Career advice- Lidl or Azets?

[Uncover]

Hi! 

My girlfriend works in LIDL over 5 years now, she is 27, I am 28. She has a salary of around 700 Eur, in Romania. 

She can't stand the work environment because the colleagues are very toxic, often making vulgar remarks on her. We've been together for 3 months now. A minor example: "did he (me) smash your cheeks?" - over the earphones, so that all other colleagues can hear. She and me are not like that, she is pretty shy, we don't like to talk vulgar, even tho I did smash her cheeks. She comes home from work exhausted, angry, in the mood to cry, and takes pills to relax "valeriana-idk the eng word". 

Thus, she has long been thinking of leaving but didn't find a better option. 

I did recommend her to Azets and they received her on the accounting department with a salary of around 480 Eur. She is thinking if she should accept the Azets offer even tho the salary is much lower. 

I am working at Azets for over 6 years, the work environment is friendly, my salary now is around 730 eur. I have a degree in economics, specialized in accounting. Maybe I should seek a better job?

She has a degree in applied electronics but she was afraid to seek something on her specialization because she isn't confident in her skills acquired in college. 

Should she remain at Lidl, or come at Azets? Or keep looking for other jobs?

Thanks!

[Butters]

Why not some online freelancing? You can make a lot more than that. 

[Thought Art]

@Uncover Why not get an entry level position in her field? She needn’t be perfect out the gate. I had a friend in a similar position but he was trained on the job. He had the education but had to develop the skills through direct experience. 
 

I don’t know what you guys should do, I hope you two and contemplate and strategize together. 

[quantumspiral]

@Butters This.

 

Online freelancing and maybe get out of Romania lol. I didn't know salaries are so low in Romania- you should be able to double your salary quite easily if you choose a suitable field for online freelancing.

If you can understand Leo's videos, you can do this (if you want)

Edited August 10, 2024 by quantumspiral

[OmniNaut]

@Uncover

Because you never disclosed her function, I assume we're talking about a job in one of the stores?
This behaviour from those guys is not acceptable and should be escalated. First the store manager, other way is HR department of LIDL Romania (there should be an internal contact address or number on the internal website of the LIDL Romania company). If that doesn't work then go to the main HQ in Germany. 
But first try to escalate to store manager, if that is to scary for her or if it's not handled go to HR, they should take it seriously. Also try to get some evidence to help to take it more seriously.

Good luck

Edited August 10, 2024 by OmniNaut

[Uncover]

@Butters Online freelancing sounds good, but that is such a vague term. It's hard to decide what to focus on, what to make. I only have a passion for gaming, she has a passion for interior design. I'm thinking if we can make something out of this. Or find something else 

[Butters]

6 hours ago, Uncover said:

@Butters Online freelancing sounds good, but that is such a vague term. It's hard to decide what to focus on, what to make. I only have a passion for gaming, she has a passion for interior design. I'm thinking if we can make something out of this. Or find something else 

You can go on Youtube and search "how to start freelancing" and learn until you've found some ideas.