Nowadays, PhD students are provided with settlement allowance when they go to universities, but why are there so few of them when they go to companies?

After graduating with a Ph.D., some people choose to go to colleges and universities, because colleges and universities generally provide settlement subsidies. Some people choose to go to companies, but the settlement allowance depends on the company. Generally speaking, companies with settlement allowances do not Not a lot. Why are there such big differences in employment remuneration in different places even if they both have PhDs?

In fact, the differences here are not generalizable and must be analyzed based on specific circumstances. Nowadays, both universities and enterprises have a series of measures to attract high-quality talents, and most doctoral students prefer to choose doctoral or scientific research units for employment. Although the starting annual salary in universities is generally not high, there are many other benefits, such as Settlement expenses. Generally speaking, good universities will receive financial allocations from the state and will have funds specially designed to attract talents, and settlement allowance is one of them. Although some universities are not well-known nationally, they are relatively famous locally. If the local government has money, it will also provide a lot of financial support, so many universities are not short of settlement funds. However, the settlement allowance looks very attractive, but it is not so easy to get it. There are so many doctoral graduates now, and many ordinary undergraduate colleges need doctoral students with overseas experience. If a doctoral student does not have an excellent resume and research results, it is difficult to enter a good university. Sometimes there are a dozen or even dozens of PhDs competing for a position, so it is not easy to obtain this qualification.

Even if a doctoral student successfully signs a contract with the school and gets a job opportunity, the settling-in allowance is often not a one-time payment. Because colleges and universities also have considerations, first of all, settling-in expenses are a large amount of money. They recruit a large number of doctoral students every year, and it is stressful to spend so much money at once. Secondly, when you come to study, you must also consider retaining talents. What if you give them a resettlement allowance all at once, but they will leave next year? Therefore, the resettlement allowance of many colleges and universities is paid in multiple installments over ten years or even longer.

In recent years, the treatment of domestic doctoral students has been significantly improved, and various benefits such as settlement allowance are far better than in previous years. But even in the past, good colleges and universities still had many hidden benefits. For example, I have a relative who stayed at our school after graduating with a doctorate a few years ago. His school is a 985 university. Although his salary was not much at the beginning, he could enjoy school benefits to buy and rent a house. Later, his school collectively bought a house in the same place. , buying a house is more than one million yuan cheaper than the surrounding houses in the same location. Such hidden benefits are difficult for many companies to achieve. Nowadays, schools have added a settlement allowance. Many PhDs can guarantee a better life after finding a job. It seems that knowledge can change destiny. It is not an empty saying.

Compared with universities, companies generally attract doctoral students through higher annual salaries. Since they already have high annual salaries, they naturally do not make too many arrangements for settling-in expenses. Of course, this also depends on the company. Generally speaking, companies that can recruit PhDs are large companies or high-tech companies. Large companies have strong financial strength. High-tech companies, like universities, can often receive state subsidies. If they It is understandable that they are willing to provide more financial support to doctoral talents. However, some companies think that since I have already given you high salaries, they will not provide additional financial support. This is also reasonable and legal. All in all, some companies will also provide settlement fees, but they are not as common as universities.