Polish Work Ethics: One guy working, 5 others watching?

Ericlipis:

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Seriously! 1 guy works while 5 others watch? Or if you are lucky they work at all! I know of some people who think it is perfectly ok to go shopping once they have made it to work! Yes they leave work once they get there to go get milk bread and what not! The work ethics here are crap because that's what people are taught from day 1. I think a little politeness or a smile from someone at work would be nice. Is it like that in any other country? Is the quality of service just as bad?

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your lucky my polish workers always shop for beer once they get to work. There are no work ethics in this country at any level from the construction workers to the heads of hospitals corporations and government. This is true unless drinking, stealing, lying, and sleeping are considered a positive work ethics.
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EriclipisThreads: 7 Posts: 31 Joined: Nov 7, 08	Nov 18, 08, 02:38 / #
Seriously! 1 guy works while 5 others watch? Or if you are lucky they work at all! I know of some people who think it is perfectly ok to go shopping once they have made it to work! Yes they leave work once they get there to go get milk bread and what not! The work ethics here are crap because that's what people are taught from day 1. I think a little politeness or a smile from someone at work would be nice. Is it like that in any other country? Is the quality of service just as bad?

SwiteziankaThreads: - Posts: 525 Joined: Jun 17, 08	Nov 18, 08, 05:30 / #
There are some places where communist work ethics still lingers: Czy się stoi, czy się leży, dwa tysiące się należy. (Standing or lying, you deserve 2000[zlotys])

raj	Nov 18, 08, 06:29 / #
Ericlipis: Today, 02:38 #1 Seriously! 1 guy works while 5 others watch? Or if you are lucky they work at all! I know of some people who think it is perfectly ok to go shopping once they have made it to work! Yes they leave work once they get there to go get milk bread and what not! The work ethics here are crap because that's what people are taught from day 1. I think a little politeness or a smile from someone at work would be nice. Is it like that in any other country? Is the quality of service just as bad? Quote \| Reply Member your lucky my polish workers always shop for beer once they get to work. There are no work ethics in this country at any level from the construction workers to the heads of hospitals corporations and government. This is true unless drinking, stealing, lying, and sleeping are considered a positive work ethics. Posts: 19 Joined: Nov 7, 08 Switezianka

MyPoloniaThreads: - Posts: 18 Joined: May 7, 08	Nov 20, 08, 13:53 / #
You have same thing here is USA with union workers, one guy is working and 5 other guys stand and watch.

wildroverThreads: 180 Posts: 8,143 Joined: Jun 7, 07	Nov 20, 08, 14:01 / #
Ericlipis: One guy working, Where is this...? i would like to see this.....!

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08	Edited by: pawian Nov 20, 08, 15:09 / #
Poland still has to catch up a lot with Western Europe. Polish work efficiency is about 50% of Western. However, every year after the fall of communism we have incresed our efficiency by 10%. So, you can imagine what it looked like in communist times. No wonder the old system had to collapse.

Scorpion8Threads: 3 Posts: 8 Joined: Nov 19, 08	Nov 21, 08, 18:48 / #
MyPolonia: You have same thing here is USA with union workers, one guy is working and 5 other guys stand and watch. I'll second that. It seems more prevalent in unionized positions here than in private industries. And I've seen it all across the USofA.

Grzegorz_Threads: 80 Posts: 6,104 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Nov 23, 08, 09:30 / #
Ericlipis: The work ethics here are crap because that's what people are taught from day 1 And busturds are not giving the thanksgiving off !!!!!!!!!11111111 pawian: Polish work efficiency is about 50% of Western. You know what work efficiency is ?

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Nov 23, 08, 09:43 / #
If Polish work efficiency is so low, how come the chaps I work with put in as much effort as they do? They work hard, are focussed on the work and often look for more efficient ways of getting the job done. Not always - there are people who do things in a more difficult way than they have to (a kind of "I know best even when I don't" attitude, but that doesn't seem to be a Polish thing). I think low efficiency in Poland is far more likely to be a hangover from the practises of the olden days than anything intrinsically Polish.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Nov 23, 08, 11:11 / #
Switezianka, that was priceless. You deserve an award for saying that. The classic, 'we deserve it' approach. Totally negating the idea of a meritocracy. There is a lot of standing around but I saw that in the UK too. A lot of Brits are far from industrious too.

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Nov 23, 08, 11:57 / #
Cardno85, I agree, but the point I was making was that it is less to do with work ethics than it is to do with outmoded practices in some sectors in Poland. Grzegorz_: Cool new avatar... Thanks (assuming you mean mine!) Yours hasn't changed for a while. You're still looking alert and distinguished as always.

MyPoloniaThreads: - Posts: 18 Joined: May 7, 08	Dec 29, 08, 00:26 / #
wildrover: Where is this...? i would like to see this.....! Just last week, my neighborhood had a power outage, and several trucks from our local power company, PG&E, came over and they were digging up the street. When I drove by, I saw four big trucks parked on the street, about five or six guys standing on the street right on the edge of the hole they dug up, and one guy was in the hole with the shovel digging.

MaluchThreads: 6 Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 31, 08	Dec 31, 08, 10:51 / #
Ever been to a government office in the greater Western world? lol (i had to put down my newspaper , take my feet of my desk, and reach keyboard to type that haha ) leaves for hour lunch break ;)

joepilsudskiThreads: 44 Posts: 2,521 Joined: Apr 27, 07	Dec 31, 08, 20:22 / #
Work Ethic No That is the African-American work ethic: 1 White man working, 5 Black men watching.

Cardno85Threads: 33 Posts: 857 Joined: Jul 11, 08 MEMBER	Nov 23, 08, 11:27 / #
osiol: how come the chaps I work with put in as much effort as they do? I found in the UK there are a lot of people working there to save money. Therefore they want to save as much as possible, do all the hours god sends and go home to put a deposit on a house, buy a car or something like that.

Wyspianska	Nov 23, 08, 12:18 / #
Switezianka: Czy się stoi, czy się leży, dwa tysiące się należy. hahaha love it but so true

EmmaT2008Threads: 8 Posts: 35 Joined: Dec 28, 07	Dec 29, 08, 04:45 / #
It sounds like where I work and I work in England :)

HatefulBunch397Threads: - Posts: 1,018 Joined: Nov 5, 08	Dec 29, 08, 12:09 / #
One guy works while another 5 watches? Sounds like utopia so long as I am not the one doing all the work. Why not just alternate days?

MyPoloniaThreads: - Posts: 18 Joined: May 7, 08	Jan 22, 09, 18:50 / #
joepilsudski: Work Ethic No That is the African-American work ethic: 1 White man working, 5 Black men watching. That was uncolled for