Off-Topic / Merkel's stepping down influence on Poland [82]


Just wait till things gradually open up and Germans are back to experiencing "spontaneous cultural enrichment" on a regular basis

Off-Topic / Merkel's stepping down influence on Poland [82]


Sure - I guess all the "cultural enrichment" from Germany's new migrants aka Merkel's "doctors and engineers" pales in comparison to the Soviet invasion or the bombing of Dresden.


An obese childless woman with a gender bending ward robe way past her prime who like other old white liberal women in her cohort get involved in politics and or activism as a coping mechanism and replacement for being single, lonely and childless - usually in the form of chastising white Christian Europeans and promoting a brown and black deluge i.e. Black Lives Matter, "we can do this," critical race theory, etc.

Work / Family of four considering a move to Poland from USA [31]


Precisely why I'm moving. I can buy a nice ass house paid for in cash and never have to worry about a mortgage or paying several grand every year in property taxes alone ever again. And that's one of the best things about it - the taxes on property are a joke compared to many places in the USA.


I wouldn't take any salary that's less than 12-15k, but it also depends on how the commission/bonus is. Either way stand your ground and negotiate hard, focus on the value and revenue you'll bring. With sales it's very simple - either you bring in enough revenue to justify your position or you don't. On the other hand, you don't want to bring in a bunch of money making others rich while you get shafted making a lower income.

Will your position have subordinates like inside sales reps/fronters, a secratary/assistant or dealers or something like that? Or is it more you working a territory and traveling to do prospecting, closing deals, visiting clients, etc?


40 hours is required, most put in time outside of work hours though answering calls, emails, traveling from place to place, etc. Idk about holidays for everyone, but most have like 3 weeks vacation/personal plus the regular state holidays.

Work / Family of four considering a move to Poland from USA [31]

@malbork

I'm actually in quite a similar situation... PL born with passport, living in US, worked in sales/sales management most of my adult life, looking to move back to Wroclaw (where I'm from) or some other city in Poland due to being sick of living in urban American (Chicago in my case) and either continue working in sales or go into consulting, open a small business or something of the sorts in Poland.

Here's what I can tell you based on my experience/research with sales - stats show a sales manager ought to make at least 12-15k+ ZL salary on the low end plus an additional commission/bonus. A Swedish transportation (cargo, RoRo, etc.) company in Gdansk offered 30k EU + commission for an RSM position, the company I work for now pays their Polish RSMs $24k USD salary + commission (about $2-$4k a month for an average PL based RSM with the top two guys over there consistently averaging $5-6k, and up to 10k+ a month top during peak season) and for their Ukranian RSMs $12k annually + same commission structure. I recently found out that the Ukrainian government imposed a sort of tax on everyone's salary to help bring in money to fight the war against Russia.

If you have a proven track record of bringing in big clients and a lot of revenue and are known in your industry than people will be fighting over hiring you. Or, you can always go into consulting especially if you have a grad level education and work for a company like Bain, McKinsey, Booz Allen, etc. all of whom have offices in Poland. The salaries are going to be around the same 12-20k ballpark but the December bonuses can easily be 50-100%+ of annual salary.

Work / Business ideas for Poland [63]

Any one have any experience screen printing or working with screen printers, embroiders, sign companies, etc. in Poland or anywhere else in Europe? If so, please share your experience.

News / Political life of Poland [135]

Highly unlikely... even the "liberals" in Poland are quite socially conservative. Afterall, this is a country where the vast majority of people do not support things like third world immigration, LGBT, etc. and the Catholic church has a ton of influence. It's not gonna go the way of UK or USA that's for sure and that's good enough for me.

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [582]

Jews never have and will never be the same as Poles. We are two entirely different people. Our traditions, our history, our ideologies, our religions and even our biology and genetics are totally different.

Love / What do you think of Polish girls? [40]

Just date someone wealthier than you if you plan to have a serious relationship... then you don't have to worry about a guy using you for your money. Personally, I don't know why anyone would be involved with someone outside their social class, ethnicity, worldview, etc. if they're pursuing a serious relationship. It's bound to just cause problems down the line.

Work / Can I find a job in Poland that requires speaking in English? [82]

To fill the majority of their work force yes... but there's always room for six figure managers, consultants, and client facing staff

Work / Can I find a job in Poland that requires speaking in English? [82]


Probably not unless she has some really unique computer skills - coding, programming, etc. and even then she'll be competing with a much younger crowd who are more likely to get the job.

Idk how the system works in Canada, but in the US you receive a social security once you hit 65 (you can get it earlier, but you'll get less money). It's only around $1,200 a month per person, but if you have your house paid off and no mortgage $2,400+ is enough for 2 people to live decently in Poland. If Canada has a similar social security system and you can receive it while living abroad you're better off just waiting a few years.


Most people do = )

Law / Born in Poland and exempt from the US travel ban but... [31]

@DillPickleYo

I would just fly from Chicago to Poland on your US passport and go through the quarantine. Or go through Holland - when I was researching flights when my grandpa passed recently it looked like Holland didn't have the restrictions that other countries did.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

Not so true about the Rolex... most models tend to cost more on the secondary market than straight from the authorized dealer...

But I doubt that Tesla will do well in Poland. They're too expensive for the average buyer, maybe the model 3 or cybertruck, but certainly not the model s or the suv they make

History / What Hitler really thought about Poles? Hitler's letter to Himmler 1944 [111]

A recent survey conducted showed that 1 in 5 Poles agree with the statement that "war is a horrible thing, but it is good that it resulted in fewer Jews in Poland".

The majority agreed that ""jews have too much influence in the world" and "too much power in business and finance"

Genealogy / Do I have any Polish physical traits? [48]

Is that Szpilka?

UK, Ireland / It's nearly impossible to get a Polish Passport appointment at the London Konsulat [11]

Polish government institutions tend to be useless, it doesn't really matter where they are. If your in trouble in a foreign country you can forget about the Polish embassy helping you.

Personally, I'd just do this in Poland if I were you. They'll give you your PESEL number in the same urzad wojewodzki where you get your dowod.

Love / Divorced a Cheating Polish Wife [62]


I don't blame you. But in all honesty, it just comes down to psychology, repetition, etc. It's no different than domesticating a wild animal. Polish people are cwaniaki, the women are no different. If anything with globalization and EU entry they've realized they can use their unique looks to get over on men, especially foreign men. If you let them **** you over they will. They don't have the same like inherent honesty and decency that say British people do. They're far more opportunistic.

Personally, I've always preferred Latinas - Mexican, Guatemalan, Columbian, etc. Their personalities seem to mesh with mine the most. The way Muslim men must feel when they first arrive in Europe is how I felt during the few months I lived in Mexico. I'd still be living there if it wasn't so ******* dangerous. That place makes Chicago look like the Vatican.


It use to be decades ago... but even then that was mostly only among the uber Catholics in the villages...

Love / Divorced a Cheating Polish Wife [62]

She's not the problem, you are. You didn't lay down the law at the get go so she sensed weakness and took advantage of you. Eastern European women sense that - especially Polish and even more so Ukrainian. They're beautiful to look at, but dangerous to get close unless you really know what you're doing and how to handle them. Kind of like poisonous snakes or tigers. Eastern European men tend to know their tricks and they don't really put up with them (perhaps maybe that's why domestic violence isn't that big of a deal in E European countries... idk...) but foreigners who aren't privvy get got 9 out of 10 times.


Sounds more like UK... "maintenance" is more of a UK term...

UK, Ireland / It's nearly impossible to get a Polish Passport appointment at the London Konsulat [11]

I am having the EXACT same issue renewing my passport at the Polish embassy in Chicago. It's a travesty. I've called several times and there's about a 5% chance of someone picking up the phone - otherwise it just disconnects or goes to a recording. When someone does pick up the phone, they just tell you to "keep checking daily." I've explained that I've been checking daily since November. They dgaf....

The only available appointments they have are for the Poles' Card (Karta Polaka) but for passports it keeps saying "no available dates till feb 12" and for citizenship matters just "no available dates" with no dates listed. However, I looked on the other consulates like in Minnesota, Texas, etc. and they did have availability. I would travel there but when I asked if I can go to any consulate to renew passport one person said yes it doesn't matter, another said no, you have to do it in the area of one closest to you...

@dolnoslask

IDK if it's the same as in the USA, but here if you don't have an appointment they won't let you in the building, but you can't get an appointment by phone/online to enter the building.... Catch 22. It's like I'm living in PRL again...

It's real hit or miss at the government offices both abroad and in Poland. Sometimes you get some old hag from the PRL days who has been working there since Jaruzelski was in charge and they'll find every reason not to help you, unless you kiss their ass and begin every sentence with "prosze pani." But, there's also the younger ones, especially males, that are a bit more helpful and will actually explain what you need to do, where you need to go, etc.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

Probably because the mods don't like personal info on here... there's been cases in the past with stalkers so maybe its just a precaution on their part.. idk...

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]


Yeah thats what my last name ends with also

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

Not necessarily. There's a ton of Ukranians in Poland and at least from what I've seen they tend to be more brunette than blonde, but with light eye color. I don't really look like a typical Pole either even though both of my parents are 100% Polish.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

I personally don't think you look Polish... Eastern European, but I don't really see the "typical" Polish features. Maybe closer to Ukranian or Romanian or Balkan or something...

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]


Animated... but you get the idea...

Far wider, far wider "button" at the end that goes downward, etc. Poles who have it tend to have one that's thing and bony, not wide and fleshy.

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Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

Google "dorsal hump" or "dorsal hump nose." That's the part that protrudes more in certain Poles.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

I never said you broke your nose... I said that it resembles what's known as the "ski hump" nose that many Polish people naturally have. I see it often in Gorale and the southwestern part of Poland. I'd think it's a Germanic influence as Poles to to have more rounded noses not as sharp and hawk like Germans, Saxons, etc. do.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

That's a typical skinny Polish "ski hump" nose, not a jewish one. Jews have far wider noses and don't have that "ski hump" but are more hooked and bulged out.

News / In increasingly chaotic world, diaspora of Poland moving back to Poland an masse? [46]


Respect is earned, not given. And unfortunately, in most FOB/1st gen Polonias' eyes, the US has been going downhill year after year. They don't care about the US nor feel any loyalty to it. Their kids or their kids' kids might, but not the FOB/1st gen ones. It's the same thing with Poles in the UK, Germany, etc. As long as their livelihood and bank account are secure, they don't give a rats ass what else happens in the country.

Life / Vandalism in Poland: Has it always been this way? [80]


Bravo!!!

And yes, Poland has always been tagged up everywhere except churches - those are off limits (synagogues, mosques, etc. are not though). I bet the richest person in Poland sells spray paint.

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [957]


It's not so much hypocrisy as having a permanent neurosis for atoning for sins of their great grandparents generation. They feel like because of what they did back in WW2 they now have to be the savior of Europe. The sad thing is that the policies they push for often harm Europe more than help it. The migrant issue is a perfect example - Merkel felt like Germany has to take in tons of migrants and said herself that it's "their duty" and that they have to do it because of "their history.' She said that the people coming were "doctors and engineers." Well what happened? Millions came pouring in to Europe and after finally realizing that they didn't provide a net benefit and in fact caused tons of problems - tens of billions each year in Germany alone for all their programs - housing, food, medicine, etc. (the budget to coddle migrants is greater than the education budget) and of course all the rapes, thefts, murders, terrorist attacks, etc. So what does Merkel and her sycophants do? Tell Europe to share in the burden. Oh so now it's a burden - I thought these were doctors and engineers coming to help Europe and fill labor shortages? Poland, Hungary and many others said stuff it - and this whole rule of law thing is just one aspect of Poland going against Germany and the liberal western Europeans' agenda. That's all it is. We don't want the migrants, we don't want the LGBT shoved down kids throats, we don't want our media indirectly run by foreign countries' governments, and we sure as **** don't want to be told what to do in our own country. The Polish people democratically elected PiS because of their campaign promises and message. But even if PO were in power there's only so far they could push the country left without losing tons of support.

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [119]

@Spike31

It's just a matter of time before the EU implodes the way USSR did. In the meantime, let Poland enjoy Germany's money.