UK, Ireland /
My Views Of Poles Working in the UK [169]
1. Non-English Speaking
i agree on that, some sort of english tests should be arranged for immigrants and those that dont pass should not be let in but encouraged to study english a bit more and then try again.
i think it`s the employer`s fault though if they decide to hire people whose english isn`t even basic. when i first came to london 3 years ago, i worked in a restaurant and my mananger was a bit of a casanova so to say. he liked to hire good looking ladies so that later he could flirt with them and so he hired this korean girl, she was absolutely beautiful but didn`t speak english at all. it was difficult to work with her and probably frustrating for the customers as well. so it`s not just the polish that`s don`t speak the language :)
2.Polish ONNLY communities:
i agree with that as well, but just as with your first point, it does not only apply to the polish. if you look at the muslims or hindus, they don`t seem to want to intergrate either. personally, i noticed that a lot of english girls seem to be reserved towards me for whatever reason (maybe i look scary lol) so i can`t make friends with them but my parter`s friends who are english, are nice and i enjoy the time i spent around them (that is when we get to meet up cuz with a 1 year old it`s not so easy hehe)
3. Complainers:
by complaining we`re just trying to intergrate with the english :P i`m kidding. i think it`s not fair to complain all the time and on a large scale as it can spread (meaning more people will complain if they see others doing it). living in a different country is not always easy and you`ll always find something to complain about. funnily enough, these people are the first to complain about things that go wrong in poland as well.
4. Minor Jobs:
some people just don`t want to work. those jobs were available in the uk before 2004, nobody made lazy a$$es do them so the eastern europeans had to come here and do them.
UK benefits should not be given out to non UK nationals
which benefits do you mean? i`m getting child benefit and child tax credit, currently seeking work (we just moved house + coming back from maternity leave) so claiming JSA, i also received maternity allowance and sick pay. i never worked in poland, have lived in the uk for 4 years (1 yr on the isle of wight and 3 yrs in london). so do you think i should not be getting this? i think some people are commiting benefit fraud and that should be monitored better.
Thank you
your welcome :)