How many of your co-workers in the UK are Polish?

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Edited by: Patrycja19 Nov 6, 07, 09:18 #1

How many are Polish and what is the treatment of Polish workers?

would you say good, fair, bad? does everyone work together for fair practice?

didnt clarify this- how many in the uk ..

the uk is full of immigrants, muslim, poles, etc.. same as the states , to which
in my work place, most of my co-workers have some background of polish but
no one is from Poland directly except one girl I know named gosia who came around
10 years ago .

Patrycja19Threads: 76 Posts: 3,877 Joined: Oct 31, 06 ♀	Nov 6, 07, 11:09 #2
for other nationalities , i say at least 3 percent average and the treatment overall is exceptional. at least what I have observed.. I am sure there are some bad incidents in all areas.

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Edited by: postie Nov 6, 07, 17:45 #3

Quoting: Patrycja19

How many are Polish and what is the treatment of Polish workers?

would you say good, fair, bad? does everyone work together for fair practice?

From what I've seen... most Poles are treated pretty fairly. But then in the jobs I do... we all do pretty much the same... you can't really pick on someone in a packing line, and make them work any harder, faster or whatever... it's just a packing line.

I think with those Poles I have worked with, some have been happy go lucky, some right miserable sods. And inbetween. And people take them for that. If they yap on the line, then they're liked, if they scowl, they're scowled back at.

Most Brits don't give 2 fucks where someone is from... as long as they're ok.

As for percentages of workers. Hard to say. One place was mostly British, with a smattering of Poles but in highly sought after electronics positions that the Brits had no training in, so for the specialised stuff, 100%, as part of the factory, probably 1%.

Today...in the magazine factory.... about 10%. Maybe.... but not so much on my shift, but i recognised a lot coming onto the next shift, and they were mostly Polish. (from the Pizza place... they're at the magazine place like me, cos work has dried up where we were last week)

Last week... hard to judge. 3 shifts over 24 hours. About, maybe, 50 - 70 Poles. Some days less. As a percentage of the workforce, erm... no idea.. too big a place to know. On my line, on one night, I was the only non-Polish one there and spoke more Polish that night than I did English.

3 years ago, I met my first Poles, and they were a novelty... now... much different. :)

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Nov 7, 07, 08:24 #4

I think it depends (unfortunately) on the industry... I work for a huge company (FTSE-100) so I would be here until Christmas 2198 working it all out, but there are no Poles in my team. However our company cafeterias are many staffed with Polish, and I know of about six other Poles in my building working in 'white collar' roles, two of which were originally working the cafeteria, but successfully applied for new roles.

BartolomeThreads: 2 Posts: 1,342 Joined: Sep 14, 06 ♂	Nov 7, 07, 14:08 #5
I'm the only Pole in my company, so I've got not much to say, really.

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Nov 7, 07, 14:13 #6

In a company of about 35 people, we have 3 Poles full time. When you add the fluctuating number of temps, the Pole quantity can increase by another 4, although recently there have been more Slovakians and Lithuanians.

I could also add that there are 2 Hungarians, a Sri Lankan and an Australian. There have also been Germans, French, Dutch and South Africans. Someone in the company might even be Welsh (Mr. Jones).

LizaThreads: 4 Posts: 163 Joined: Oct 28, 07 ♀	Nov 7, 07, 15:58 #7
Burmese, Sri Lankan, Malaysia, Romanian, Indian, Pakistani, English, Scottish, and one lone Kiwi... well at least in my department

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Nov 7, 07, 16:03 #8

Quoting: Bartolome

I'm the only Pole in my company

Doesn't this give you some sort of special status that might risk being undermined if another Pole were to join?

More importantly, workers of all nationalities are treated exactly the same. The only difference is with the agency staff who are only on worse terms due to the nature of agency employment. This is unfair, but there is the hope for them that someone will reward good work with a proper job somewhere. This has happened in the past where I work.

telefonitika

Nov 7, 07, 17:13 #9

Quoting: postie

3 shifts over 24 hours

true ... but over 4 shifts at wincanton in doncaster i would say there was a mixed collective over nationals ... polish (primarily) slovakians.. czech's ... monogolians ... afrikans .. english ... these were the main nationalities i came to know of when i was there.

Majority though are employed via an agency for wincanton .. and some of them esp the Polish are permanent staff members of wincanton now and some even have FLT licences this includes the females i regularly saw three females operating a FLT that went to the height of the warehouse .. some are Health and Safety Reps and First Aiders :D

PolskaDollThreads: 44 Posts: 4,134 Joined: Jun 15, 07 ♀	Edited by: PolskaDoll Nov 7, 07, 17:18 #10
If you ignore the senior management and directors (easy done) of the place I work then at least 25% of the workforce is Polish, in varying job roles. And it works just fine :)

ShelleySThreads: 18 Posts: 3,647 Joined: Jun 26, 07 ♀	Nov 8, 07, 06:02 #11
No Polish where I work

KilklineThreads: 3 Posts: 894 Joined: Jul 23, 07 ♂	Nov 8, 07, 06:06 #12
I work in a financial institution in London and theres a few Polish women. I didnt realise they were at first as they all have English surnames. :))

szarlotkaThreads: 14 Posts: 3,340 Joined: Feb 20, 07 ♂	Nov 8, 07, 06:29 #13
50% of the full time employees in my company are Polish. 20% of the equity in the company is in Polish hands About 85% of the contract employees of the company are Poilsh

jareck8	Nov 8, 07, 08:17 #14
do you have any co workers from south india

ShelleySThreads: 18 Posts: 3,647 Joined: Jun 26, 07 ♀	Nov 8, 07, 08:19 #15
Quoting: jareck8 do you have any co workers from south india No

jareck8	Nov 8, 07, 08:26 #16
what about brazil

DaisyThreads: 16 Posts: 2,172 Joined: Apr 28, 07 ♀	Nov 8, 07, 08:27 #17
Quoting: jareck8 do you have any co workers from south india yes, from Kerala

jareck8	Nov 8, 07, 08:27 #18
i have noticed mainly people speaking indian portugese and polish in london

AvJoeUK	Nov 8, 07, 08:28 #19
I work in an office above a factory, almost all of the temps are foreign. But hey even when I say a simple goodmorning or hello they dont bat an eyelid, how wude!

ShelleySThreads: 18 Posts: 3,647 Joined: Jun 26, 07 ♀	Nov 8, 07, 08:29 #20
Quoting: jareck8 what about brazil No

jareck8	Nov 8, 07, 08:33 #21
Quoting: AvJoeUK I work in an office above a factory, almost all of the temps are foreign. But hey even when I say a simple goodmorning or hello they dont bat an eyelid, how wude! you gotto be bilingual, dzien dobre, buenos dias and i thnk in arabic its soemhting like sbahkhairat

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Nov 8, 07, 23:21 #22

Quoting: postie

pick on someone in a packing line,

that isnt what I was getting at.. in some instances, minorities are treated differently
( unfortunately) and the person who manages is the one who is/has to deal with
punishment accordingly.

I have seen in my work witnessed the good and the evil and seen people shot down
for not being able to communicate accordingly with the public. to me this is unfair and
I have also witnessed the good come out in several who came together to bring this
to someones attention.. i just wonder how its dealt with in other countries.. to which
I am sure even someone from America would have same experiences with jobs in
Europe and or communication ..

postieThreads: 9 Posts: 123 Joined: Oct 23, 07 ♂	Nov 9, 07, 06:51 #23
Quoting: Patrycja19 and what is the treatment of Polish workers? Then I don't quite understand what you mean Patrycja. I thought the original question, that I've quoted, meant are they treated any differently to UK workers, in either a more favourably way or more specifically, treated worse. As I said... in my experience, everyone is treated equally.

rafikThreads: 21 Posts: 740 Joined: Jun 22, 06 ♂	Edited by: rafik Nov 9, 07, 07:58 #24
4 in my company.this is including myself:) 95%(!) in my wife's company.this is a food processing company.

lennyd	Nov 9, 07, 15:31 #25
no thank god i don't think the lads would take it if we had polish working with us ,all my colleagues have bad feelings towards the poles and the EU

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07 ♂	Nov 9, 07, 15:39 #26
Quoting: lennyd all my colleagues You don't have any.

starchildThreads: 2 Posts: 136 Joined: Aug 24, 07 ♀	Nov 9, 07, 15:45 #27
In our company it is 60% Polish, 40% English. It works perfectly, the best team we have had so far.

AvJoeUK	Nov 9, 07, 15:45 #28
Quoting: jareck8 you gotto be bilingual, dzien dobre, buenos dias and i thnk in arabic its soemhting like sbahkhairat Then they'll probably go in the Queens English, "what the bloody hell are you on about damn foreigner!"

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07 ♂	Nov 9, 07, 15:55 #29
Ni Hao! (tone must be correct or this might mean something rude) We've got a couple of Slovaks at the moment. They're good too, but I'm not going to seriously start learning Slovakian.

BartolomeThreads: 2 Posts: 1,342 Joined: Sep 14, 06 ♂	Nov 9, 07, 16:00 #30
Quoting: osiol Doesn't this give you some sort of special status I don't think so. However my boss asked me if any of my friends were looking for a job, because he was fed up with some (quote) 'halfwits' working for him. Quoting: osiol that might risk being undermined if another Pole were to join? Since I don't think I've got some special status, there's nothing to undermine, I suppose.

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