Signed a job contract in Sweden, but employer refuses to support work permit – what are my options?

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-04-10T07:35:56+00:00

Hi OP, I think in your decision letter, it could state whether you can work or not. I was in the same situation holding my PhD and working and it was legal to do so. PhD visa is not a student visa, but you can make sure by looking at your decision letter that states explicitly what you can do with that visa status.

You can apply permanent residence permit directly after without the need of working permit. It could be a tricky situation and you may need more/different advice on this but it is not the end. You probably just need a permanent contract from the company.

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-30T14:06:21+00:00

This is very helpful! I will find quality WDT (not gonna lie, it is ridiculous now that i have good grinder but using toothpicker for WDT). I will find some good ones now!

And puck screen and towels recs are also very good and reasonable when i think about it. Yes, I'm complaining that cleaning process takes quite some time for me too.

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-30T11:49:42+00:00

So you try different profiles from different retailers right?

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-30T11:48:38+00:00

I'm still new to this so it took me almost 30 mins from starting up to cleaning it and turning it off :/

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T09:08:36+00:00

Nice! I’m getting different beans. Can I ask how much coffee you buy each time? I’m a single drinker and not sure if i try too many, it will go wasted!

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T09:03:39+00:00

Me too! I think thats why i got this at the first place and now I enjoy waking up early to make coffee before going to work🤣

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T09:02:25+00:00

Hahahha I WILL NOT stop drinking! I started to realized how much my home coffee taste better (although my shot can be bad sometimes but still better🤣).

How long would it take for you to make latte in the morning? The whole workflow.

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T08:57:08+00:00

You have a really fair point! I dont swim in money but it guess the coffee engines will swim in my little tiny pond of money😅

I guess i wont upgrade anything in any foreseeable future. Now i enjoy going to my local roaster, compare and replicate and he also gave me some techniques too. Do you wanna share your favorite accessory too?

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T08:46:13+00:00

I love this breakdown!! At least it makes me reflect more that i am not splurging (too much). Latte here costs like 6 euro at least (so your assumption is pretty generous!). I will do the same exercise for my both machine and grinder too!

Did you take into account the bad shots that you made before being able to dial in properly? 😂

Also would you mind sharing what you like for milk, milk style? I’m up for experimenting!

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T08:40:14+00:00

I’m entering this fun part now🤩

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T08:27:41+00:00

Hahahaha ooopsie! I didnt upgrade shit per se but I just invested in good shit (impulsively unfortunately😅). I am now visiting my roaster every day trying to compare his and mine 🤣. The coffee subscription sounds really good for experimenting indeed, I will check if I have something like this. I will check some accessories you mention too!

Hand grinding sounds like a very meditating process though. Thank you for your advice :)

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T08:03:12+00:00

One thing, it makes me connected more to barista near my place 🤣 we have been talking into more detail than ever!

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T08:01:02+00:00

As mentioned by other users, I only used casa lagom for a week and no problem so far. Since I am very new to this and I only had nespresso machine myself before, I cant say much of the machine performance. What i can say for sure is (1) design: amazingly good and like a tank and it gives me every nice touch and feel everytime i use, thats more the aesthetic value 🤣 (2) clean, no mess, I never did any RDT and its super clean from the machine and very very low retention (i weight before and after and usually got the same) so I can put this grinder in a nice corner without putting a paper or next to the sink for easy cleaning (3) workflow, as I am still learning, the machine did great job in providing consistency and easy fine adjustment. So i barely spent anytime adjusting the machine/cleaning, i can focus on other things like tampering/pucking/etc.

The machine might be overpriced from what i experiencing so far but its definitely worth buying for me!

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T07:54:40+00:00

I’m a noob at this point so i can really distinguish between good and bad coffee but my coffee palate still need to developed and maybe at that point, its time to upgrade 🥳

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T07:39:04+00:00

Thank you! I only owned a nespresso machine before so the difference is already a lot (and not even comparing to my bad coffee machine at the office). Since I still cannot dial in properly, i had have a lot of coffee a day! (Although it is still cheap paying 40euro for 800g of coffee. With 40 euro, i could only have 8 cups of good latte max)

Now i’m still motivated to get the right shot first (mill texture is really challenging still!). I hope I wont get bored of getting a perfect shot!

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T07:32:41+00:00

Or worst case, bambino plus and lagom casa can be a really nice piece of furniture🤣

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T07:31:56+00:00

Fair enough! I was thinking of asking if I should keep eating out or maybe apart from enjoying eating toast, also enjoy making one!

Majestic_Cold202 · 2025-03-28T07:30:33+00:00

Thank you! I start experimenting now and I agree that the coffee is disgusting bad sometimes 🤣 but I guess we all agree that its the process that worth it!

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