Thank you! 💌

I'm definitely not one of those people who laments the past, as many older people do. Maybe because I'm not that old yet, lol. And also because there are periods of my life that I never want to return, like kindergarten, school, university, etc. But recently I thought about the fact that many relatively good practices of the past have already disappeared from our lives, and the bad ones have deepened. And as I have always said, with each passing year one expects forward development, at least that is the logical thought, but we here especially seem to be almost going backwards.

For example, I found my first job in a newspaper ad. Then I also registered on a job search site, which still exists today, but not as successful as before, without as many ads as before.
Today I use another site, which has also changed a lot over the years. To the point that it took me months to figure out how it actually works, how to search it effectively, and which ads don't show under certain circumstances and why. I really wasted a lot of time studying and experimenting there.

In the past, at the time of my first job, there were many job ads. From a variety of companies, small and large, with or without experience requirements. People with languages, with experience and without experience, were wanted in various companies and cities, and so the wind took me then to the other side of the country.
Today, that time seems to have irretrievably passed in the dominant customer support job postings. It's as if these companies are the monopolists of the market, who have stolen all the employees with languages, so other small companies simply disappeared. Just as a large part of the small supermarkets disappeared when the large grocery store chains entered the country.

Back then, at the time of my first job, my bosses were crooks, and their chief accountant was, to me, a true criminal with accounting knowledge, hired to devise ways around the law. What chief accountants needed to be in the past.
I was then provided with the minimum wage, and the rest was given to me in cash, without being declared by my employers. That was the practice back then.
But I was told a few months ago that this is the practice even now.
So, so many years have passed since then, and it turns out that for cities outside the capital it is still normal to get insurance only for the minimum wage, which is currently 360 euros. Bulgarian employers cannot pay more insurance for their employees. Or rather, they don't want to. They have no reason to do it since others don't either.

And yesterday, after looking through about 2000 ads found by different criteria from the last month, I realized that in a poor country like Bulgaria, I can't find a normal job with a normal salary when I live outside the capital. That just can't happen. There's no chance.

Yesterday I found a single slightly more acceptable ad from the region that was not for a shop assistant or waiter position. With the incredible net salary of 583 euros - quite high for the region. At first I was hesitant to apply. But then I realized that this workplace is about 30 minutes away by train, i.e. about 1 hour one way with the long way to the station etc. And I will have to travel 2 hours every day, even in the coming winter when I have a cold allergy basically, I will have to get up in the dark and walk to the train station, with potentially aggressive stray dogs along the way... I think for 583 euros it's not worth it, I can't buy or pay many things with them anyway. (Prices of goods are like or even higher than those in Western Europe). And I don't think that's a salary that a sane person would be comfortable with. Because he cannot live with dignity with it.

So, I just don't know what to do at the moment. And powering up here, while being unemployed, is the only investment I can make for this uncertain future I have.

Therefore, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your constant support! 💌

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	Soul's Detour is a project started by me years ago when I had a blog about historical and not so popular tourist destinations in Eastern Belgium, West Germany and Luxembourg. Nowadays, this blog no longer exists, but I'm still here - passionate about architecture, art and mysteries and eager to share my discoveries and point of view with you.

Personally, I am a sensitive soul with a strong sense of justice.
Traveling and photography are my greatest passions.
Sounds trivial to you?
No, it's not trivial. Because I still love to travel to not so famous destinations.🗺️
Of course, the current situation does not allow me to do this, but I still find a way to satisfy my hunger for knowledge, new places, beauty and art.
Sometimes you can find the most amazing things even in the backyard of your house.😊🧐🧭|