Language / Praca vs robota [16]

sometimes i used a word robota, sometimes praca... and i had an office job. I'd say these words are interchangeable, but generally speaking robota is informal and i wouldn't use this word in front of my boss :D

Work / 5 months looking for a job in PL and nothing! suggestions? [22]


no, you don't have to...

informatyk - a guy with general computer knowledge, kinda helpdesk guy - fix computers, printers etc etc - basic stuff

you as an IT project manager should earn more than 6000zl per month but I'm not sure if there are companies who would hire non-polish speaking IT project managers... especially now - crisis thing....

Work / 5 months looking for a job in PL and nothing! suggestions? [22]


what is your specialization? I'd say that for most people that call themselves 'informatyk' this salary is more than average in Poland.

News / Microsoft Poland whitens a black face in its advert [130]


are you that naive or you really think that this is the truth?

News / Microsoft Poland whitens a black face in its advert [130]


it has nothing to do with racism... they wanted to have an ad that typical Polish person could identify himself with - it's normal marketing thing. Guess how many Polish people would identify themselves with black person? Not many! Why? Because we're white, almost everyone around us is white and we used to see white people.... and try to understand - this is not racism, we don't have anything against black people... geez, some people are just overreacting.

Life / Are Polish people absolutely obsessed with money? [30]


things change... it's not normal to ask about salary anymore. I live in Warsaw now and I would say that many people would feel uncomfortable if you would ask them about salary. Though I would say that asking thing like 'how much did you pay for it' it's still quite normal.

Life / Are Polish people absolutely obsessed with money? [30]

As someone said before... money is often the only (or at least main) reason for moving abroad so I think that there is nothing unusual that many Polish people would be glad for an opportunity to work overtime for an extra fee. Another thing - I wouldn't ask someone how much s/he earns since it's not my business... on the other hand I wouldn't mind answering this question as I don't consider this as rude or sth.

Work / Salary of 3500 pln without tax deduction [8]


take a look at 1st post... he said 3500 without tax deduction.

Work / Salary of 3500 pln without tax deduction [8]


no it isn't... it's quite low salary i would say.

Life / Why Poles don't use Facebook? [43]


and why we should use it? Just one another stupid social site... sorry, that's my opinion and I don't like/use any of them (what a waste of time!).

Love / How to find a girlfriend in Warsaw? [60]

maybe they were drunk when gave you a number... then realized what they did and had to change phone number :PPP :D

but... don't worry, be happy :D lol

Life / Gift ideas for new "parents to be" in Poland [9]

haha yes i know... i was just joking :D

Life / Gift ideas for new "parents to be" in Poland [9]

universal thing...

send them some coffee - they will definitely need it :D

my sister is getting married soon... when they will be expecting a baby i think i will buy them sth like this:

Love / How to find a girlfriend in Warsaw? [60]


lol :P it depends on you... there are guys out there that even if they would be surrounded by 100 wonderful girls they wouldn't find a girlfriend :P

Life / Running in Poland during winter [7]


in a gym :D

Work / IT contacts in Poland for Polish American living in USA [3]

make yourself an account at goldenline.pl and headhunters should find you sooner or later...

You can also write an email to grafton, itkontrakt, cpl, manpower, natek...

also upload your cv monster, pracuj.pl

should be enough...

Love / Why are more Polish girls marrying Americans? [77]


because they're free and can do what they want... and also more and more young people know English good enough so there is no such thing as language barrier anymore.

Life / Polish health care system, my experience. [32]


yes you're right.

Travel / Thinking about having a roadtrip in Poland... [41]


you think that one will be enough for all pf members?! :P

Travel / Thinking about having a roadtrip in Poland... [41]

i can recommend:
- Bieszczady (
- Zwierzyniec and generally Roztoczański Park Narodowy, Susiec (szumy)
- pojezierze łęczyńsko-włodawskie (many nice lakes)

I would also recommend bike trip through Poland - it would be much more interesting... you can take your bike into the train. just select 'carriage of bicycles required' checkbox when choosing your train: rozklad-pkp.pl/?q=en/node/143

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bieszczady_Mountains
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roztocze_National_Park
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polesie_National_Park

in my opinion these places are much more interesting than visiting big cities like Gdansk, Krakow etc

Life / How much Zloty to have an average life in Poland? [98]


having MSc means nothing in Poland... that's just a prerequisite for almost any job... now talk about her specialization, experience, professional certifications and so on...

Life / Why do People spend half their lives complaining about living in Poland? [55]


we have one common saying here....

it would be sth like this:

if one don't know what it is all about then it's about money ;-)

Life / Petrol theft in Poland common? [27]


maybe they want to steal the car part by part :D who knows...

Life / Petrol theft in Poland common? [27]

it's more common to have car stolen than petrol :-) You should consider yourself as lucky.

Law / Selling on Allegro from UK [19]

No problem... to be honest with you - I don't think that selling compuers (or parts) in Poland is a good business opportunity. There are plenty of computer shops in Poland, some well-known online ones and generally speaking prices are quite low... it's hard to believe that you will have much lower prices... and what is important many people want to be sure that they can return some broken devices without any problems... that's why many of them prefer to buy things in local/well-known computer shops...

I have no idea what is the best business to invest in in Poland at this time... maybe someone else will give you some ideas.

Law / Selling on Allegro from UK [19]

yes... in theory our law require to attach Polish instruction to every electronic product... but usually say motherboard vendors give manuals in several languages so it shouldn't be a problem.

Law / Selling on Allegro from UK [19]


this is what we use - okay, it's US-like (dollar instead of pound):

Law / Selling on Allegro from UK [19]


no problem... yes we have special characters in Polish language but they aren't written on the keyboard... every pole knows that if s/he want to write (for example) ł character then s/he have to press right alt + l

that's it :)


yeah... it could make the price a bit lower and your auctions would be even more attractive.

Law / Selling on Allegro from UK [19]

There is no such thing as polish keyboard :-) We use the same ones as you in UK/US - English qwerty.

and you can sells computers without operating system or with linux installed ... just write it clearly in your auction.

Life / Warnings about Life in Poland [71]


the only person who is dramatic is you..... sorry had to tell you that.