OK, how bad is the economic situation in Poland?

Germans hit road in search for jobs

More Germans are emigrating than at any time since the war, driven from home by unemployment or the search for better job prospects.

Around 145,000 mainly young people turned their backs on the country last year, more than at any time since 1945, and almost a three-fold increase since the 1980s, according to the Federal Office of Statistics.

The favoured countries were America, followed by Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Britain and France.

Doctors and academics constitute the largest groups of those leaving. Doctors in particular are choosing to move to Switzerland and Britain, where they are better paid and have to do less overtime.

Young scientists and researchers are moving to the United States, where universities are better funded.

The figures reflect Germany's chronically high unemployment rate of about 10.5 per cent.

But the real emigration figure is believed to be even higher, since many émigrés do not tell the authorities that they are leaving. At the same time about 500,000 so-called "gastarbeiter", or foreign guest workers, left the country largely because there was not enough work.

Meanwhile in Austria there are now more German than Turkish "gastarbeiter", most of them working in the hotel and restaurant trade - overturning a decades-old trend.

Germans have reacted positively to advertising campaigns from England, Canada, Australia calling for tradesmen, engineers, teachers and nurses.

Labour experts have been warning for years of the dangers of Germany's growing emigration.

In the 1980s emigration stood at around 50,000. The year after the Berlin Wall fell the rate almost doubled to 99,000.

"This emigration situation is suicidal for us," said the migrations expert Klaus Bade Jungen. "We're bleeding to death."

He said that he expected emigration trend to continue in the coming years.

Of additional concern is that qualified workers from abroad are not choosing to come to Germany.

Economic experts have warned the government that unless it opens its doors to the mobile eastern European workforce, which is currently barred from working in Germany, the country will face a serious skills shortage.

A study made by AT Kearney shows that Poland is the World`s 5th most preferred place when it comes to Foreign Direct Investments:






http://www.atkearney.com/shared_res/pdf/FDICI_2005.pdf

It seems europe is going on a merry go round. While Polish are coming 2 Britain and Ireland for better money the Ukranians and Belarusians are going to Poland for the same the pay is to good in Poland compared to these countrys.Probably then some poorer country will fill vacancys left in Ukraine and Belarus because to them the pay to good in these countrys.

provocation?.... wujek....i'm really sry if i made u mad....did i? i sincerely apologize then. I'm sorry. but wat did i say that so offensive?

The Polish economy - since 1990 is in a constant boom - there has been a slowdown

and in a smaller extent American companies are relocating their manufacturing, R&D and financial centers here - cose it`s simply cheaper for them.

You know my blood boils when I here this type of nonsense, boom, boom, boom, well tell me my good wujek why are so many people leaving poland for a better way of life and why are so many people struggling to make ends meet (poverty increasing rapidly) sorry wujek, I don't want to stretch the friendship but please........

so many people struggling to make ends meet (poverty increasing rapidly)

There is a lot of interest in the polish market because it is cheap to purchase businesses in poland (its all bargain basement) and there is little competition..

Normally when you talk about boom times, you expect people to be better off and doing well, not the case in poland.

Those people who are migrating and want to stay for good in the UK or elsewhere are making a huge error - an error for which they are going to have to pay.

I don't know numbers but why so many English people leave England and move abroad ( quite big percentage ) if England is so rich country. people migrate for many different reason

mmmm, I wonder what???????

Those people who are migrating and want to stay for good in the UK or elsewhere are making a huge error - an error for which they are going to have to pay.

And what they will do then ?

10.000 pounds is roughly 58.000 PLN. For 58.000 PLN they can buy a 6 year Toyota Land crousier

I don't know numbers but why so many English people leave England and move abroad ( quite big percentage ) if England is so rich country. people migrate for many different reason.

Wel Wujek,I think you need to actually experience life in other countries.They will buy their car in the UK where cars are much cheaper than Poland.They will then drive back to Poland with their car and their cash and they will either buy a house and look for a job or they will start a business.If you tell these Polish people they are making a big mistake working in the UK,Ireland etc they will just laugh.

spoilt and expect too much (materially) from life.

Nonsense - they will return to Poland with a lot of money.British currency is the world's strongest currency at the moment and when they return to Poland with £ 10,000- £ 25000 cash they will definitely not think they have made a mistake.Wake up.

This is bullshit - see above.

Poland is paying for western prices and earning eastern wages

Nothing wrong with wanting more - each generatioin wants more than the last

It depends how materialistic each individual is.If someone (a couple without children))has a large house,big garden,2-3 new cars,several overseas holidays each year and they are still not content and want more things -then they will never be happy.They can migrate to the USA with its 2 weeks per year holidays and longer hours and have a bigger house with a swimming pool but they will probably still want more

When was the last time you were in Poland - because it's at least 50% cheaper than in the UK, STOP TALKING CRAP! but then again what can one expect from someone from Aus

Truebrit are you for real, that sort of money is only chicken feed and it won't go a long way