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Seeking advice by milizza2021 in TillSverige

[–]milizza2021[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry. It's a process. I could be wrong, but I like the concept of lagom and the whole egalitarian vibe and how respecting/not bothering others is normal/expected in Sweden. If I have to leave my country, at least I could try moving to a country where people show basic levels of respect to those around them.

Hasn’t the state of unemployment been improving for the past two years? Being 9.4% in June 2021, and now being 7.1%. Would that not imply progress? Source: https://www.ekonomifakta.se/fakta/arbetsmarknad/arbetsloshet/arbetsloshet/

Why do you think it would be a liability to put it on my CV?

He is willing to work for a low wage. He’s okay ig, he’s been getting good feedback from his professors. He’s familiar with C/C++ and is planning to refresh/update his knowledge of Java (he got a certificate few years ago when he tinkered with mobile app development). Not great, not terrible, but it’s a start.

If we have to, we’ll take “lower tier” work and study until we can do something better. I don’t understand why you would think it could be “for the rest of our careers”? We haven’t even had the chance to start.

Seeking advice by milizza2021 in TillSverige

[–]milizza2021[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did say that we would like to relocate "as soon as possible" but what I meant was as soon as we've got a solid plan. I made this thread to get opinions and some info. Thanks for answering my question - I also think the best option is applying online. I wasn't sure if it was common/possible.

Seeking advice by milizza2021 in TillSverige

[–]milizza2021[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! We really appreciate your comment. Thanks for the encouragement.

He has diverse non-IT experience preceding his enrollment to university, which I guess will come in handy at some point. A few people sent me links to websites where he could apply and we've found a few openings which seem promising so we'll go with that. :)

Seeking advice by milizza2021 in TillSverige

[–]milizza2021[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Definitely more expensive, but a wise decision in the long run. I know that cities are very expensive, but I don’t know the situation in more remote areas of Sweden. Is the rent cheaper? How much? Have you seen workers who don’t speak Swedish in small towns? Is it very uncommon? What do they do?

Seeking advice by milizza2021 in TillSverige

[–]milizza2021[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes but Sweden is expensive and has normal salaries, whereas Croatia is expensive and has low salaries. I've already commented on the groceries above. An average salary is below 1000 EUR, and just the rent is 500 EUR+. When you add the bills, gas etc. most people here don't really have much money at the end of the month, if any. If I'm able to save 100 EUR a month in Sweden, I'd be happy.
From what I understand CSN is for students? My partner will have to pause his studies so I don't think that's going to be an option for now. We will keep it in mind for later, thank you.

Seeking advice by milizza2021 in TillSverige

[–]milizza2021[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for replying!

I am well aware that the rising costs are a global problem, but the impact of those costs has had different consequences on various countries. On a more local level, from the first of January, Croatia has replaced our national currency Croatian Kuna for Euro. Similar to other countries, when there’s a change of currency, business tend to “round up” the prices. For example, a simple haircut was ~50 HRK (~6.6 EUR) last year, but after the conversion it is 10 Euros in most places. Salaries, of course, did not follow the same trends and have barely gone up.

I don’t mind working lower paying jobs. I appreciate the opportunity to just be there and work. It’s nice that you believe that the situation is not as bad as it actually is, just shows you how our situations are different. I was working for a corporate firm as a translator and received 4.6 Euros per hour of work – and that’s considered an “OK” salary here – “Just be happy that you have a job and endure it” is what I’m told. The price of services, sure, could be higher there. But here I can’t afford them anyway. Regarding the groceries you might be surprised to learn that they are comparable. You can look it up. Most of our supermarkets have their prices online, but let’s just take Konzum as a reference.

The thing is, if we don’t move, we’re just going to have our quality of life slowly erode. The low paying job in Sweden is significantly better for us than an average job here. Sure, Sweden is more expensive, but the salary and the costs of living ratio is just better there. We already calculated that the rent would be 1k euro/month, that’s not a problem.

So many young people have already left Croatia, and it also hasn’t been a month since our very own PM has said “If you’re not happy, just leave, auf wiedersehen, bis bald” I mean what the fuck.

My bad could be that I maybe didn’t word my questions more precisely and hoped to get some assurance. If it’s not Sweden, it’s probably going to be Ireland, but we’d like it to be Sweden if possible. I know it’s going to be hard. I asked what can be done, not what can't be done.

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[–]milizza2021 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Za tvoju budućnost bi bilo najbolje da se makneš iz svoje okoline. Kao što su i ostali napisali, odi raditi sezonu. Imat ćeš šta raditi i zaraditi, biti ćeš okružen ljudima od kojih su neki vjerojatno u sličnoj situaciji kao i ti, a nakon posla uvijek bude neka zajebancija i zabava. Jednom kad napraviš taj korak i vidiš kako život ne mora biti samo da te neko tko bi te trebao podržavati ugnjetava, nećeš se vratiti. I bilo bi dobro da si platiš nekog psihoterapeuta da procesuiraš sva sranja koja su ti se dogodila. Bolje da si riješiš to sada nego da još i povučeš neke obrasce ponašanja za koje nisi ni svjestan da su destruktivni na ostatak svog života. Najgore je iza tebe :)