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From Teacher to "Truck queen." "This Is No Job for a woman."

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Iwona Blecharczyk started as a teacher in the Podkarpacie region. She quickly burned out. Today, she has millions of kilometers under her belt, extreme routes, and a transportation company under her belt. Her story is a tale of the costs of a radical career change and the independence she built over years. It all began with a completely botched recruitment process and a discriminatory remark: "This isn't a job for a woman."
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Iwona Blecharczyk started as a teacher in the Podkarpacie region. She quickly burned out. Today, she has millions of kilometers under her belt, extreme routes, and a transportation company under her belt. Her story is a tale of the costs of a radical career change and the independence she built over years. It all began with a completely botched recruitment process and a discriminatory remark: "This isn't a job for a woman."

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forbes.pl broke the news on Sunday, May 31, 2026.
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