missile

Very well said that man

JLFS

I am with you on this JO.

TBH there are enough Spanish chasing every job, and as for jobs with "prospects" they are alreay in the bag for a relative or cronie.

As for pay and living on less money that was needed in the UK, yes it can be done, I know families who live a 500 to 600 per month, but it is not highly recommended.

That is not to say there are not exceptions.......and I would have thought that it was public knowledge by now that there is a recession on in Spain, and that it would seem logical to stay put and conserve what you have at home.

Rosemary

I get fed up with people accusing us of being too positive or too negative when most of us try to put people in the picture in an honest way.

The recession is having such a bad effect on the Spanish people that I would never encourage anyone to take a chance and come over to look for a job, I would feel that I was putting someone into a bad situation. Those that have guaranteed work to come to and retirees or people with an income are the lucky ones.

Some are lucky and gain work via relations and friends but unfortunately for every relative or friend that is helped there are a lot of others not so lucky and are disgruntled.

I think that a couple of years ago it would have been much easier to just pop across and try your hand but these are different times now.

All we can do is to continue being straight forward and honest with posters.

Rosemary

grela.fdez

Hello Rosemary,

I am new on here and I do agree.

I am living in England, at the moment with my divorced mother, who divorced my father.

We have lived in Spain about a few times. And it is difficult, for us, we have better jobs here and like to go back but the time is not right.

Rosemary

As Concierge for the Spanish section of BE I would like to say hello and welcome.

BE is a very large expat website, so if you have problems finding your way around we have concierges who will try to direct you. The moderators for the Spanish forums are Mitzyboy and Fred James, moderators are there to ensure that the site runs smoothly within the rules of BE. Problems and complaints should always be addressed to a moderador who will look into the matter and deal with it efficiently and fairly. Our members who post in the Spain Forums are friendly and helpful with a wealth of knowledge of the issues of living in Spain. At the top of the page you will find a quirkily named thread called Free Beer which is full of important and useful information. Hope you enjoy your time participating in the forums.

Please let me know if you need any further help.

Rosemary

JLFS

FDEZ? There are a few other Spanish who are members, welcome, Grela.

I am another FDEZ........

Cazzy1

Unfortunatly we are in inland andalucia. Which is much better than Alicante!!!!!

jackytoo

It would be helpful if those who have moved and found there are better job prospects in Spain post as to how they did it and what they do. Perhaps the 33% unemployed spaniards in andalucía would like to know too.

grela.fdez

We moved back to and back here a few times.

My mother job was cleaning "casas rurales" in Segovia, but it was good then went bad, and she was put out of the job.

Things were bad so we came back to England to live with my brother.

Now we have our own flat, and it is better,but I will like to go to Spain to live, AGAIN, but not now.

Graciela.

Nice to know other FDEZ,

Cazzy1

Good idea, it might give others some inspiration.

As for us, we had no need to work, but this is what we do now....

We work for an estate agents, although things are not great at the moment property is still selling.

We clean and maintain a few holiday homes, including seeing guests in and out etc. This pays quite well and we are quite busy with this for about 9 months of the year.

We work with a local language school. This includes all summer being part of a full english imersion course for children. The children stay with us from monday til friday, we feed them with english food, speak english with them, they watch english TV and play english games etc. They have classes everyday which are run by the school. Other british families in the village also host these children. The classes take place at our house as we have a lot of room, we also get payed for this on top of what we get for having the children. In the winter we host adults at the weekends, who also want to learn english.

The language school has also just opened a new school in the local town, so I guess we will also get involved with teaching there..... if we have time!!!!

jojojojojo

Thats the way to do it. To have an income and that gives you a buffer to enable you to settle and hopefully find work, cos it seems most work comes by knowing people and being part of a community. for a family to land with nothing but hope, isnt a good start to "the dream" especially as things are with mass unemployment. some may hit lucky, but one should always have a back up plan. Imagine having to unpick it all after 6 months cos the money has run out - having to go back to the UK with nothing, find accomodation, schools, jobs - and even having to tell everyone it didnt work........... !!

jo xxx

agoreira

I guess some will get by teaching English etc, others will be doing the jobs the Spanish don't want. I'm sure the people cleaning properties wouldn't have entertained doing that in UK, but needs must. Friends of ours, both ex well paid professional people, earning big money in UK, are now looking after and cleaning some holiday lets, I can only assume it's for something to do rather than for the money.

tonysallis1

hi jojo, you've done well in getting spanish children to help them with their English, how did you start up in that field?

Lushdaddy

I bet they would.

You absolute joke. Absolute stupid joke you are. Why do you have to try and put people down just because they don't earn LOTS OF MONEY.

jojojojojo

You could have said that in a so much nicer way and made your point in a way that people would listen and pay attention. Now you've probably got peoples backs up and spoilt the thread! Chill and be nice please!

Jo xxx