Work / Electrician seeking work in Warsaw. Is it in demand in Poland? [16]

Just an update for anyone interested. I moved out there in 2014. Managed to find an english speaking job within a couple months. The job was a technical help desk role. It was ok for a while but after about a year i started to get really fed up of the job and fed up of having to work lots of weekends and bank holidays, especially for such small salary. . I didnt see the point looking for another job as it would have been something similar as there wasnt many other lines of work available for a non polish speaker. I tried hard to learn the language but found it extremely difficult to grasp so after months of consideration, and realising that as my savings were getting low it would soon become almost impossible to return and get set up again here in the UK, we decided to move back to the UK

Partner and new born child moved with me at beginning of 2016. Weve been here over 2 years now but we both miss Poland a lot. Met some great people and had some great times. I would move back there in a flash if i didnt have to end up with the same kind of job and salary again. I love Poland, love the people, the culture etc.

Just gotta win the lottery now so we can move back :@)

Life / Move to Poland or UK? (Advice needed) [51]

Hi

I moved from the UK to poland last May and do not regret it. Im in warsaw now and I love it here. It's nice to be in a community with so many motivated hard working individuals instead of being surrounded by lazy un-motivated lay-arounds that are only interested in claiming benefits.

Anyway more to the point if your interested I may be able to help you if you can send me your CV. No polish language required.

PM me for more details

Work / Electrician seeking work in Warsaw. Is it in demand in Poland? [16]

Thanks DominicB i think you have made some interesting and valid points, after looking into it in more detail, i realise she earns almost an equivilant wage to what i earn, but it means i would probably lose the highest percentage of income by moving there than if she moved here as our minimum wage is much higher than polands. and lets face it whichever one of us moves will more than likely end up in a minimum wage job, at least for a while.

i am tempted to just go over there, try it for a year or two and see what happens, and if it doesnt work out work wise then move back to UK with her.

Work / Electrician seeking work in Warsaw. Is it in demand in Poland? [16]

Thanks for both your replies,

DominicB, your right about many moving to the UK for work but I was unsure if that was due to the lack of jobs in Poland, or for a higher wage offered in the UK, and I do agree that its not going to be so easy without me speaking polish but will keep an eye out for western companies/English speaking electricians

The reason I'm considering the move is to be with my polish girlfriend, who is willing to move to the UK if I wish but she has a decent job in warsaw and I wouldn't want her to give that up to come over here and end up in a low paid, dead end job, as this will eventually make her feel miserable and cause problems.

I may have to go down the teaching English route for a while and keep an eye out for electrical opportunities while learning polish
to broaden my chances.

McDouche, I think this line of work is more for electrical engineers as I am not familiar with it and although I would be willing to train for this type of work If need be i doubt I would be considered for such a job with no experience of it.so it probably wouldn't be something I could do more or less immediately. But thanks for offering.