Hiring a Polish Worker - Pros and Cons

if only peopel could apply this to their life in completeness, as humand we are made to work, i have come to know that a large number of people who can be indentified as roma gypsy for ethnicity purposes only are claiming benefits in the UK, they seem to have polish nationalities and are affecting the figures of poles who are on beenfits

Not just roma s i'm afraid.I've got several friends who are very much Polish and claim everything they can.Even extra benefit for being a single mum when they actuially have partners.My wifes boss is dismayed that he gets girls on agency work,they are superb,he gives them a permanent contract with a 3 month probationary period-they are still superb,probation period ends-guess what I'm pregnant-Ineed time off-Ineed maternity leave-I know my rights,blah blah blah,then this superb worker is a lazy useless waste of time and money that only knows how to complain and assert her rights.Lets admit how it is shall we??

I let a Polish girl named Iwona Mysliwiec of Lublin live with me for a year. She managed to get arrested by the FBI, and the local authorities. She borrowed $5,748.00 for a lawyer and cry, cry, cried for me to lend it to her. She left the country and forgot to pay me back, but she sure as **** didn't forget to ship her Lexus and a Toyota mini van. Czech people call Polish people the 'N' word of Europe......they were right!!!!

Shut your dirty mouth, you twat.
Let me guess, you tried pulling the moves on this young girl, and she didn't let you touch her? Creep.

You use this word a lot...you know it really isn't all that insulting of a word in English...kind of funny actually. Might look for something new.

Don't talk to me, please and thanks.

Pros - Hard working
Is willing to take jobs that local don't
They take the time to learn their job (the is important here)
Is practical and knows reality - Polak potrafi

Cons - 1 man working, 4 people watching, LOL. Just kidding
Vodka headspins lessen concentration
Begrudging at times
Not the most communicative

It just depends. It takes forever to think about this, depending on who you have in mind. I could refute every one of the above so take it as a general guide at best.

Pros: Source of cheap labour.
Cons: liable to moan about being underpaid.

..... please excuse my anal approach.... Germany is situated in western part of Europe, Poland EXACTLY in MIDDLE of Europe, and Belarus/Ukraine in eastern part of Europe

to clarify Poland is placed in the middle of EUROPE.... i no i no, b4 u comment: american says "polish dead camps" not in Poland. quite a difference. Isn't it???

Where is the best place to start looking to advertise for Polish workers. I am looking for Software developers.

I have to say I have become very frustrated with the UK attitude... I have a medical business and have tried employing Brits but with constant headaches; I don't want to work weekends, mmmm late nights not really, cleaning the floor - I don't do that. Really I am employing you with a good wage for the area and you complain. As a boss I work 60+ hrs, work weekends, weekend nights, no disconnect (not complaining I am just determined to make my new business work!) They have turned up just before start and are gone a couple of mins after finish. No energy, motivation to work, a lot of brits have had it to easy and not willing to suck it up and work hard again... I was quite disappointed and have had enough. Poles are so hard working and have a much better outlook on life. I will be bringing in Polish workers later this year to help grow the business and I will offer good employment and look after them. Hopefully I will get the team with the same hard work ethic as me.

Tell us about it. In 20 years of business i hired one pom. He is great and now has become supervisor, leader of men. I even bought him a new company car so his would be better than the workers utes. Rest didn't make it past interview. Correction....22 years.

Have you managed teams before ? It might not be about them being Brits but rather about how you motivate them - if you want them to work weekends and late nights then what is the upside for them ? Can they see an opportunity for promotion or do they get good overtime ? Are you giving them enough notice so they can juggle other commitments ? And most of all did you make those things clear at the time you recruited them ?

Honestly I am sceptical about the arguments that Brits are lazy - when I have worked there I found them the same as in other countries - some hard working, some lazy but mostly conscientious. And just doing regular hours does not mean they are lazy - they might have other tiring commitments like childcare or looking after parents. You cannot expect everyone to be as engaged with the business as you are - you are the owner and also likely spent a lot of time working hard in your medical training so are used to unsocial hours.

Yes i managed all sorts of things. You are probably right it's personality. Just seems a coincidence that all this time i had the same personalities apply or similar. I would not say lazy, just uninterested in anything extra. It's sort of fair enough. Unfortunately it's not competitive compared to others so it may be fair enough but just isn't going to win it. Won't be hiring for ages my team is great 4 are coming up to 10 year long service leave soon. Two guys in Poland i have now already 8 years are really good too. Took me many mistakes in first 5 years to get it right.

To be honest this post sounds like trolling. Why would you expect people to work weekends and late nights unless it's shift work, and why ask them to clean the floor unless they are employed as cleaners? As CMS said, all that should be in the contract of employment in the first place. That's how a civilised society functions.

This sounds like total rubbish. There are always people who are happy to do extra hours or unsocial hours if it's properly paid. Of course if you're expecting people to do extra time at your whim for the love of your business, then you deserve to be 'disappointed'.


What medical training?? Do you think this guy is a doctor or other medical professional? Somehow I very much doubt it. Probably used to be a sales rep in pharmaceuticals, or medical equipment or something and yes, as a result of that, would certainly have put in plenty of hours, but 'medical training' no.

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Yes, that is why Russians shouldn`t frown or be angry at Poles. That is our national character which is sth inseparable from Polishness.