garretbyrne
From: Ireland
6/23/2006 23:14 EST
Hello all. My name is Garret. My Partner and i are moving to Krakow in Augest, and was wondering do jobs pay well here i mean can you secure a living or is it as bad as everyone made it out to be. Where looking at a nice 2 bd apartment 750 Euro a month is that bad or good. Where from Ireland so thats good for us but well be working over in Krakow so the omney might be a little idfferent. Where gonna live in hostels when we go over while we look for jobs and a place is is easy to find jobs or what?? What do you recon is a normel wage in Krakow
Thank you all for your time in your reply
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Carltanlan
From: France
6/26/2006 05:11 EST
750¬ a month is a bit high for a 2 bedrooms unless it is really nice and in the historic center.For long term rentals you may contact:
http://www.dutkiewicz.com.pl/ ( site in English).
The Economy is so bad in Poland that 2 millions of Poles left their country since joining the UE and a doctor is paid 3¬ per hour in 2006.
The average salary per month is around 300¬ but the minimum wage is 200¬.
There are also employees in certain fields who earn as much as in the West:Business lawyers,Restaurant owners,Shops owners.
However if you are not willing to go to Poland to become rich and if you have some savings there should be opportunities to use your skills in Foreign companies, and meet people and enjoy a good quality of life .There are a few Irish, English and French companies in Krakow( real estate agencies,department stores, supermarkets such as Tesco and Carrefour ,international companies such as L'oreal etc) which might be interested to hire English speaking people who work hard.
You should definitely enroll in an intensive Language course and learn Polish if you don't speak it yet.
The Poles are a very loyal, stable and reliable people.They hate beeing stressed out and rushed out.Human relations are based on trust and people are very hospitable.When you are meeting with Polish friends, they never look at their watch.
And To compare Poland with the US for instance, The spoken Word is Sacrosanct in Poland.
Cheers,
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wroceng
From: Poland
6/26/2006 07:07 EST
Garrett,
750 euros is about 3000 PLN - thats a damned nice flat! Most people in Poland either cant or wont pay that much. For that price I'd want somewhere nice (near rynek), around 70m and well furnished with phone and internet etc. I dont know prices in Krakow but here in Wroclaw, only foreigners would dream of paying such prices. I've had 3 flats in Poland and paid 1250 for a tiny one person, dark flat in Warsaw, 1750 to live on the rynek in Wroclaw in 37m2 and 1500 to live in 100m flat, unfurnished, at the edge of town. modern with parking.
As for jobs...yes Poland really does have high unemployment and wages are very poor in many cases. As a foreigner speaking english, your best options are teaching english with a school. The Callum method doesnt require you to speak any Polish and schools will give you brief training. Other than that you may find native english speakers useful in the tourism trade aroiund Krakow but thats just a guess.
Howvere its one mans experience, so...you know...pinch of salt etc.
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wroceng
From: Poland
6/26/2006 07:15 EST
Garret,
I forgot about wages. Thats varies a lot in Poland. For example a nurse or security guard will get _up to_ about 1200PLN a month before tax (300 euros). A skilled, experienced computer programmer can earrn more than 10,000 PLN a month. Typical is hard to guess but waitressing, shopkeeping etc doint pay much at all compared to Ireland.
English teacher working with a school might expect to get around 50 PLN an hour before tax, maybe more, maybe less depeding on the school, experience etc. Say around 10-12 euros. You can do the maths of how many lessons and how much you want to earn.
One thing for sure, yes work is harder to find here than ireland and yes, as a good rule, wages are much lower (less than half).
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chris77
From: Poland
2/5/2007 14:28 EST
Hi my name is Christian. From Scotland. I have been in Krakow for 4 months with my polish girlfriend.
I currently work at a business school in the rynek although itravel all over the city, plus i'm starting work soon at a Callan school. I was selfemployed back in the Uk. But had to give it up for the girl. It wasn't a realistic goal anyway, being an actor , sometime drama worker,but i have no idea how to begin my quest to do something completely different (as I had taught before and never really got a decent standard of living out of it ,nor any job satisfaction)i thought about getting in to real estate for Irish investors, or english speaking customers, maybe do a wee tour with them, get involved in legal stuff and propert consultancy.
Do you know of any way of breaking into this field perhaps with a company who are prepared at some future date to put me through some kind of training? In krakow.
I'm lucky right now if i make 1400pln a month right now. I would really like to sell my self but teaching as I predicted isn't working out as planned.It seems teaching here without a Celta qualificationisn't paying the bills. I've proved to be decent saleman in the past. I'm just looking in a new direction, right now. Do you have any contacts or advice on working in the propert game?
Cheers. Some information would be grand.
Christian Zanone Ma King's College
So i was interested in what you had to say about other possibilities.
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zebrarose
From: Poland
10/29/2007 19:38 EST
did you get any info on chaning jobs from an english teacher? im in the same dilema. i moved here for my partner and im an english teacher, but its not really for me.
regards
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radstudent
6/10/2009 23:30 EST
You seem to know so much. Can you tell me anything about (Occupational) Therapist pay in Poland? Is there a big demand for such workers in Poland? How much would an inexpensive condominium cost in Poland in a safe city? Is there a demand for archaologists in Poland? Are there age limits on immigration? Do you have any sort of National health insurance? Is there any repatriation of Americans with Polish descent, i.e., is it easier to get citizenship?
Thank you for any information.
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tamtran
7/7/2009 06:32 EST
hi garret.im tam im 27 english and im looking for any work in krakow.do you know of anything please??i dont speak any polish but would like to learn.
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ShantellKowalik
11/12/2015 08:52 EST
Hi
I do not agree with some of your points.
I moved to Krakow from South Africa 5 months ago , the salary I'm earning here is the same i earned in South Africa, which is competitive even by Polish standards.
The average Salary here is 3000 zl a month at an entry level position.
The economy in Poland is stable, the cost of living has just gone done a bit which makes it even better and easier to get by.
Polish is not necessary here as it's a very tourist driven place and in work environment English is first choice of use as 90 % of the companies are multi Cultural, i took a polish course and i have not used it once.
Just a thought :)
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