LwowskaKrakow 28 | 431 12 Apr 2008 #61He is in technical sales and makes about the equivalent of 75,000 euro a year.Wow .you mean 75 000 zl per year and not Euros because otherwise if your friend makes this kind of money in technical sales , it means his target sales must be of at least 4 Millions of Euros a year!
LwowskaKrakow 28 | 431 12 Apr 2008 #63He is fairly young, but has been there a few years. He is in technical sales and makes about the equivalent of 75,000 euro a year.Wow! You must mean 75 000 zlotys a year and not Euros otherwise your friend 's objectives in sales / target must be of at least 4 Millions Euros !What does his company sale to grant him such a big salary?
Seanus 15 | 19,674 12 Apr 2008 #64Salaries are increasing in Poland. There was a 17zł rise in my monthly social security payment (ZUS). My financial handler told me that it was due to a rise in salaries. Who am I to disagree with him? U can expect a slightly higher salary
David_18 66 | 969 13 Apr 2008 #65norgean@If you want to get a good sallary you should go to a Company in Poland who has not Polish origin, try a bank or something.My cusin makes 2700~ Euro/m and he is working for a bank in Poland.
user10 - | 3 23 Apr 2008 #66I don't know if you realize how rough it is there. The average Polish worker like a nurse, school teacher, barber, waiter, etc. make from 800 to 1200 zl [ b]PER MONTH. [/b]Your talking about a 6000zl salary being unsatisfactory is absurd to me. My cousin who is a school teacher went to university for 5 years earns 1000 zl a month, and she's considered well off by some of her friends who make much less.
dayanandtj - | 2 23 Apr 2008 #67Hi I am Dave from India, planning to move to Poland in June. Working as software engineer and got an offer in Poland. Please let some of you know me about* Availability of vegitarian food* Indian food items to cook atleast* Indian community* Average cost of living* Can we manage without local language knowledge? I am good in english* Are the public system (behavour, respect for other country people)Thanks in advanceDave
mafketis 36 | 10,694 23 Apr 2008 #68Food: Veggie food and Indian ingredients can be found in Warsaw, may be harder to find in other places. Warning: a vegetarian diet is more expensive in Poland than the alternatives.Indian people in Poland: Few and far between.Cost of living: Too many variables to answer. Are you alone? Will your company help with housing?Language: to start learning Polish. Otherwise you'll be a pain in the neck to friends and co-workers (and get left out of things at the office unless they're all foreigners). Also, you won't be able to get much done unless you drag a translator around with you. Polish bureaucracy is monolingual and expects long term residents (over a year) to learn Polish, period. The good news is that the difficulties in learning survival Polish (as opposed to fluent literary Polish) are greatly exaggerated, especially while you're in Poland and the benefits will far outweigh the effort.
daveson 23 Apr 2008 #69Thanks mafketis for your suggestion.I am bachelor and will be staying alone in Lodz, company will not provide accomodation.How are the IT opportunities in Poland?How is Lodz city? is it cosmopoliton or more of local people?Thanks,Dave
mafketis 36 | 10,694 23 Apr 2008 #70I've never been to £ódź (pronounced Wootch) but AFAIK it's more Polish and not as cosmopolitan as Warsaw (or Kraków or Wrocław or Poznań).Traditionally it has been where foreign students sent to study in Poland by their governments first learned Polish (in 8 months after which they had to be able to understand university lectures and textbooks). I don't know how many students like that are around now.I have no idea on earth about apartment prices there either.It's had rough times in the last 30 years or so but I think things are starting to pick up.If you haven't seen them already, here are some english pages about Lodz.en.cityoflodz.pl/index.php?str=35uml.lodz.pl/index.phpen.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81odz
RockyMason 19 | 250 23 Apr 2008 #71HAHAHAHAHAHA again I never cease to be amazed how dirt poor polish people are! HAHAHAHA 1000 ZL a month with a college degree? Shoot u can make more than that working at a McDonalds in cali! =D HAHAHAHAHA 6000 zl a month considered good dude... my dad probably makes that an hour! =)
szkotja2007 27 | 1,498 23 Apr 2008 #72my dad probably makes that an hour!Rocky knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.
oliver twist - | 121 23 Apr 2008 #73my dad probably makes that an hour! =)well my dads bigger than your dad:)
oliver twist - | 121 23 Apr 2008 #77mr with a small M,:):):):):) I am uneducated you know:):) if you don't believe me look at earlier posts by a person who shall remain un'named.. I think I am bit of thread again sorry..
Seanus 15 | 19,674 23 Apr 2008 #78What is being educated oliver? I would be classed as educated by most but everybody knows sth the next guy doesn't and vice-versa. I don't like labels, sorry
oliver twist - | 121 23 Apr 2008 #79everybody knows sthexcept how to use caps:):) don't like em myself seanus.. I was accused of being uneducated on here.. not by you I wasn't saying that.. I am just meeeeeeeeeeeee, and happy with it.. nothing to prove,, bit bored wanna wind someone up :):):)
Seanus 15 | 19,674 23 Apr 2008 #80Chill bro, quit the caps crap, here's ur dunce cap!! Wear it with pride
oliver twist - | 121 23 Apr 2008 #81I will :):):)) I am chilled.. just found out I might be related to osiol:(:( not so chilled
oliver twist - | 121 23 Apr 2008 #83maybe for you:):):) what do you get if you cross a donkey with a sheep????/nothing wrong with him by the way just a joke don't get all wooly on me..
daveson 25 Apr 2008 #86Thanks mafketis,I am offered 6000 Zloty per month gross. I learned tax is about 19%, Is that right?I would like to know how much I would be able to save after monthly expenditures?ex. Gross Salary 6000 zlotyTax 1320 zlotyAccomodation 1800 zloty. Is that enough?Food 300 zloty. Is this enough?Will there be any other expenditure per month?Leftout per month is around 3000 zloty. Is that enough as savings for comfortable life in Lodz, Poland?Thanks,Dayanand
zion 16 | 168 25 Apr 2008 #87I learned tax is about 19%wrong tax is 30% ZUS is 10 % so altogheter is 30 % of total grossso forget about 3000 netto on your hands
Lukasz 49 | 1,746 25 Apr 2008 #89it is ok to have comfortable life ... read topics about native english teachers with salary about 4 000 zloys and how do they live in Poland ...
daveson 25 Apr 2008 #90Thanks,I would like to know If i have to save around 6000 zoltys per month after tax and expenditures, how much salary should I get? I am software engineer with 6years experience with good skill set.