Seasonal work abroad: fair pay in Norway or illegal conditions in Switzerland

Polish workers heading abroad for seasonal jobs face wildly different conditions. Some earn the equivalent of 90 PLN per hour near a Norwegian fjord with a proper contract and rest days, while others end up in Switzerland without a contract, sleeping above a stable with cockroaches and no insurance — and flee home after two months. What starts as a summer adventure can turn into exhausting exploitation.

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