Polonia / Looking for Poles in Brussels, Belgium. [19]

Sorry Mr B

You are clearly walking around with your eyes closed. Again, sorry but again I think your perception that they can't speak French or Flemish is a little misguided also.

There are a lot of Poles in the Anderlecht area. Great little pierogi place there too. pierogicafe.be. Worth a visit on a Sunday as they put music on and the place is usually very busy.

We lived in Etterbeek and there were quite a large group of Poles where we lived and whose children attended the school. My wife is Polis so of course the networking thing was easier.

We used to shop in a Polish shop called polski-smak.be on Chazallaan (or Avenue Chazal depending on which side of the fence you are on) and you can pick up a free publication called Gazetka which has a lot of ads for groups etc as well as personal ads too. Worth a shot......Even worth placing an ad maybe?

Having said all that......yes the Poles in Belgium were rather reserved but there is such a large community there that they were able to stay within their own so I can see your point.

Oh there is also a Polish church in Shaerbeek. That also has a publication (in Polish) but that tends to be more community related stuff.

I wish you luck.

Life / The Adult Entertainment Industry in Poland? [67]


Doesn't mean to say the girls are Polish simply because the magazine was printed in Polish.


Load of codswallop!!!

London .....and it is on a much larger scale.

Polonia / Looking for Poles in Brussels, Belgium. [19]


It may have escaped your notice but the UK has about 45 million more inhabitants than little old Belgium.

Life / The Adult Entertainment Industry in Poland? [67]


UK - The total number of prostitutes is not known and is difficult to assess, but authorities and NGOs estimate that approximately 100,000 persons in the country are engaged in prostitution

Poland - The total number of prostitutes in Poland is not known, estimates vary widely and should be interpreted with caution. For instance, the US 2009 Human Rights Report states that: "according to police there were an estimated 3,300 prostitutes in the country; however, NGOs estimated that there were 18,000 to 20,000 women involved in all aspects of the sex industry

Hands down?

UK, Ireland / Polish is an official language in the UK? [68]

Absolutely positive that isn't a real City of Westminster sign.

Study / Information Needed: Skarbek University, Warsaw. [57]

Yeah course it does!!!

So how is that you being educated in the US you are so uninformed!!!!!

Am I seeing things or is that Poland sat nicely above the US??



Oh and one other point.......At least 13 other countries in front of the US.

News / Will Poland be badly hit by Recession ? I don't think so. [70]


Poland will continue to do well whilst the large corporations continue move operations into Poland and exploit the cheap labour market.

In fact even the smaller outfits are doing it.

For example Twinings (SCUMBAGS) who moved operations to Poland and China quoting losses in profits. When in actual fact they had made £65 million in profit. They even had the audacity to ask for EU funding to relocate!!!!!

As soon as the large corporations see a chance to up sticks and move to exploit another cheap labour market they will and Poland will left fighting it out with the rest.

Work / IT Jobs in Poland? [30]

They are great and will be until the large corps have finished exploiting the cheap labour force in Poland.

UK, Ireland / Polish Doctor in UK discriminiated and bullied against gets millions. [28]


Oh yeah because Poland is the most open tolerant society in the modern world where racism and intolerance are just words in the dictionary. Right??

I have 10's of dozens of Polish friends and family living and working in the UK. Many of them holding very senior management positions in government departments and household names.

NONE of them have a problem or indeed have ever had a problem. They are well respected by upper management and their subordinates.

You want to talk about discrimination????

Ask my wife how many times she has attended interviews and been asked, do you plan to have any more children? What difference does that make to her ability to perfrom her duties. Well it would seem that the risk of a woman of child bearing age or a woman with children are seen as potential problems due to their propensity to take days off to look after little sick Tomasz.

Ageism, racism and sexism is alive and well in Poland and dont try to pretend its anything different.


Ive had as many bad experiences with Polish doctors as I have with NHS doctors.

In fact the minute they realise I am English and my wife is Polish my familys health suddenly becomes a cash cows for them to attempt to milk.

Study / Study at Univ. of Information Technology and management in Rzeszow; extension letter/ accommodation/ jobs [11]


That kind of response is likely to get you exactly the kind of help you have been given so far....NONE.


Why?

I'm beating the same drum here but it really makes me angry that Poland is being portrayed as the IT Hub of western Europe. Even Trusk peddles this damned lie!!!

The large companies are in Poland for one reason and one reason only.

They can employ (I mean exploit) a Polish person for a fraction of what they pay someone else anywhere else in Europe.

In addidtion, Poles have multiple language skills and are highly trained and highly proficient in IT meaning that the Operations and Support centre's for other countries can be hosted from Poland.

The government further encourage this exploitation of the Polish worker by giving the large corporations tax breaks.

This practice has a finite lifespan for the host country.

UK, Ireland / Polish is an official language in the UK? [68]


Isn't that exactly what happens in Poland right now?? Even worse the Polish government actively encourage this.

Here is my response to a post on this subject on another thread:


Why?

I'm beating the same drum here but it really makes me angry that Poland is being portrayed as the IT Hub of western Europe. Even Trusk peddles this damned lie!!!

The large companies are in Poland for one reason and one reason only.

They can employ (I mean exploit) a Polish person for a fraction of what they pay someone else anywhere else in Europe.

In addidtion, Poles have multiple language skills are highly trained and highly proficient in IT meaning that the Operations and Support centre's for other countries can be hosted from Poland.

The government further encourage this exploitation of the Polish worker by giving the large corporations tax breaks.