Warsaw job with US experience (tech company)

Hey,

I've been a long-time reader here, so I noticed that there are some folks who could hopefully share a meaningful insight on the topic. So, asking for a friend. He currently works in the US, in a management role at a major tech company (Facebook/Google/Apple/Amazon) after graduating with an MBA from a top-3 US Business School (Harvard/Stanford/Wharton). Not an American, not a Pole, but speaks Polish. He wants to move to Warsaw. What are the possible sectors/roles to look into? From the first impression, management consulting (McK, BCG) is viable, but the hours and travel are brutal there. Big US tech doesn't seem to have substantial presence in Poland. What are the companies (if any) that could potentially appreciate such profile.

Thanks very much!

Probably not many, if by "appreciate" you mean providing a level of compensation that is comparable to his present employer in the US. His best chance is to get a transfer to Poland by his present employer or other Western company with no reduction in wages. Since he speaks Polish, it is more likely that a well composed request based on a realistic, well researched plan would be take seriously.

Otherwise, he will most probably have to resign himself to a deep cut in wages, or, more precisely, in savings potential. That will almost certainly dampen any enthusiasm he has for working in Poland.

One area where he could make out like a bandit is b2b sales. If he speaks both English and Polish to near native level, and he has a proven b2b earnings record, then the world is his oyster.

Don't wait, come before it gets even worse.

@Alien
It's a good time to come, however there are a lot of cis and citizenship applications from people wanting to get out of there. A huge spike for applications in the U.K. and apparently the same in France.

Brain drain in the other direction 🤔

why do you need at least a masters degree just to get a job in Poland? or is it europe s a whole? in the usa a bachelors degree ctually means something.

A lot of the Polish ones are well below the level of the bachelors I did back in the 80s in England.

It's degree inflation. Not just a Polish thing.

Yes they don't realize that someone who is native in English like me and has a degree from a California state institution has way more skills and experience than anyone trying to write in English and who learned it as a second language - while the USA bachelor's degree is worth as much as a Polish masters. And no matter how many degrees they have it won't matter because there small differences in language like where you need an article in front of a word or noun comes mostly with experience with English and writing in English and not degrees. Yet they won't hire me now two yrs straight applying for jobs for a basic writing position online or remote in English.

Stay in the US, get a teaching degree, and come to Palatine, Illinois. Our teachers retire at $100k and earn $130k before they do.

I cant as I got deported.

Oh, poor you. You couldn't legalize your status because you were too lazy and didn't put in the effort. Your unruly behavior and self-centered attitude led you to commit a crime. In the end, you weren't clever enough to avoid being caught, and now we have to deal with your presence.

Sometimes, I wish there were an island in the Indian Ocean where we could deport people.