THE HITMAN: I don,t think you know the meaning of the word work, and as for lazy, well thats another you can add to the list.You probably came to Poland with capital behind you, giving you the opportunity to start your business. A majority of Poles didn,t and don,t have such good fortune.
Sabina Wasik, who lived in Ireland for four and a half years and returned to Poland in 2008 only to head back to Dublin once more earlier this year, agrees that Poland's economic performance is too patchy.
The 32-year old said she found her "dream job" when she returned to Poland working in a TV station: "The problem was that it was low paid even though it was the most prestigious media company in Poland."
"The economy, that's really a stereotype," addd Wasik. "Everyone talks about Poland's economic growth, but people can't feel it in any way."
Wasik who worked as a waitress, a journalist and now as a museum guide in Dublin says that "lots" of her friends have had similar experiences. "They returned to Poland and then went back to Ireland again," she said. She suggested that an emigrant's sense of being a stranger in one's own country after a certain time abroad is also a factor.
Others have returned to Poland but have mixed feelings about the changes they see.
Krzysztof Kowalik, manager of two bars in the town of Lublin in southeast Poland, said: "the economic situation and the situation of the citizens is much better."
But the 32-year old, who spent four years in London, added that while things are "changing, it is in a bad way."
"Warsaw is quite similar to London now. People maybe don't have as much money but they work long hours each day, they don't have time for themselves. It is only rushing and shopping," he explained.
Source: http://euobserver.com/895/32380
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