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dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

Seen the ad on the net and I'm telling you 2,500 PLN is NOT a living wage.
Apply at your peril.

wojbrian · Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 178

I lived in Opole. It is not an expensive city but that is no where near enough.

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

dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

That's 80 Zloty a day ie $21 if he works a full month. Could you live on that in America, which is cheaper for everything except basic food?

Can't believe you're even trying to defend it Shake. Appalling is the adjective I'd use.

wojbrian · Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 178

That would be doable if the flat was included.

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

I wasn't defending anything, just asking if it was doable. Wojbrian thinks it is, if housing is covered. I don't get what's so appalling about the offer. Are you a communist who thinks salaries should be controlled by the State? The school is offering that much because they think there's someone out there who's willing to work for that. This is what a free economy is based on.

None of us on this forum are going to take this job because we've got experience and contacts that get us better paying work.

However, for someone just starting out in Poland who doesn't have that, a job like this could be a way to get their foot in the door - IF housing is provided. Otherwise, you're probably not going to make ends meet on 2.5k/mo..

scottie1113 · Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 375 Location: Gdansk

True dat to everything Shake said

wojbrian · Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 178

My flat was 1000pln
Phone 50-100
Food 300-500
Internet 50-75
Transport 60
That adds up to about 1600pln for just the basics.

I think if the flat was included it would be acceptable on the lower end.

If they don't pay for holidays or vacation time it would be very difficult.

I only made 3-3500pln the first time I was in Poland and I didn't have any problems.

Rusty77 · Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 53 Location: Toronto

Sure, Wojbrian, you can probably LIVE on 2,500 a month in Opole, but aspiring to just get by likely won't result in much happiness for the poster. What about saving up some funds while working, like most people aim to do? Travel on holiday weekends? Compensation for those 3 full months of little or no work in the summer without pay? Twelve years ago, I worked in Poland for about 2,500 PLN a month. Sure, I survived, but it was a pretty spartan lifestyle and I had saved nothing by the end of that year. If were the poster, I would do this only in the event that I desperately needed teaching experience to pad a resume.