Minimum wages reduce the importance and power of the unions and there by the workers ability to influence his/her own working conditions.
Poland is doing great.
Imo, especially with Tusk and his party/coalition coming into power, Poland should grow even closer with EU and “accelerate” the progress even further.
Poland gives hope to other developing nations. I’ve been to Warsaw, and as a Canadian I was blown away. Beautiful, clean and everyone was so kind, friendly and helpful.
It won’t be long until they overtake Spain as well.
eastern europeans overtaking eastern europeans
PORTUGAL IS A SHITHOLE.
This is a double edged sword; soon 30-40% of population will earn minimal wage.
It really flattens the wage curve and demotivates people to get a promotion.
Plus minimal wage in Poland just covers housing (rent, mortgage) in major cities.
Not saying it is different elsewhere, not saying lifting minimal wage is bad.
Just pointing out, that the bottom level of income is getting closer to median income, slowly eradicating middle class.
UK now has the highest in Europe at €28k pa based on 40 h per week, as the govt is making it 66% of full time average salary
Victory!
Obrigado PS ❤️
Rents are more expensive in Portugal, yes?
> On a €150k yearly salary (not unusual for a high skill tech job)
On Poland and Portugal??
No.. this does not happen. At all
Portugal is governed by socialists. Within a few years they will be the poorest country in the European Union.
20 years of socialist party rule got us like 💀. Seriously tho we have eletions in march and the socialist party is still winning in the polls so if any polish here has a job for me send DM I need to get the fuck out of here ASAP.
Portugal has always been eastern european to me.
Years of shitty left-wing policies will do that to you.
Now watch people vote for them again.
There are EU countries (Italy) without minimum wage at all.
That’s great – but it’s only 1 element of the equation – the 2nd would be to know how many people actually earn this minimum wage:
It’s nice to have a high minimal – but in Poland’s case it forces a situation when you pay the same amount to vastly different jobs and experience levels, while in Western Europe it’s pretty much only for the basic, entry level jobs.
Everybody overtook us
Poland is doing so good, that me (lithuanian) would even srsly consider Rzeczpospolita one more time! 😀
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Minimum wages reduce the importance and power of the unions and there by the workers ability to influence his/her own working conditions.
Poland is doing great.
Imo, especially with Tusk and his party/coalition coming into power, Poland should grow even closer with EU and “accelerate” the progress even further.
/r/PORTUGALCYKABLYAT moment
portugal sucks
A more comprehensive look at min wages and wage growth in Europe: [https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/02/05/how-do-minimum-wages-compare-across-europe-in-2024](https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/02/05/how-do-minimum-wages-compare-across-europe-in-2024)
Poland gives hope to other developing nations. I’ve been to Warsaw, and as a Canadian I was blown away. Beautiful, clean and everyone was so kind, friendly and helpful.
It won’t be long until they overtake Spain as well.
eastern europeans overtaking eastern europeans
PORTUGAL IS A SHITHOLE.
This is a double edged sword; soon 30-40% of population will earn minimal wage.
It really flattens the wage curve and demotivates people to get a promotion.
Plus minimal wage in Poland just covers housing (rent, mortgage) in major cities.
Not saying it is different elsewhere, not saying lifting minimal wage is bad.
Just pointing out, that the bottom level of income is getting closer to median income, slowly eradicating middle class.
UK now has the highest in Europe at €28k pa based on 40 h per week, as the govt is making it 66% of full time average salary
Victory!
Obrigado PS ❤️
Rents are more expensive in Portugal, yes?
> On a €150k yearly salary (not unusual for a high skill tech job)
On Poland and Portugal??
No.. this does not happen. At all
Portugal is governed by socialists. Within a few years they will be the poorest country in the European Union.
20 years of socialist party rule got us like 💀. Seriously tho we have eletions in march and the socialist party is still winning in the polls so if any polish here has a job for me send DM I need to get the fuck out of here ASAP.
Portugal has always been eastern european to me.
Years of shitty left-wing policies will do that to you.
Now watch people vote for them again.
There are EU countries (Italy) without minimum wage at all.
That’s great – but it’s only 1 element of the equation – the 2nd would be to know how many people actually earn this minimum wage:
https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/02/05/how-do-minimum-wages-compare-across-europe-in-2024
in 2018 it was almost 3x as common in Poland with 12% which was already pretty high.
Nowadays it’s **1/4th**
https://tvn24.pl/biznes/dla-pracownika/minimalne-wynagrodzenie-w-polsce-ile-osob-zarabia-najnizsza-krajowa-komentuje-kamil-sobolewski-ewenement-na-skale-swiatowa-st7364085
It’s nice to have a high minimal – but in Poland’s case it forces a situation when you pay the same amount to vastly different jobs and experience levels, while in Western Europe it’s pretty much only for the basic, entry level jobs.
Everybody overtook us
Poland is doing so good, that me (lithuanian) would even srsly consider Rzeczpospolita one more time! 😀