UK, Ireland /
English people attitude towards Poles? [761]
The Poles have no choice. Do you get this, pal? I wish it happened to you. Besides, the door to better career jobs is often closed to the Poles, even though it is open e.g. to folks from the Third World. That's the 'human rights' laws you've got.
Polish workers have come in on the bottom rung of the career ladder. They will not remain there if they have the talent to go with the determination and strong work ethic that they TYPICALLY exhibit. There is strong evidence that the progression is already happening. In my line of work I have seen this already. Let us not forget that it is only three years or so since Poland's EU admission. The vast majority of posts in this Forum that relate to Poland and the UK, be they about relationships with Poles, discrimination, anatgonsim from the UK residents should be read with this in mind. We have seen the best part of 800,000 new residents in the UK who are different in many ways. The sheer speed of this build up is almost unprecedented. Yes we have large numbers of immigrants from around the world, many of whom are far less willing to integrate than the Poles but these numbers have built up more slowly so the perceived impact by the indigenious population has been less dramatic. Give it time people and everything will changes from the work carried out by the Poles to the attitude to them from those of us who have not had the opportunity to understand them before. It takes time for God's sake.
Look also at the numbers of small businesses that the Poles have already started. Their ability to mobilise and commit to small enterprises is impressive. Who cares if it is a car wash or an IT company. They have got off their backsides and taken a few risks to make a go of it and good luck to them. Most Polish people are paying their way in taxes and as other have noted they are helping the UK economy greatly. Poles are welcome here and they will integrate and prosper better than most is my view.
There is also alot of criminality that goes on amongst the East European community!.
Mainly from Albanian and Russian criminal gangs.... I have not heard of any large scale criminal activity from Poles in the UK.
And finally I agree with previous posts about the misleading and inflammatory rants of section sof the British media. Slow news day?.... let's bash Johnny Foreigner.... Care to name me a country where the media don't resort to this?
