News /
Poland's Lost Generation [172]
A nice house with a garden, an expensive car, a stable corporate job, ample savings and good holidays abroad.
Perhaps it is because they feel betrayed by those who are/were in power. How many of those graduates were able to find any work in PL, let alone work worthy of their qualifications? Let's face it, a few years ago the average British graduate ended up working on phone lines. The realisation that spending 5+ years earning a degree, being unable to find a job and then finding a waitering job in UK pays more than a qualified job in Poland can be pretty demoralising.
Having been reared in the post-communist era, I suspect many of them were spiled in a way their parents never were and saw the chance of making money being shown on TV, films etc become a reality. Being able to have a full fridge, a nice car (without waiting in a queue for months) was a dream of their parents, so perhaps they were instilled with his dream too.
Warszawski, I'm afraid you're not getting my point, which is: there will come a time when experienced, developed Polish minds come back to Poland with ideas. These ideas will be underwritten by venture capitalists. The resulting companies will employ Polish youth.....You don't see that as a distinct possibility?
This is a good point. Speaking with some people i know here in Poland, there is a great frustration amongst many about the close-mindedness, old-school attitudes of businesses and academia. Many young academics go abroad to study because they can get PhDs quicker and then return and get a foothold amongst the dinosaurs.
