Moved to eastern Europe to work...

columbiana

Hi guys,

I recently took a huge step in my career, and left the UK to live in eastern europe to work here for the next 2 years. I was wondering if you guys would be interested in the differences between here and the uk?

If so, let me know and I'll tell you all about it... if not just ignore this and it'll disappear soon enough

sharpy2010

Obvously I dont know about anyone else, but I'd definitely be interested to hear. When you say Eastern Europe, do you mean Poland?

Its interesting that whilst tens of thousands of Eastern Europeans have moved to the UK, someone from the UK has moved to Eastern Europe.

agrinnall

I'd suggest you start off with a brief version, and if that generates interest you can fill in the details. Hopefully people will want to read what you have to say.

anamenottaken

Name the country - "Eastern Europe" is not homogeneous.

CKhalvashi

sharpy2010 wrote: »

Its interesting that whilst tens of thousands of Eastern Europeans have moved to the UK, someone from the UK has moved to Eastern Europe.

I drove through Bulgaria a few weeks back, and was amazed at the amount of UK-plated cars in some of the areas, meaning that statistically, there must be some Brits in that neck of the woods.

Also, in Constanta (Romania), there were a number of Brits in both UK and Romanian/Bulgarian plated cars, so it's certainly not just one.

There's an Irish pub in Tbilisi (Georgia) for about 15 years now, which has fallen into British hands, too. I do pop in once or twice when I'm there, but speaking the language, everything else seems to be cheaper (but not that much in English terms). There are around 4000 Brits registered as living in Georgia, and less than 2000 Georgians in UK (and we make 4 of those).

Wherever there seems to be an influx of foreigners, there is probably the same number of Brits leaving, no matter what the Daily Mail says.

CK

Beachview_2

Yes it would be very interesting to hear of your experiences

Any

sharpy2010 wrote: »

Obvously I dont know about anyone else, but I'd definitely be interested to hear. When you say Eastern Europe, do you mean Poland?

Its interesting that whilst tens of thousands of Eastern Europeans have moved to the UK, someone from the UK has moved to Eastern Europe.

Why does it have to be Poland???? Ae you one of those people that under eastern europe they only hear "polish"??
There are other countries in the Eastern block, some of which are really quite economicaly stable.. Czech Republic, Slovak Republic...

What you have to realise that in every country is different education/skill set. Lot of Polish people that moved here who do very good job at what English don't - reliable painters, decorators, plumbers..

While over there is a lot of need for professional people, often English, for the factories and the service places of UK and US companies that moved there because it is cheaper then here... But they want English professionals because they understand what they can do and their professional training.

polskiegowLondynie

I'd certainly be interested it hear more from the OP.

sharpy2010

Any wrote: »

Why does it have to be Poland???? Ae you one of those people that under eastern europe they only hear "polish"??
There are other countries in the Eastern block, some of which are really quite economicaly stable.. Czech Republic, Slovak Republic...

What you have to realise that in every country is different education/skill set. Lot of Polish people that moved here who do very good job at what English don't - reliable painters, decorators, plumbers..

While over there is a lot of need for professional people, often English, for the factories and the service places of UK and US companies that moved there because it is cheaper then here... But they want English professionals because they understand what they can do and their professional training.

Having been to the Czech Republic recently, I'm fully aware there are quite a few Eastern European countries. I was kind of hoping that the OP was talking about Poland though, since I'd like to hear about what its like there.

Cutzee

I'd be interested to hear how it compares

uk_american

A few years back I had a choice of work location: Bratislava or Essex. I chose the UK, mainly due to salary, and the ability to save up for a house.

Would definitely like to hear what I'm missing out on! I work with some talented people over in that part of the world, so curious to hear your thoughts OP.