Work and its meanings have often been and still are objects of scholarly research. In the context of global crises, increasing attention has been paid to decent work and, consequently, to decent life. However, decent work has not been adequately addressed in Polish scholarship on vocational guidance and career counselling yet. To redress this gap in scholarly discourse, we explore decent work and attempt to grasp how this notion is defined and understood in the social, political, economic and cultural context of Poland. Our investigation relies on the tools developed by D. Blustein and R. Duffy in their psychology of working theory. At the same time, we seek to establish the implications of our research for education and Life Design counselling in Poland.