Seanus
26 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Polish workers going back to Britain [14]
Their minimum wage is certainly not enforced if they have one. I've heard of people working for 4PLN per hour distributing fliers. That's about 1 pound. Depending on age, it's around 5.85 in Britain or 5.15 if I'm not mistaken. Inflation has noticeably increased and people here can spend quite a lot. Just look at trolleys in Tesco when you shop. Those people don't look so well off to me either with the way they are dressed.
Plk123, I believe that I said 'some are and some aren't' etc as a patent but you definitely coined one of the phrases that really applies to much of life here. Namely, 'voodoo economics'. It defies belief how some manage on what they have. Many in the West can look forward to saving up some cash after busting a gut but Poles push hard just to break even and make ends meet. That's not life, that's just existence.
Their minimum wage is certainly not enforced if they have one. I've heard of people working for 4PLN per hour distributing fliers. That's about 1 pound. Depending on age, it's around 5.85 in Britain or 5.15 if I'm not mistaken. Inflation has noticeably increased and people here can spend quite a lot. Just look at trolleys in Tesco when you shop. Those people don't look so well off to me either with the way they are dressed.
Plk123, I believe that I said 'some are and some aren't' etc as a patent but you definitely coined one of the phrases that really applies to much of life here. Namely, 'voodoo economics'. It defies belief how some manage on what they have. Many in the West can look forward to saving up some cash after busting a gut but Poles push hard just to break even and make ends meet. That's not life, that's just existence.