Looking to open Polish Office

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May 25, 11, 21:25 #1

Hi guys,

It would be great if you can help to answer some of these questions :) Thanks in advance for any assistance on this!

A bit of background first - I have a British friend who is looking to open a small office in Poland employing around 4 staff initially.

The area is Torun/Bydgoszcz.
The industry is website development and design.
The office will be primarily an English-speaking for business purposes (emails, phone etc.), so all staff will be required to have a strong grasp of English as a pre-requisite.
Staff must be university qualified in IT/web marketing or equivalent experience

So, here's the questions...

Is this salary table from HAYS fairly accurate as a guideline?

What kind of employee benefits are in Poland?

What kind of employee benefits are awesome to have, and are likely to retain quality, hard-working candidates?

Any advice on a realistic lower salary for the first 6 months probationary period, while the staff prove their worth.

What are the taxes (National Insurance, Income Tax etc.) in Poland that an employer would have to pay, and what rates?

Finally, and I know this isn't the nicest topic, how difficult is it to fire someone if they are just not cut out for the job, or if they cause trouble?

Any other advice you can throw my way on this subject :)

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May 25, 11, 22:02 #2

caveman:

Any advice on a realistic lower salary for the first 6 months probationary period, while the staff prove their worth.

probationary period in Poland is only 3 months - you can by-pass the thing by hiring the person for proabtionary period for a different position but it won't be seen favourably by the employee

the Hayes table seems pretty reasonable - I think if you want to attract good people you can't pay them less than 2000 even for the proabtion

cavemanThreads: 4 Posts: 15 Joined: Aug 29, 09 ♂	May 26, 11, 09:26 #3
Thanks, gumishu. That's exactly the kind of insight I needed.

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May 26, 11, 13:11 #4

Hi Caveman, Just to let you know that there is a scheme over there where a company can employ a university student for a period of time, and you get to pay significantly less social insurance etc. I am not 100% sure what way it works but i was working in an IT department for a major bank over here and they would get a lot of students in on this scheme. They did seem to know their stuff. Not sure if you would be interested in this, but thought I would mention it.
Regards
Vincent

cavemanThreads: 4 Posts: 15 Joined: Aug 29, 09 ♂	May 26, 11, 15:43 #5
vndunne: there is a scheme over there where a company can employ a university student for a period of time, and you get to pay significantly less social insurance etc. Definitely interested in anything like this - it might be good to identify uni talent early. I'll have a look around on the net for the scheme. Thank you

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	May 26, 11, 17:06 #6
caveman: The area is Torun/Bydgoszcz. Any reason why this area? If he wants to attract decent staff, they're not likely to be in that area - he'd be better off looking at Poznan or Wroclaw.

cavemanThreads: 4 Posts: 15 Joined: Aug 29, 09 ♂	Edited by: caveman May 26, 11, 19:32 #7
delphiandomine: Any reason why this area? Yeah, he intends to hire a British expat from that area to manage the office. I realise it may not offer the top talent, but that's OK.

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