In our first European survey, photonics workers in three countries indicate that their job satisfaction rate is extremely high.

Photonics Spectra has been conducting an annual job survey in the US for several years. This month, we are expanding our range by turning our attention abroad, where we conducted our first survey of employment in the European photonics market.

We had been told that collecting job information would be difficult because Europeans are likely to have greater concerns about privacy than their American counterparts, but we were pleasantly surprised with the data that our readers provided. We found that the Europeans were just as willing to share information as Americans. In a later issue, we will provide some comparisons between the two markets…