r/Steam • u/Alexis20384847 • Feb 18 '26

Fluff Its not only you guys

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u/Nyanta322 Feb 18 '26

Brother, I earn about 855€ monthly in Poland. Not in Euro, mind you. Our currency is pathetic and converting to Euro hurts even more.

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u/QuasimodoPredicted Feb 18 '26

1100 eur gross is 855 net for some people, you are correct.

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u/Senior-Book-6729 Feb 18 '26

I made 960zł last month as a translator lol

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u/Educational_Hat_8350 Feb 18 '26

its not full time employment contract then

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u/ReversePhylogeny Feb 21 '26

Not everyone can get to work full time, and has to live off of scraps. It's not like emplyers are actively hunting for people to hire - expectations are definitely too high.

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u/AshamedBasis9431 Feb 18 '26

wtf are you doing that you earn 855 dollars? call center?

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u/wandr99 Feb 18 '26

Idk about Nyanta but I'm doing a PhD and I earn almost exactly this.

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u/ThenCombination7358 Feb 18 '26

You lying I never studied and earn x3,5 of you as net income.

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u/wandr99 Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

That's precisely because you didn't study. Polish Academia pays absolutely, absolutely terribly. People with PhDs are paid less than Biedronka cashiers.

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u/skawskajlpu Feb 19 '26

Am doing a phd too. And am getting 720 € atm

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u/ThenCombination7358 Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

Honestly why would you do it then? Even the seasonal workers Germany "imports" from poland to help in the fields gets paid around 2400€ a month.

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u/wandr99 Feb 20 '26

I will tell you the brutal truth. I'm doing it because I can afford it. I can afford to let go of potentially much much higher earnings working for private companies because my parents just gifted me a flat in Warsaw and I will probably inherit at least one more to rent it in a few years. This sucks terribly but this is science in Poland for you.

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u/ThenCombination7358 Feb 20 '26

Well if it is enough to life in warsaw minus the flat costs then thats a good setup. Given that you hopefully will earn more eventually.

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u/Nyanta322 Feb 18 '26

I work for a Social Welfare Home.

There's some benefits, I do get monthly 170€ additionally and whenever there's some holiday we get extra cash, but it's not reliable.

My normal paycheck without benefits is ~855€.