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My father actually started his career as a math teacher, but he could also (obviously) teach chemistry. But private tutoring here is hell. Teachers are probably
by paulojreis 11y ago
My father actually started his career as a math teacher, but he could also (obviously) teach chemistry. But private tutoring here is hell. Teachers are probably the most unemployed skilled professionals in Portugal. As you can imagine, one of the results (besides huge emigration) is a huge supply of private tutors and tutoring centres.
About your other question, they (both my parents) probably could live off € 700,00 per month. It doesn't sound like much, but with the wages here it's very hard to put aside enough money to keep you going for years without a job (even with the low-ish cost of life here)
Maybe I should give him a Breaking Bad box set :)
- keithpeter 11y agoI suspected the situation you describe might be the case based on what we read here about Europe in the UK. OK: my only other thought is perhaps a bit odd: are there other manufacturing/ science based companies that are closing down/disintegrating? If so some part time work staying with them until they close and managing all the health and safety, asset disposal and equipment sales might be viable. I know a chap who did that in and around the Black Country (Midlands industrial belt near Birmingham and Wolverhampton) in the UK in the 80s when all the foundries were closing down and being sold to Bihar in India. I have no direct experience of that myself.
- paulojreis 11y agoI'm not really well informed about this, but here - when a company "closes" - they're assigned (by the state) a insolvency manager. From that point on, the manager will hire whoever he sees fit to handle the spoils, so to speak. From what I know, the process is rather obscure (as in, corrupt). It typically ends up with employers pillaging the spoils before the insolvency guys come in. Very third-world, I know - I have a pocket microscope from the spoils, actually.
- pt35pt 11y ago>what we read here about Europe in the UK. Just out of curiosity, I get the vibe you don't consider the UK part of Europe, is this true?
- keithpeter 11y agoAgghhhh ok I should have said "what we read here in the UK about the rest of Europe". Best of luck to all in this situation.