The Portuguese job economy is changing, and not for the good of young people entering the workforce.
I’m not sure that things were better a generation ago, but they seemed so. Back in the day, my bohemian student and programming-grunt days, I’d get to Portugal usually by train from Madrid and quickly find myself on the beaches of Estoril, dining on Red Snapper, drinking Porto, and paying a scant $5/night for a bed at a nearby pensione. The people there seemed happy, calm, engaged.
Today the situation is quite different. The European Union with its high taxes has choked a lot of the life out of countries like Greece and Portugal, not unlike what our federal government has been doing with its vast expansion during the last 20 years.
Young and need a job in Portugal? It’s going to be a temporary job and it’s going to be abroad according to this video report:
