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delphian-domine
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Latest news gathered last night :
Schools are in trouble in Poznan - the chain schools have all reduced wages and have imposed less favourable conditions upon teachers. I won't name schools personally, but anyone n Poland will know who I mean by "chain schools".
The chances of finding a full time job are slim to none at the minute - the only hope right now is to put together a timetable with different schools and places. It might even be advisable to not accept too many hours from one school in the current climate.
In regards to newbies - there are more and more people moving here looking for work. I managed to meet two last night alone - so it's really becoming a crowded market. What's worse is that these are people moving here with experience - which really doesn't help things at all.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it is not looking too good here at the minute. It's an employers market - and I wouldn't expect much from them right now.
[quote=oipivo]We just may take you up on that. We can offer beer as a thank you. We're actually coming over Christmas and attempting to find a flat. Where are the best places to live? It seems like everything is pretty well connected. [/quote]
Depends on your budget and what you're looking for, really. In terms of public transport, living in Jezyce within a 10 minute walk of Rondo Kapionera is most desirable as you can access absolutely anywhere in the city that way without having to travel for very long. |
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the_roads_of_poland
Joined: 22 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| delphian-domine wrote: |
Schools are in trouble in Poznan - the chain schools have all reduced wages and have imposed less favourable conditions upon teachers.
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What's the going rate now? 45zl/60min? 40zl/60min? What do you mean by less favorable conditions, like the general atmosphere is getting worse, or more like "arbeit macht frei"? |
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delphian-domine
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| Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| the_roads_of_poland wrote: |
| delphian-domine wrote: |
Schools are in trouble in Poznan - the chain schools have all reduced wages and have imposed less favourable conditions upon teachers.
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What's the going rate now? 45zl/60min? 40zl/60min? What do you mean by less favorable conditions, like the general atmosphere is getting worse, or more like "arbeit macht frei"? |
50zl/45-50 minutes now, and likely to fall after Christmas in my opinion.
By less favourable conditions - such as less guaranteed hours, less flexibility from employers - basically, all the things that make up for the general lack of job security in language schools. I've got a couple of friends who went from 24 hour contracts to 0 hour contracts this year in exactly the same school. |
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oipivo
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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Location: Poland
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Just to update-
Came over Christmas and found a fantastic flat near Stary Browar sor a reasonable price. We absolutely loved the city and had a great time. Poles are shockingly friendly, especially since I was expecting the people to be similar to Czechs. My wife and I have both been sending out CVs and have gotten a few responses, even have some interviews lined up. Now I'm just dreading flying with two cats, they have no idea what's coming!
I do however have a question about visas-
I have no problem paying someone (a lawyer or the like) to do the visa process for my wife and I. We've been scrimping and saving and are reasonably comfortable financially. Does anyone have a lawyer that they know and trust that deals with this type of thing? Any info like that would be fantastic. I'm looking forward to having many more beers at Brovaria (although not the porter, it was absolute shit). |
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simon_porter00
Joined: 09 Nov 2005
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Location: Warsaw, Poland
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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won't take too much offence from the porter comment 
The work visa is done by the school/organisation/company that's hiring you. What this means in practice varies.
In the best case - they do all the paperwork and pay for it
most likely - you pay for it, but they do the paperwork
worst case - you pay for it and you are lumbered with the paperwork and they only stamp it.
You of course at all stages will have to provide various details.
I'm johnny English, so the above is just heresay but more or less on the money.
You'll probably need help getting you tax ID number (NIP) and registered at a place of residence. In some cases the school can bodge the latter, but I'd ask for as much help as possible getting the NIP - not because it's troublesome (if you know Polish) but it involves running around tax offices etc. (Mind you, it could be done online now - Delph will probably have a better idea of this.) |
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delphian-domine
Joined: 11 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| oipivo wrote: |
Just to update-
Came over Christmas and found a fantastic flat near Stary Browar sor a reasonable price. We absolutely loved the city and had a great time. Poles are shockingly friendly, especially since I was expecting the people to be similar to Czechs. My wife and I have both been sending out CVs and have gotten a few responses, even have some interviews lined up. Now I'm just dreading flying with two cats, they have no idea what's coming! |
They are definitely friendlier than Czechs! It would be hard not to be 
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I do however have a question about visas-
I have no problem paying someone (a lawyer or the like) to do the visa process for my wife and I. We've been scrimping and saving and are reasonably comfortable financially. Does anyone have a lawyer that they know and trust that deals with this type of thing? Any info like that would be fantastic. I'm looking forward to having many more beers at Brovaria (although not the porter, it was absolute shit). |
Don't bother with a lawyer, it's a waste of money. When you get here, give me a shout and I'll explain it all to you. There are various options, and what you do depends on exactly how you want to do things. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach - one particular *beep* is that if you start a company and your wife works for your company, you have to pay *double* the mandatory social insurance contributions.
And of course, I can tell you about the schools in the city, the mentality and so on. One thing to bear in mind is how to deal with the issue of non-payment - Poles simply do not respect anything other than brute force when it comes to this.
The crucial thing is to be well informed about how things work here - people can be very, very nice to your face, then turn out to be raving psychopaths. Seen this several times, including one woman who spent half an hour crying down the phone to me because her actions caused her to lose nearly 5000zl.
Interestingly Simon, the NIP for private people has been abolished - the PESEL is now enough. That brings its own headaches for EU citizens... |
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