Have you come to Spain in the last year and found work?

[Monkey Hangers]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

So, you are employed full time at Iceland??
Well done to you!
Would you say pay and conditions are similar to the UK?

And do you know Monkey Hangers (OK, that's just being nosey, but I thought I'd ask!)

I wouldn't like to say anything about pay and conditions as I hadn't worked in the UK for six years, I was self employed in the US. If maz is who I think she is, yes she knows me

[jojo]

Originally Posted by Monkey Hangers

I wouldn't like to quote on pay and conditions, if maz is who I think she is, then yes she knows me

I can quiote what I know, cos I'm not there LOL! I applied for a job at the Iceland in Fuengirola, if memory serves it was 99€ a week for full time (4 days a week???) - with a contract!!!!

Jo xxx

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by jojo

I can quiote what I know, cos I'm not there LOL! I applied for a job at the Iceland in Fuengirola, if memory serves it was 99€ a week for full time (4 days a week???) - with a contract!!!!

Jo xxx

I wasn't actually being as indiscreet as to ask for actual amounts!!
I just wondered if it was comparable to the UK???

PS How can full time be 4 days a week?

[jojo]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

I wasn't actually being as indiscreet as to ask for actual amounts!!
I just wondered if it was comparable to the UK???

PS How can full time be 4 days a week?

It depends on the amount of hours. The pay is less than Iceland the UK

Jo xxx

[mrypg9]

There is a headlined piece in the Daily Mail about Spain's Ghost Towns.....it tells it like it is about the situation here.

[bob_bob]

Should post a sticky link to that.

[tazster]

Originally Posted by mrypg9

There is a headlined piece in the Daily Mail about Spain's Ghost Towns.....it tells it like it is about the situation here.

think this is the article

Spain haunted by ghost towns built during boom years as unemployment tops 5million | Mail Online

[Leper]

This forum was in a vampire state for months and months i.e. half alive - half dead. Suddenly, there is a glut of people wanting to move to Spain and think that a job will be picked up shortly after touchdown at the airport. Many ask for advice but not as many heed it. They are chasing the dream and believe success is just around the corner.

Lately, I have never seen a day go by that I have not heard of somebody jumping ship and returning from whence they came. This is the reality of ex pats on the costas at the moment and will be for some time to come. Still the rush is on and every day some hairdresser, beautician, plasterer, brickie, chippy, painter, go-for, etc arrives and is going to change Spain for the better. Very few are listening to advice of people who know Spain and how it works or does not work as the case may be.

Some people have a Plan B ie. when all else fails they think they will survive doing unofficial airport runs or that every bar/restaurant is waiting to discover them. The reality is that I have a greater chance of winning the Miss Venezuela Pageant than they have of getting a decent job and I'm male and the wrong side of sixty.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by Leper

This forum was in a vampire state for months and months i.e. half alive - half dead. Suddenly, there is a glut of people wanting to move to Spain and think that a job will be picked up shortly after touchdown at the airport. Many ask for advice but not as many heed it. They are chasing the dream and believe success is just around the corner.

Lately, I have never seen a day go by that I have not heard of somebody jumping ship and returning from whence they came. This is the reality of ex pats on the costas at the moment and will be for some time to come. Still the rush is on and every day some hairdresser, beautician, plasterer, brickie, chippy, painter, go-for, etc arrives and is going to change Spain for the better. Very few are listening to advice of people who know Spain and how it works or does not work as the case may be.

Some people have a Plan B ie. when all else fails they think they will survive doing unofficial airport runs or that every bar/restaurant is waiting to discover them. The reality is that I have a greater chance of winning the Miss Venezuela Pageant than they have of getting a decent job and I'm male and the wrong side of sixty.

I often wonder why people think that Spain is the answer?? Why not Germany or France?? they're supposed to be relatively stable???

I guess its that wonderful summer holiday, the sunshine, the idea that everything is easy in Spain. the British news doesnt really mention spain and its problems very much. At the moment they're concentrating on Greece.

Spain isnt a British colony, it is Spain and it is a harsh country, its not easy and the winters are cold - the houses are cold, there is little in the way of insulation or heating and when it rains it floods. If things go wrong in Spain, there is no social housing available, no benefits, no child allowance and no nanny state. I have to say that prior to moving to Spain I was very disillusioned with the UK and thought Spain would be the answer. Well yes I loved it there, but my husband commuted and so we didnt have to worry about work. However, my children had to come back to the UK for their education and ultimately work. So we came back and I do now see that, for all the faults of the UK, it is a safe place to be.



jo xxx

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by Leper

Suddenly, there is a glut of people wanting to move to Spain and think that a job will be picked up shortly after touchdown at the airport. Many ask for advice but not as many heed it. They are chasing the dream and believe success is just around the corner.

Well fear not! The Daily Mail has picked up the story so perhaps it'll make breaking news in the UK and the islands will be informed!