Jobs for non-Greeks in Athens, Greece

Life is like a hotel room, someone checks out, someone checks in. Some say it's a road trip, some wish they lived in a trailer park.

Greece salaries have dropped since the debt crisis of 1982-2010. The IMF was called in in 2010.

As a result call centers are moving from India to Greece. Example:

Therefore you can get a good salary job with insurance in 2010+ Athens.

As long as you:

- Speak English very well
- One useful for mulitinationals language extremely well to native level.
- Can think quickly
- Love to work
- Understand smartphones, laptops and other pop tech gadgets
- Have a high school degree.

You can apply for Teleperformance jobs in Greece via this page:

https://careers.teleperformance.gr

Greece through my experience

When the Greek crisis started breaking out into the international public arena in 2009 my Twitter friends from around Europe and the world started asking me questions.

Initially, I chose not to take on their requests. 

I was tweeting about EU/European/UK, US and world dynamics and trends and I decided to stick to that. But as the crisis went on and much mud started being thrown at Greece and the Greeks (eg "lazy" etc), 

I did start to counter-argument some of the things that were  being written by journos, analysts, commentators and especially certain German, Dutch and Finn politicians. 

Paid a certain cost for that, in that many non-Greek tweet-followers either un-followed me, wrote many caustic tweets against me or my tweets counter-argumenting against the propaganda against Greece/Greeks, etc. 

Some even argued that a) I was engaged in a "crusade" against Germany, the Netherlands and Finland. 

That was very inaccurate since my critique was aimed at views and policies of the 2010 and 2011 CDU-CSU/FDP and many members of the Dutch and Finn governments, not the countries or their people. 

Many fellow tweeps of course were kind and fair enough to point that out.

But one Twitter friend even argued that Angela Merkel was more European than me! Oh well!!

Now that the critique re A. Merkel's policies re Greece and the Euro has widened throughout Europe, the US and even Germany, to some extent, I feel somewhat vindicated.

We are in 2018 now and after 12.5 months with Dropbox Billing and Payments and Businenss Support for US, Canadian, Australian, UK and other English speaking clients, business and consumer,  I've decided to launch this Greece Support service.

Contact Greece Support:

Via nickpana2017@gmail.com, cell 0030 6908963364 or

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nickpanayotopoulos

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickpanayotopoulos


Nick Panayotopoulos
BS, MIT; MS, Northwestern; MBA, INSEAD

Athens at night

In spite of the crisis, Athens' streets are quite safe compared to eg London ones (last visits in 2012 and 2014).

If you have any concerns, I advise you to call Hellenic Police at 100 (the Greek 911) or consult any policeman or policewoman in the streets of Athen.

The current Minister of Citizen Protection is Olga Verovassili.

Based on my experience, I propose you dress as casually as you can in some parts of Athens. 2018 Athens is a great city.

Political parties in Greece

- New Democracy

- SYRIZA

- Kinima Allagis

The first is a right of center one (EPP in Europe).

SYRIZA is an evolution of the Eurocommunists of KKE Esoterikou and then Synaspismos.

Kinima Allagais is PASOK plus a few movements and VIPs.

Athens open top Bus tours

There are a number of companies operating such tours including:

a) http://www.sightsofathens.gr

b) https://www.citysightseeing.gr

Ask us for details.

Renting in Greece

A contract has to be signed.

The Greek IRS (AADE) asks owners to not rent for less than 1 year. 

Of course many owners do.

If you want to advise on how to rent or buy a flat in Greece, contact GS.

New regulations have been introduced for short term renting via eg airbnb.

Salonica

Salonica is Greece's second largest city. It is near Greece's northern neighbors.

Areos Park

The Radisson Blu Park Hotel is located across the street.

Athens' National Park

It is located next to the Greek Parliament at Syntagma Square.

It is open during the day.

Has a pond and a small zoo.

You can walk, jog, do yoga on the grass or sit on one of the many benches.

It has a few fountains you can get free water from.

Photo: Summer 2018

Sales of flats in Athens

Prices are competitive right now. Therefore a good time to buy.

My own recent experience is mixed.

In 2006 I sold a 107m2 flat for 295,000 Euros.

In 2012 I sold my 129 m2 Patissia flat and left Greece.

In 2014 I bought a 25m2 flat for just 10.000.

In 2018 I'm managing my own portfolio of the following Athens flats:

25 m2 ground floor facing the street (Attaleias 2, downtown)

30 m2 ground floor facing the backyard (Magnisias 20, downtown)

20 m2 3rd floor facing the backyard (Kosti Palama 5, Ano Patissia)

17 m2 6th floor (Iviron 13, downtown near Amerikis Square)

96 m2 4th floor near the Divani Caravel Hotel and the Athens Hilton.

See https://npproperties.blogspot.com