Why Polish people decided to move to the UK, and their experiences.

I was also under the impression that a gynecologist will only provide a months at a time with a come back for a check up next month, so not only do you pay for the pills every month theres a healthy regular Doctors fee thrown in for good measure.

Thats a bit ridiculous really, i mean cut out the red tape here.

My contraception pills on prescription costed me 11zł per month but it's the element of my hormonal treatment so it might be cheap because its refunded (not sure if every pill is refunded). On the packing I have price 18 zł

Few years ago I remember other kind of contraception cost me about 23 zł (price on packing).

In the Internet there is witten in some forum that Mircogynon cost women 22zł for 3 packing! (really cheap)

Yasmine costs about 50 zł per one packing

My gyns were giving me prescription for two months usually (even when I was paying for the visits). Now I don't pay for visits.

Why your wife don't ask her gyn for prescription on 2 packing? I doubt the doc will refuse

Why Poles are in Ireland..

Well the average industrial wage in Poland is 7500 euro
in Ireland it is 37000 euro,So this is the reason why Poles etc are everywhere in Ireland.
So money is the big player and still is, my close friend applied for a graphic design job 3 days ago outside Lublin, she was offered 500 euro a month before tax. This is a third of what you would get in Ireland, for sitting on your arse while on the dole and doing nothing.

Anyone I Speak to who is Polish, simply say that life is much easier in the UK and Ireland and that you have to work real hard in Poland just to survive. A large section of the Polish population are on 40 year(and even 50yr) mortgages and paying over 60 % of their income, all due to the property bubble 2005-07.

But according to the monopolizing hand full of non Poles here,
There is no property bubble, Poles are on up to 2000 euro a month,The economy is booming and getting even better. All is well, please invest before its too late.

This is a somewhat overstated and distorted figure.

Even the term "average industrial wage" is close to meaningless.

There are 1000s upon 1000s of people who earn less than €37K.

Yes, wages are considerably higher than in Poland but I wouldn't take this 37K figure as an "average" by any means.

Poland celebrates: 'good for Lodz, bad for Ireland'

DELL closes Limerick and goes for Lodz!" The 'Gazeta Wyborcza' was, like most Polish media yesterday, predictably delighted with the bad news.
"Good for Lodz, bad for Ireland", said another Polish headline as the jobs announcement swept across Europe.

independent.ie/opinion/analysis/poland-celebrates-good-for-lodz-bad-for-ireland-1596376.html

So The Independant mentioning it means it accurate? It's not.


Have a look at jobs on offer in Ireland and check the salaries.

here are 1000s upon 1000s of people who earn less than €37K.
there are 1000s and 1000s of workers in Poland, also who earn far far less than the average industrial wage,so its all relative...
The average industrial wage may be a lot more than the average worker is on, but it is perfect for comparing and contrasting countries, and far from meaningless.

The average industrial wage in Ireland at the moment is without doubt taking a nose dive but at the time of the mass emigration from eastern europe 2005-07 the AW was 37000 in Ireland.

Would you prefer and trust an article in a tabloid?

What's your point? Both countries get EU handouts to lure companies over. Dell obviously believes that labor in Ireland is way overpriced.

Err...no.

But strange you said say that as the Independent practically is one.

Look, even a cursory look at the CSO site will quickly tell you that the 37K figure applies to "large enterprises" - how many of those are there in Ireland? Not that many. This figure immediately drops to around 30K for smaller ones.

The construction industry earnings skew results crazily too.

whats wrong in moving to a new place for hope, work and working hard for earning money...

its better than be perfectly fit and live on benefits....

Merged: English Researcher needs Polish Women for Project: 'What do you like about living in GB'?

I am an English researcher and I don't speak Polish. I am doing some research on Polish people living in England.

Subject is: 'What do you like about living in England?' The answer can be written - I will send you the questions. You can say what you like. The research is "qualitative" which is about feelings, opinions, thoughts, not just statistics.

First of all, I would like to research Polish Women - afterwards Polish Women and Men - perhaps their brothers, husbands, sons, colleagues, cousins, friends.

If you are interested, please contact me - the research will only be in English.

There is no payment - however, if you want to give a 'name' I can make an email group for all of you who are in the research and perhaps in the future when researcher is looking for Polish people, perhaps you can charge a small fee.

If you don't want to give a 'name' - to be totally anonymous is ok.

If you don't want to answer some of the questions - all ok.

I would like to meet some people face to face, but not everyone. If you don't want to meet, that's ok, just do the written answers.

Please email me through the contact form and I will send you the questions. Also, you can ask your friends to take part, also.

Hope to hear from you. I need people urgently!! (from tomorrow - 12 April!!)

thanks, Flo.

Merged: Looking to talk to Polish people aged 24-35 who've moved to London in the last few years

Hi my names Alex and I'm a writer living in London based in Islington. I want to write about the experience of moving to London from Poland and not having much money or many contacts. I don't think this story has been told on television and I would be interested to hear real life experiences to tell it with authentically. It seems like it would be incredibly tough and exciting.

If you're interested in telling your story to me in exchange for lunch please contact me at alexjworrall@yahoo.co.uk

Let me guess - Gender studies.

Poland is on the way to the grave. Decreasing buying power of the masses (by the way, buying a new car is a BIG deal in Poland because they cost 3+x more work than in USA), lack of social solidarity, massive unemployment, worthless wages, several companies going bankrupt per year, massive emigration, low birth rate, general corruption, lawlessness and inhumanity, getting stuck with a idiotic neoliberal party (we will see if it is possible to get rid of PO). In retro-perspective, it is no better then during communism here.

The upside is that we still can abandon the sinking ship.
And it goes way beyond wanted to be compensated for working 7 days a week. Exploitation often involves stuff like for example getting a commission and then sub-commissioning it to someone to do for 1/3 of that price. When a Western company opens their factories in Poland, they would pay Polish minimal wage (4+ x lesser than Western minimal wages), while getting 200% more effective workers than in Western Europe. When a Pole comes to the West, the employers are obliged by law to provide them equal payment and working conditions as the Western Europeans.

They may be more competitive, but at least when Pole gets a miserable minimal wage job in England, he can live on decent level, and can also afford buying hardware, games, movies , etc.

I need to find out why people moved from poland to UK. I have searched LOTS of websites and no help.

The reason why people move from Poland to the UK is to make money full stop, I spent 50 years in the UK making money and have now retired to my homeland for a nice quiet peaceful life, many Polish people in the uk today will make their money and return to Poland, Uk is going downhill , people need to make money there while they can.