimum wage. I stuck it out for about 3 years, and it was fun. But as for any "invaluable experience" that it provided, there wasn't really any.
Regards,
riff_raff
