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Greece in the past decade faced a major economic crisis which led to a recession with significant socioeconomic impacts on numerous people. This was named “The Greek Crisis” and only recently we were able to see the potential end of it and a way out. This research examines the effects that crisis had on teachers in the Greek educational system and in particular the effect on their socio-economic status. Taking under consideration that effect of the crisis we proceed to examine if it relates to the perceptions of teachers’ satisfaction with their job in an effort to uncover different ways to improve the working environment so as to help teachers feel satisfied with their work in spite of the crisis-derived issues. Additionally, the effect of other personality and demographic characteristics was examined so as to also take under consideration differentiating factors among different teachers. With the help of an online survey aimed at teachers of different educational levels, we were able to receive 77 valid responses which were analyzed following different analysis methods. Results indicate that there is indeed a correlation between the feeling of job satisfaction (in the facets of fringe benefits, contingent rewards and co-workers) and as such there isalso a potential to support these feelings of job satisfaction for teachers once they find themselves in the impact of crisis. This research and its findings can shed light on the relationship between the crisis effects on individuals and their feelings of job satisfaction and inform the current literature as well as the school principals.