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Move to Poland or UK? (Advice needed) [51]
I think the problem is that SSC or BPO's are regarded as call centers with low level income employees.
@ DominicB, you will find that "cold call sales" or "low level collections" is something that you will not find too often in Poland. Reason being is that doing cold call sales requires a certain level of the language you are doing the sales in. I.e., you need to overcome objections from the person you trying to sell to. For that, you almost certainly need native speakers and getting them to work in Poland requires a decent salary offer. It is almost more lucrative for cold call sales to stay in their respective countries as there they have the workforce with the required skillset which is the native language.
All in all, SSC / BPO's can be quite attractive for foreigners. Most specialize in Accountancy or IT whereas Accountancy would be the higher paying sector to be in. As a trained accountant speaking Swedish as native language you should be able to get at least 7 - 8k PLN gross. If the salary is lower, then there most certainly would be other benefits such as company apartment which would make up for the lesser income.
It also depends on the company whether or not they are just setting up in Poland or have been here for a number of years. New SSC's tend to pay more for native speakers, mainly because they require them for the transition process.
All in all, 5k as a Swedish native speaker without any other benefits (i.e. company apartment) is too little to even consider.
One example, an Italian native speaker i know is going to move to Krakow in January to work in Accounts Receivable. His experience in this area would amount to 1 year. He has been offered 6400 PLN gross. Given that Italian is considered to be one of the lower paid language skills, i would assume that in the same area with the same amount of experience, a Swedish native speaker sould achieve at least 7k PLN gross.