I've worked with a lot of British people, and they were all hard workers.. I've been working with Polish people too, and I'm terribly sorry darling, I've met only a few who did, but overall, really they aren't working any harder than the British..
See, a foreigner on a temporary contract really has no loyalty towards the company, doesn't care that much about the country, and they know that if they get sacked today, the agency will most likely provide them another job at another company tomorrow..
Really, give a British bloke a chance in his own area, give him an honest wage, and he'll have some loyalty towards the company, will probably develop a sense of belonging in the local community, and maybe more important, will invest in local economy.. Will spend the money in local shops.. Pubs, stores, theatres, housing.. Etc.
(Where the Polish will take their wages back home.)
I don't blame the Polish, so don't get me wrong. But please, this is ridiculous. I read too much bad propaganda about British and it's becoming a bit cheap now.. I know the facts from my own (I've stopped counting, but probably had hundreds of jobs a while ago!) working experience..
The Polish can be good workers, that's true, but they aren't better (Or worse!) than British workers..
I don't blame the Polish, I can understand people want to make more money abroad, (Be honest, isn't it true people from the Ukraine do construction work in Poland because the Polish want to make more money abroad?) but I seriously dislike all this temporary work migration. I'd rather see foreign workers settling permanently and contributing to a country and building up a life than that I have to see workers who are undercutting someone else, pushing local youths off the markets etc.. Besides, temporary workers do not contribute that much except for their groceries and necessary taxes where a local worker would contribute much more..
Foreign workers will always be needed in some cases, but I do think this whole development as we can see in all of Europe is wrong. In every country, people replace their local workers for cheaper, and temporary foreign workers..
Result? Local youths get pushed off the markets, grow isolated, resort to shady bussiness and de-socialize completely. Some simply see their future taken away from them.
To think some people have the nerves to tell those youths (Myself included!) that we are the scumbags and that we are too lazy to work.. Well, go to sleep and dream on, because we don't have the luxury of your little offices, we don't have any luxury at all.. And most of us do want to work..
You know, just a normal job, something we can rely on and build a future with, not some ''you-can-work-here-for-one-day'' job.. If I feel too good for such a job? No! But seriously, ask yourself, would you hire an appartment when you know your job(s) will not last longer than a few days? Would you buy a house when you just know you'll be spending more time sitting at home trying to find a job more often than that you're bussy working?
I have a new job now. Arranged it myself. Even the official employment agency could not help me to find a new job. I mean, what's with that? Work harder? I guess some people have been hiring foreign workers for so long that they have actually forgotten about the good old enthusiasm and the quality of their local workers..
Then again, I'd take hardworking Poles over slacking Brits any day
Sorry, I guess it's obvious I disagree with you. I need to chill out, I know..
Rant over.