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esl4everever · Joined: 20 Nov 2011 Posts: 38 Location: US

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Hello Everyone -

I just got offered a job in Poland.

Okay - I know nothing of Poland.
The pay will be:

2200.0 Polish Zloty
per month

That is if Im understanding the contract correct.
My question is -

- Is this enough to live on there?
- Whats price of living like there?
- Is there anyone out there that has enjoyed working there?

Ive heard very bad things about working in Poland.
But, I have to work.

Does anyone have any other bits of information they wish to throw in?
I will seriously take any and all information into account.

Thank you ahead of time for your assistance.

delphian-domine · Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 674

We need a lot more information than that before giving you a serious answer - can you tell us -

- how old you are
- where the job is (you don't have to give us the exact location - just - is it in a big city, a small town, or what?)
- what education you have
- your experience
- do they provide accommodation?
- how many hours a week?
- what kind of teaching?

2200zl could be more than enough, or it could be terrible - depends on all of the above.

Master Shake · Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 1202 Location: Colorado, USA

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

As the OP has earlier stated that she's married to a Mexican national, it's also important to know whether they intend to come together, is this salary going to have to support both of them, and how/whether her partner can get a visa to stay in the country at all. Is the school also seeking a Spanish teacher, for example (in which case I think there would be plenty of candidates from Spain who have no visa hassles whatsoever).

Daktari · Joined: 08 Mar 2010 Posts: 57

Some perspective-my rent and child support work out at 3,600Zl a month net. That salary is undoable. CNN today defined extreme poverty in the Bronx as earning less than $40 a day. Go figure. Food, clothes and electrical goods all cost the same in Poland if not much more in some cases. Going out in NYC will cost you a whole lot more tho'. :-)

the_roads_of_poland · Joined: 22 Oct 2012 Posts: 24

To the OP, where are you really from? For a non-native English speaker you may have problems finding work in Poland.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

On other posts she reveals that she has dependants. How could they survive on 2200 Zl a month ???!!!

I think the OP has now disappeared.

Master Shake · Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 1202 Location: Colorado, USA

-deleted by Shake: Double posted

Master Shake · Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 1202 Location: Colorado, USA

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scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

She did not like the answers she got.