UK, Ireland / Banks in Poland won't accept blemished UK notes [14]

Just a quick warning to all Brits taking Sterling notes into Polish banks.

I took over a fair wad of cash and had around 10% handed back to me because there was writing (pen or pencil) on the notes. I then had to find a kantor to convert these into PLN before I could deposit them.

I asked why the bank refused them and the teller was very nice, but said the central office will discipline the teller if they allow any blemished notes through.

I know we're all very used to writing on our cash here in the UK so it came as a bit of a shock!

Hope this helps some people

Travel / Meluzyna - Anyone been to this steak house in Bydgoszcz? [11]

I'll start this by saying I'm a huge fan of Polish food, however I'm always frustrated by the lack of steak (ribeye, sirloin etc.) or lamb.

So my friend sent me a link to this place in Bydgoszcz - I was wondering if anyone has been there and what did you think?

meluzyna.bzi.pl

Law / Looking to open Polish Office - Advice Needed [7]

Hi guys,

It would be great if you can help to answer some of these questions :) Thanks in advance for any assistance on this!

A bit of background first - I have a British friend who is looking to open a small office in Poland employing around 4 staff initially.

- The area is Torun/Bydgoszcz.
- The industry is website development and design.
- The office will be primarily an English-speaking for business purposes (emails, phone etc.), so all staff will be required to have a strong grasp of English as a pre-requisite.

- Staff must be university qualified in IT/web marketing or equivalent experience

So, here's the questions...

Is this salary table from HAYS fairly accurate as a guideline?
hays.pl/prd_consump/groups/hays_common/@pl/@content/documents/digitalasset/hays_161417.pdf

- What kind of employee benefits are in Poland?
- What kind of employee benefits are awesome to have, and are likely to retain quality, hard-working candidates?
- Any advice on a realistic lower salary for the first 6 months probationary period, while the staff prove their worth.
- What are the taxes (National Insurance, Income Tax etc.) in Poland that an employer would have to pay, and what rates?
- Finally, and I know this isn't the nicest topic, how difficult is it to fire someone if they are just not cut out for the job, or if they cause trouble?

- Any other advice you can throw my way on this subject :)

Language / Best way to form the future tense? [będę + inf] OR [będę + past.3rd.sin] - Polish language questions [5]

Hey guys,

I'm learning my future tense at the moment, and I've read that you can use either:


or


Apparently both are equally grammatically correct, and given the choice I'm tempted to learn the infinitive version because it's easier BUT...

- Which version is more commonly used in everyday, modern communication?
- Is one better suited to written or spoken communication?

NB: I now know that zjem is better in the above example, but I think I might have just chosen a bad example verb. I'm still interested in the exact questions above when applied to verbs in general.