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Greek here, living and working abroad. Spain is doing a bit better than Greece but its on the same boat. When I speak with friends back home, I do get a feeli
by muse900 10y ago
Greek here, living and working abroad.
Spain is doing a bit better than Greece but its on the same boat.
When I speak with friends back home, I do get a feeling that they don't want to work. Is it because they are lazy? part of me wants to say yes. I can't ignore the fact that the working conditions are awful. Salaries are quite low compared to the rest of Europe, an employer has full control over you, and can fire you any time. An employer won't ever promote you. They will just hold you as long as they can and then they will just hire someone else for less money.
Also when you have internet and so much information avaialble to you, and you can see what are the working conditions in other Countries it kinda makes you sad.
I live in London, and tbh there have been many times that I've been thinking what am I doing here. London is quite expensive and the salaries are not as high compared to rent, food etc (at least for developers).
Now I just made this comment in order to give an overview of whats going on to a country that is on the same boat as Spain.
- themartorana 10y agoBeing undervalued in a "global" economy can be way unmotivating (especially the Euro economy where Germany expects Greece to operate in the same currency and economy, but then workers in Greece make far less than their German counterparts).
- inoop 10y ago> I can't ignore the fact that the working conditions are awful one of the great things about the EU is that people can freely move inside it and work wherever they want. Nothing is stopping your friends from doing what you did - seek employment elsewhere. At the same time, if Greek and Spanish companies want to survive they'll have to learn to adapt to the new order and treat their people better, or perish.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoNot everyone is 20 years old with no roots and can pick up and relocate to another country where they might not even speak the language.
- noinsight 10y ago> one of the great things about the EU is that people can freely move inside it and work wherever they want. That's true in principle but languages are an issue. In Nordic countries everyone will speak English but central Europe is different. You might get by with English but not everyone (or even most, depending on the country) will speak it. Do you want to go through the trouble of learning another language from scratch? The culture will be completely different too. Coming from Finland I've thought about moving somewhere else just for the experience as it would probably be interesting, but I don't really feel like learning another language when I already speak English. I've also always wondered how difficult it would be to actually get a job, especially if you don't speak the local language. Maybe with a rockstar education and resumé it would be easy but what if you're "average" (at least on paper)? Having worked for well-known international companies would probably be beneficial.