Employment

[saxiphone]

any work there for a painter and decorator who hates the weather in uk and the politics lol.

[Tim]

Originally Posted by saxiphone

any work there for a painter and decorator who hates the weather in uk and the politics lol.

Short answer?
Probably not!
Spain is struggling more than the UK. There is no work for the Spanish, let alone foreigners!
Do you speak Spanish? Where are you looking to move to?

Welcome to the site by the way!

[saxiphone]

no i cant speak spanish ty anyway for your reply

[Tim]

Oh, and the politics in Spain are even worse!
Seriously though, everyone is struggling in Spain at the moment.
The expat pensioners are down probably 30 % on their income since the exchange rate collapsed, in effect, the pensioners supported most of the younger expat population with work.
At the best of times, it was always a good idea to take at least a years' money with you to live on when you move to Spain, allowing time to find employment, and have something to fall back on. Now, I would say to take at least 2 years money!
And if you cannot speak Spanish, then I would say think of somewhere else!

[Sammy]

Originally Posted by saxiphone

any work there for a painter and decorator who hates the weather in uk and the politics lol.

No!

Sorry but work is as sparse over here as it is back there!

But..............life is better than there!

[Spanish Consultas]

The employment situation is quite bad over here, but you could always check to see what's on offer at Infojobs. You never know...

[Warren D]

I agree with what has been said above. The work situation is pretty bad. A lot of maintenance work that had been planned for the autumn and winter has now been put off because people either havn't got the money or are now trying to cut back on spending this year. Loads of Brit construction industry tradesmen (and I use the term in its loosest sense) have gone back to the UK because there isn't enough work to go round.
Another thing is that even when times were good you had a lot of people were painters but they also had other jobs such as bar work, pool cleaning or whatever because not everyone could find enough work in a particular trade and also because a lot of the work is seasonal. You get guys who are builders in the winter but run or work in bars etc in the summer.

[Tim]

Originally Posted by Spanish Consultas

The employment situation is quite bad over here, but you could always check to see what's on offer at Infojobs. You never know...

Originally Posted by Warren D

I agree with what has been said above. The work situation is pretty bad. A lot of maintenance work that had been planned for the autumn and winter has now been put off because people either havn't got the money or are now trying to cut back on spending this year. Loads of Brit construction industry tradesmen (and I use the term in its loosest sense) have gone back to the UK because there isn't enough work to go round.
Another thing is that even when times were good you had a lot of people were painters but they also had other jobs such as bar work, pool cleaning or whatever because not everyone could find enough work in a particular trade and also because a lot of the work is seasonal. You get guys who are builders in the winter but run or work in bars etc in the summer.

Blimey, talk about digging up old posts! Don't think the OP has been back since!!

[Warren D]

I didn't know it was an old thread.