Hello guys, I hope you’ll help me.

I have been shortlisted for a trainee position with the EU, based in Luxembourg. The monthly pay I would receive is around 1300 Euros. From what I’ve found online, this shouldn’t be enough to get by, so I would like to know what is the minimum possible liveable monthly income for me to survive, whether it’s staying in a hostel, a dorm, or even sharing an apartment with 4 other people? I don’t have lots of spare money right now; I can supplement the trainee pay, but not a lot, so if there’s no way to survive on 1300+smth Euros, I’d be better off quitting my application.

Also, it would be nice to know if this https://wfs.lu/trainee-residences/ is meant for EU trainees and how hard it is to get a room there, since the price looks quite fair. If anyone has any direct experience and knows whether the EU helps its trainees in the apartment searching process, please share it too.

Thanks in advance.

5 comments

  1. You could get by with that amount living in a shared house somewhere far from the city or in the border. You would also need to budget very well the rest of your living expenses meaning close to nil money to spare.

  2. I accepted a position like that in the past and it was very, very rough. Especially if you’re not used to living very frugally. The 1300€ can be just enough to make it if you get lucky with the room (and actually find something where you can pay less than 900€ per month which is the difficult part) + budget well (groceries only from aldi or lidl and extremely limited social activities)

  4. If you can find something to share and pay 700 euros it can be ok. 200-300 for food and 200 for going out maybe 2 nights per month. 50 euro for phone maybe? 0 savings though.

    Do they offer some form of relocation bonus? That might help with the start.

  5. > If anyone has any direct experience and knows whether the EU helps its trainees in the apartment searching process, please share it too.

    You will get a list of available rooms and then it’s first come first serve. I did it back in the day, with a 1000 euro grant, but it would not have been possible without my student loans even though I managed to get the cheapest room on that list.

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