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Investors/Entrepreneurs.. Steer Clear of Poland. [77]
My business partner and friends can't believe all the trouble that I have gone through. They are actually embarrassed that it is so difficult for a foreigner to live and set up a business.
You don't say where you are from originally...Me, I Polish-American, live in USA, so I can't really speak on specifics of Polish bureaucracy, but you bring up what I think are universal problems in the West...BTW, you post is one of the best I've ever seen here.
Now, with utility companies, city bureaucrats and the like, same problems exist here in USA, sometimes better sometimes worse depending on where you live...I live in Philadelphia, and city bureaucrats bad here...You start business, you must do this, do that, get zoning permits, have to deal with bureau of licenses & inspections...However, not nearly as bad as what you speak of...Maybe this is a result of Communism, supposedly 'worker's paradise' but actually 'worker's hell' because any honest dedicated work is viewed with suspicion and envy...Communism a system of parasites, never do honest day's work in life, and the goal is to never do any in future...So, even after fall of Communism, most likely same mindset exists...But, if what you say is true, then Poland will go to 'dustbin' of history, because only a productive country, with a business friendly environment can prosper...And you, you come to Poland and INVEST, yet parasites view you with jealousy...See, as I get older, I find world is like a kindergarten, some never grow up...These are the types you seem to deal with.
On workers, here you must use wisdom and some strategy...You hire young workers so you don't have to pay tax...OK...But remember that young people need guidance, and some need constant supervision...Use the whip hand when needed, but don't pick on them constantly for little things, even if it cost you a few złoty...Work, of almost any type, must be fun sometimes, and it sounds like both you and employees don't have any fun...Perhaps hiring someone older, experienced in food service would help balance things out.
But it is good you stick it out...Sometimes it is darkest before the dawn.
Now for work ethic, let me tell you about me first GOOD job...I was 16-17, and a Ukrainian
friend of mine got me a job at Jewish deli where he also work...The owners were the Kaplan brothers, Meyer & Eddie...Meyer the 'good cop', he handle deli, dish out corned beef, lox, bagles, and he perfect for job, weighing about 300 pounds, big, jovial...Eddie was money guy, don't smile much, but he keep books in order, 'bad cop'...Eddie the one you give you hell when you f*** up.
My job was dishwasher, porter, busboy and anything else need be done...Every night I wash and unload 10-20 loads of dishes in dish machine, stack all plates in proper place & silverware...THEN, I scrub all the pots and baking pans, for briskets, turkey, corned beef etc...BIG NASTY job, scrub my hands raw, but I do it all, pans look good when I'm done...THEN, if it is busy and waitresses busy, I bus tables...I also take special plates and pans to cooks whenever they need it, and get supplies from basement...THEN, every night, I take out between 10-12 full buckets of garbage, empty into dumpster...This anywhere from 500 to 1200 pounds of garbage a night...HALF A TON, and I do it all by hand, by myself...THEN, last thing, I sweep and mop whole deli area, restaurant, and kitchen...Then I'm done...My pay?...This 1970, and I work maybe 32 hours per week...I take home maybe $125 a week...MAN, I loved it because $125 good money then, and I still in high school...Also, a cook there sell me Vietnamese weed, plus other 'things' and I make money from that..HA!!!...But, see, the cook was a WORKER, never miss a shift, and he keep whole kitchen in line...And we keep our dealings very discreet, never interfere with work.
But point I make is I WAS THRILLED TO HAVE CHANCE TO WORK as I never have to ask parents for money for anything...My dad was lenient, he say 'You work for it, you keep it: House paid off, we don't charge you rent or board...Work'.
See?...But kids today just don't understand work and discipline in many cases...I can understand this if you work for big chain, but if they work up close & personal for someone like you, they must show discipline and WORK...A little fun, now & then, yes, but when time to work, THEN WORK...
Good luck with bureaucrats, baby.