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Polish woman living in England is moving back to Poland. How much money do I need? [87]
During last 10 months, appart from my full time work, I worked as a cleaner (once a week ( then my work day was 13hours). I could get in this way extra 200zł per month, but you have to include time to get to that place, plus, you don't do those jobs I conclude,, but those who do, know what effort does it take to clean e.g.150m house in 4-5hours.
I was working as a cleaner also as a student. After a year and a half of such work I started to have problems with health - osteoarthrisis - that was diagnosis. Doctor said - any very exhausting works. I still continued working for some time, later quitted, finished studies, found job, fortunately not physical one,, but low paid, so again when prices increased I came back to cleaning, hiding that fact from my emplyer in permamant placework, hiding the fact that I am a university graduate and what I do from the person where I cleaned. I hid it, as maybe it's common that people with higher education do this kind of work abroad, but not here. Abroad doing such jobs you can lead a proper life without worrying can tyou afford such basics as food, clothes, accommodation, here it's the way just to survive.
Harry - be a cleaner for some time in private houses. Your cleaning lady works at your place, plus probably in some other. Add her time to get from place to place. After some years of such intensive work you may deteriorate your health to the point that you may not do such job anymore, and what then?
After some break and getting better a bit, I standed again as a part time cleaner 10 months. I quitted in June as it's more reasonably due to my health. Fortunately I found another extra part time job, not as a cleaner fortunately, but for some time I worked in 3 places altogether, working 55hours per week. Only to the other source of finance support I could give up cleaning job, which is an extreme, but in Poland extremes happen very often.
