Work / What is deducted from a salary in Poland apart from Income tax? [155]


No worries :-)


This is key to it in many ways.


I think it would be very very hard to live on that. Yes, I know that some people have to...


After deductions, he would need to be careful, and I mentioned that as a foreigner life can be more expensive with occasional trips home that can eat what little someone can save as well as coming to the rental market as an outsider which means when taking a job in another country you have to factor this in or end up miserable..

Work / What is deducted from a salary in Poland apart from Income tax? [155]

Indeed. The figures in that report however don't come from GUS. They come from the Ogólnopolskie Badania Wynagrodzeń, conducted by a private company...

Work / What is deducted from a salary in Poland apart from Income tax? [155]


It's important to have a good look at figures before you try to criticise the person posting them, since in this case it seems you're the one who doesn't understand - the figure of 6000 is the median...


Not really, unless you're very young or you don't have a great job.

BTW, I live in the city.

Work / What is deducted from a salary in Poland apart from Income tax? [155]

In fact looking at the figures reported in the media (usually a year or so out of date) for Warsaw it's two to three times the figure you mention though your figure is fairly accurate for smaller place.

tvn24.pl/wroclaw,44/6000-zl-w-warszawie-4500-zl-we-wroclawiu-ile-zarabiaja-polacy,305576.html

(in Polish, however for those who don't read Polish well the important bit is the numbers)

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Work / What is deducted from a salary in Poland apart from Income tax? [155]


In Warsaw and other larger cities the average salary is much higher than that (in Warsaw much more than that) and remember that foreigners have to budget for extra expenses like visits home as well as more often than not paying more for the place they live.

News / Poland's Organized Crime [58]


No

Life / Rydze - mushroom hunting in Poland - Help I need to find these suckers!!! [16]


You're lucky - and yes, always kotlet style :-)

Where I live, on the edge of Kampinos Forest there's overpicking, despite it being forbidden. In the area nearby though there are always gąski late in the season but not everybody likes those.

My mushroom picking friend travels a lot to go to the best places and also uses internet forums that say what's where when, though some of the best sites are jealously guarded secrets...

Life / Rydze - mushroom hunting in Poland - Help I need to find these suckers!!! [16]


My closest friend is a professional mushroom picker and even he tells me they are quite rare, though he does find a few and gets a good price. Do you like kanie? A bit early for them but delicious...

Work / What is deducted from a salary in Poland apart from Income tax? [155]


You'd be surprised.


More likely, but anybody's guess.

It could of course be annual, which would be a pretty bad salary.

Work / What is deducted from a salary in Poland apart from Income tax? [155]

Some people are :-)

However it is indeed very rare.

Life / Looking to immigrate to Europe. How is life in Poland? [116]

Very possibly however the rules on buying farmland/forestry haven't changed since before then.


Someone else here might be more up-to-date than me, not on the law, but on how it's applied - this is important here. As I remember from old discussions here, you can buy farmland, but the vendor can get in trouble selling it if the paperwork is incorrect - there's a thread somewhere in the archives here that discusses an incident where that happened.

There are also different categories of farmland, according to the quality. It's easier to get permission to buy lower quality farmland (the minister has to approve it) however a lot depends on who the minister is at the time.

Remember that after 1990 and even more in 2004 (EU entry) there was a genuine fear that families would be priced off buying land by foreign (meaning German) buyers. This never happened and in fact there's some evidence that Poles are buying across the German border rather than the other way round. Also there's a heavy dose of political nationalism from some quarters - some people even think that if a foreigner buys land in Poland then that land becomes somehow less Polish and two (largely rural) political parties who have no representatives now had a bit more influence around the time the legislation went through, hence the current law


Yes - this is true. The provision restricting land purchases has a fixed end date and can't be extended by the government.

Certain nearby countries who joined the EU at the same time have scrapped the provision restricting farmland sales before a certain date however Poland hasn't. You can however buy building land without restriction.


If she could get citizenship, you wouldn't have any problem.


Farms tend to be very small in Poland and some pieces of land that aren't classified as farmland are almost as big, so you might in fact be able to do this.

A warning though. Life in Poland can be harder than many people expect.

Real Estate / Land claim in Poland. [9]


I know some people who managed it, some who haven't but put their claim in to be on the safe side should it become easier and others who admit there's no chance.

Real Estate / Land claim in Poland. [9]


Who they were evicted by and on what legal basis often plays a very big part. As gjene says, this can be complicated. It's also rarely quick. Might be worth finding a lawyer to register the claim, for the sake of getting the claim in case the law should change.

Whereabouts is that in PL by the way?

News / Poland's Organized Crime [58]


Do you look at those webcams often?


Sounds a complicated way to do it.

Study / Discrimination & humiliation of non-white students by Polish professor at Med Uni [18]

That's actually a very good idea. There isn't that much that you can do with secret recordings in Poland, however if there is a genuine problem and he really is being treated differently for whatever reason a recording may back up his story. Just not in court.

UK, Ireland / Transferring money from Poland to UK [23]


You wouldn't believe the half of it :-)


I think that's rare but possible. The risk was having to explain on arrival in Warsaw (amounts over either 10 or 15,000 EUR, I forget which). In this case, I think he'd got a secured bank loan in the UK so presumably there would have been some paperwork, albeit in English.

UK, Ireland / Transferring money from Poland to UK [23]


Spot on. A friend (I shouldn't really gossip because he looks at this forum sometimes) was buying a flat in Warsaw. He brought cash back from the UK (quite a lot), had pre-arranged something with a reputable kantor and went straight there from the airport. The kantor laid on a security guard to accompany him home or to he bank or whatever. He took care to have proof of the money's origin in case of airport issues and it all worked out.

UK, Ireland / Transferring money from Poland to UK [23]


There's no harm at all in being risk averse, especially when your own hard-earned dosh is concerned (I certainly am), but worth mentioning that the real basis of any financial transaction is trust - the regulatory and contractual aspect essentially kicks in in the remote chance that something goes wrong. The bottom line is whether or not you trust the company to hold your assets for the duration of the transfer. After all, it's in their interest too that things work out. In any case, if a financial institution goes tits up you're probably fecked in the short term anyway despite the schemes, excuse my language.

I haven't used this company myself however others have recommended it to me. It's also part owned by Sir Richard Branson whose reputation and experience means he is obviously cautious about what he gets involved with. Worth having a look at:Poland transfer

Study / Discrimination & humiliation of non-white students by Polish professor at Med Uni [18]


Maybe he just failed the exams - I doubt he's the only black person on the course.


He can also contact these people.

UK, Ireland / Transferring money from Poland to UK [23]


Yes - they have to. Many are also backed by larger institutions.

Work / Any Speed School of English in Poland? [54]

Am I the only person to have noticed that these rather long posts from guest poster(s) praising that place to the hilt use almost identical language, punctuation and capitalisation?

As I say, fishy. And ham-fisted too.

Life / Connection problem in Ryjewo? [4]

You mean a cellphone connection problem? This does often happen in PL, especially outside towns.

Travel / Exchange Euro to Zloty - I am going to arrive in Warsaw [17]


It's certainly a good idea to get some changed in case you have problems on arrival however in PL, you will generally get a much better rate at a kantor than out of country so perhaps it's worth changing the way you do that.

Work / English in Polish kindergarten - methods and games. [5]

Could be fun for them!

Noreen, have a look at this website - it's mostly stories but with lesson plans attached. As always, it's how you deliver the lesson as much as the materials but these might be worth a try. There are a lot (really a lot) of online resources for efl at that age group and the nationality of the kids doesn't make much or any difference at that age.

teachingenglishgames.com/3-5/preschoolstories.htm

This one: esl4kids.net/games.html has some games :-)

Language / Order of words when adding one word? [9]


A bit (even much) more formal than the OPs English phrases.

Language / Order of words when adding one word? [9]


Definitely no. Google translate didn't recognise either of those phrases (in the first it didn't detect a phrase at all and in the second guessed there might be a phrase but couldn't figure it out) and just had a go at translating constituent words. As a clue, Rocznica would normally go first in the first phrase. Szczęśliwego would be the first word of the second phrase.

Life / Health system in Poland - NFZ costs EU? [18]

Same here. It isn't expensive unless you want fancy stuff doing and I'm sure one of your fellow students will be able to recommend a reasonably priced dentist. You might even think about the dental school at the University there :-)

Love / Does color or where you come from really matter for Polish people? [6]


Really???


This spelling suggests you are from North America.


Exactly. Remember though that in Poland there are still relatively few people of colour so it isn't an issue that affects most people, especially outside the few big cities.


All culture is changing always.

Life / 24 hours veterinary emergency service near Cracow? (Krakow) [5]


You'd have to agree it with the taxi firm first - the forum is quiet tonight but normally there are people here who live in Krakow; somebody might know a suitable firm. The driver would certainly expect a decent tip if it's a dog. A cat in a cat box would almost certainly be OK

Life / 24 hours veterinary emergency service near Cracow? (Krakow) [5]


It's north rather than south Krakow (but reasonably central) and has 24 hour service: luxvet24.pl


What planet are you on?