Why the most popular polish job is cleaning service & construction?

I'm doing processing for loans and frankly sometimes I'm shy why most of them are with job for women’s- are cleaning service and men's - constructions .
Come on guys! those jobs are easy ! I agree but we don't need to continues this from first generation There is a lot of options to improve your language and position even withouth green card (I guess)
Huge services cleanings I'm telling you guys some of them are with good income - so silly

I assume you mean Polish jobs abroad, not in Poland...

yeah, i think this only applies in America


hmmm... it's all about what you know and how driven you are


polish women are great housekeepers hence they fall into that field, the pay is decent and usually pays cash

polish men are hard working and good with tools hence they go into construction, plus the pay is excellent.


I went to college and got a job, most people dont have that opportunity though and they have to make ends meet... my mom works at a bakery and my dads a truck driver, both came to Chicago in their 30s.

The lack of the language, illegal immigration status could be the cause too.

Working as a cleaner they make 3 times more than working in an office (requiring a university degree) in Poland so there's no reason why they shouldn't do it. Poles are good at contruction jobs so they do what they do best (and contruction jobs pay pretty good).

I agree and completely understand this but : I have a lot of them like woman25 guy 29 both speaking english and don't want to change this- what they doing only happy with this because of cash - They are young come on!
also I understand temporary when someone working and improving his knowledge can do easy jobs but for 20 year cleaning (also got application with 20years experience)
really weird when exp.; russian or other nations children’s are dentist, doctors etc. and have a good jobs
I think family should support new generation to change this do not stop in the same place

I know a young couple (around 30) both Masters Degree from Poland and they've been working in Chicago area as cleaning service team. But they don't know English and have no driving license/SS. On the other hand, they prefer to listen to the Polish radio and watch/read Polish TV/newspapers so it seems they are happy after all.

I can understand the first generation having to do any kind of of work, but there is no excuse for their kids. I also know some young people stuck with cleaning jobs and no desire to do anything better, even tough they claim to have degrees from Poland.
I don't like it. I don't get it. I wish, we polish women did not have "the opinion" of being such good housekeepers...being great nurses if not doctors, lawyers or bankers would be better... Of course they are plenty of them in Chicago, but they are mostly serving the non English speaking Polonia.
On the brighter side, we sure know how to manage our money wisely and buy a house in no time (often for cash).

When I moved to the UK, I started off with a cleaning job, but now I've got something better than that. So by and large waiting for a long time for some professional upgrade has paid off.