I need help!! (problems with my Polish coworkers)

beckskiThreads: 19 Posts: 2,148 Joined: May 15, 07 MEMBER ♀	Aug 17, 11, 02:52 #31
But Ewa & Anna can swear at us in polish and get away with on the grounds of racism/discrimination. Tell your supervisor about their swearing. Sounds like they should be confronted and written up for their malicious behavior. Smell my finger Southern may be a volunteer to take a whiff! A sincere thanks PF, for putting up with me FIVE terrific years, muah!

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Aug 17, 11, 03:15 #32

I think you need to seach online for some legal advice if taping some of their conversations is permissible then just have a small tape recorder on or about your person and get it translated later and provide a transcript of the conversations they have at your disciplinary.

Women can be a bit funny in a workplace environment (no offence ladies) me and my missus are going to be moving soon and I'm a bit worried about how she'll be recieved in a new job by the women there cos you lot can be a pain to other women if they are prettier or better liked than yourselves... Sorry for the rant but I've worked in the midst of ******** women, all telling me crap about the other women that I didn't want to know and then I watch them pretend to be best mates 5mins later and they'd worked together for 10 yrs!

skysoulmateThreads: 41 Posts: 3,039 Joined: Jan 10, 10 ♂	Edited by: skysoulmate Aug 17, 11, 04:15 #33
Had the women be speaking or at least trying to speak in English since they've been in Uk for so long they would be fluent in English by now! Had you been writing letters and essays in English since you were a child you'd have been pretty good at it. As of now I have hard time believing you're a native English speaker (writer). The other part, yes, your coworkers seem to be jerks for sure.

Chicago PollockThreads: 10 Posts: 638 Joined: Apr 10, 10 ♂	Aug 17, 11, 04:55 #34
You're toast, there's nothing you can do. Let go and move on and find another job. Maybe work for yourself, get ahold of a food cart and sell sandwiches on the street corner.

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Aug 17, 11, 05:07 #35

Polish women have a cut-throat, take-no-prisoners survival instinct. Especially middle-aged ones, with kids to feed. You are a threat, probably because you get along with the boss, speak better English, love the job. You're not going to get anywhere trying to get buddy-buddy with them. Make a long range plan: to manage the place, or whatever the way up is, and anything you do needs to be aligned with that goal. But, unless both of them are absolutely irreplaceable, you got to break them up, or you'll be wasting a lot of time and energy on petty crap.
Good luck.

Chicago PollockThreads: 10 Posts: 638 Joined: Apr 10, 10 ♂	Aug 17, 11, 05:29 #36
Polish women have a cut-throat, take-no-prisoners survival instinct. Especially middle-aged ones, with kids to feed. You are a threat, probably because you get along with the boss, speak better English, love the job. You're not going to get anywhere trying to get buddy-buddy with them. Very true.

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Aug 17, 11, 08:14 #37

i came out with it ''Anna whats wrong with you?!'

I can't picture any interaction that begins with "What's wrong with you?" ending well....

Stand back and take a broader view.

Polish people don't see the work environment and co-workers the same way that Anglophones (in general do). They're not there to make friends and mostly have little interest in socializing with co-workers.

Also, Polish people tend to take a dim view of indirect ways of saying things. Don't say "Do you think you might be able to let me get by?" Say "Anna, move!" (always use their name and simple commands, that's actually more polite for Polish people than obscure indirect expression.

Don't look at them as potential friends or even people you can get along well with. View them as other people doing their job. You don't have to be nice, just be correct.

Do not apologize for your past behavior, Polish people see that as weakness and admission that you were in the wrong. Just change your behavior slightly and the picture should start changing on it's own.

RevokeNiceThreads: 21 Posts: 2,767 Joined: Jun 20, 09 ♂	Aug 17, 11, 19:04 #38
Report them to the social welfare. They are probably claiming benefits too.

catsoldierThreads: 90 Posts: 698 Joined: Sep 27, 09 ♂	Edited by: catsoldier Aug 19, 11, 23:53 #39
Tell your supervisor about their swearing. Sounds like they should be confronted and written up for their malicious behavior Letter to Poles about swearing at work! http://www.img.polish-gts.pl/viewer.php?id=rgh1276601887u.JPG

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