A POSITIVE ARTICLE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edit: oh, its just Warsaw, again… 🙁
Gdańsk has been flooded with IT companies.
Przymorze was known a as dump in the 90’s and now is full with +15 stories building with IT companies
I’d love to live in Warsaw. I might in a few years when my Polish is a little better.
It’s got everything for me. Sport, music, hop on the train one way for the beach, the other for the mountains, beer, food, great people, lots of young people breathing life into the place, the buildings, the history…
Yup. It’s observable in schools. I hear a lot about Polish-British kids coming from the UK to Poland.
It’s still a brain-drain but now just within Poland :c
Two of my professors also left the UK and came to Poland.
Extremely anecdotal, but as a Polish-Canadian-American myself, I can speak to it. I’m heading to Poland myself this year if all goes well, hopefully for a year. I want my Pole’s Card, to reconnect with my roots, and a break from North America. Could definitely see myself marrying a Pole and living there in the long-term.
Most of foreign companies use Poland just as an outsourcing and shared services hub. It is very good in a short-term perspective. A lot of people (including myself) benefit from higher salaries comparing to lower prices. The problem is that in a long-term perspective, when Polish prices will catch up with average EU, there will be no reason of keeping those BPO/SSC centers here in Poland and they will be moved elsewhere.
The question is what will be left of “booming Polish tech”?
As a Polish-American, I relocated to Poland a few years ago. I enjoy living here.
It doesn’t surprise me. I’ve been saying for years that Poland’s quality of life is starting to look distinctly better for many people (not all obvs) than the UK.
The reality of the situation is, the west is dying. Everyone knows it.
Decaying and rotting, for a number of reasons I won’t get into.
Young people are fleeing into every corner of the world. Latam, SEA, and of course central Europe.
Poland and central Europe are the future of Europe.
Even romanians are fleeing Britain after brexit. Highly skilled can get good wage, while housing is a 1/4 of the british averege.
The Euronews articles are often vague, such as this one. No shred of statistical evidence, just a bunch of assorted anecdotes from people hyping about Warsaw. Warsaw is a city, with no particular order, that has:
– high air pollution,
– dirt, too much dirt,
– noise on the streets, too many barking dogs, neighbours doing their beloved DIY projects on Sunday morning that you’ll listen to because the walls are made of paper-thin plywood,
– über-chaotic urban planning and freaking ugly, for the most part, “modernistic” architecture,
– notorious traffic jams making it impossible to reach destination on time during peak hours,
– micro-apartments springing up all over the city, and for which you need to pay through the nose, should you seek such a novelty,
– ultra-conservative government full of unsuitable people,
– corruption at every level and nepotism of gargantuan proportions,
– chauvinistic and homophobic attitudes,
– healthcare system that is highly inefficient, fancy to wait 10 months to see your specialist?
– 1.5 of tube lines in a city inhabited by close to… 2 million folks.
People considering moving in to Warsaw from Western Europe are either insane or ridiculously naive. Good luck, though ;-D
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A POSITIVE ARTICLE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edit: oh, its just Warsaw, again… 🙁
Gdańsk has been flooded with IT companies.
Przymorze was known a as dump in the 90’s and now is full with +15 stories building with IT companies
I’d love to live in Warsaw. I might in a few years when my Polish is a little better.
It’s got everything for me. Sport, music, hop on the train one way for the beach, the other for the mountains, beer, food, great people, lots of young people breathing life into the place, the buildings, the history…
Yup. It’s observable in schools. I hear a lot about Polish-British kids coming from the UK to Poland.
It’s still a brain-drain but now just within Poland :c
Two of my professors also left the UK and came to Poland.
Extremely anecdotal, but as a Polish-Canadian-American myself, I can speak to it. I’m heading to Poland myself this year if all goes well, hopefully for a year. I want my Pole’s Card, to reconnect with my roots, and a break from North America. Could definitely see myself marrying a Pole and living there in the long-term.
Most of foreign companies use Poland just as an outsourcing and shared services hub. It is very good in a short-term perspective. A lot of people (including myself) benefit from higher salaries comparing to lower prices. The problem is that in a long-term perspective, when Polish prices will catch up with average EU, there will be no reason of keeping those BPO/SSC centers here in Poland and they will be moved elsewhere.
The question is what will be left of “booming Polish tech”?
As a Polish-American, I relocated to Poland a few years ago. I enjoy living here.
It doesn’t surprise me. I’ve been saying for years that Poland’s quality of life is starting to look distinctly better for many people (not all obvs) than the UK.
The reality of the situation is, the west is dying. Everyone knows it.
Decaying and rotting, for a number of reasons I won’t get into.
Young people are fleeing into every corner of the world. Latam, SEA, and of course central Europe.
Poland and central Europe are the future of Europe.
Even romanians are fleeing Britain after brexit. Highly skilled can get good wage, while housing is a 1/4 of the british averege.
The Euronews articles are often vague, such as this one. No shred of statistical evidence, just a bunch of assorted anecdotes from people hyping about Warsaw. Warsaw is a city, with no particular order, that has:
– high air pollution,
– dirt, too much dirt,
– noise on the streets, too many barking dogs, neighbours doing their beloved DIY projects on Sunday morning that you’ll listen to because the walls are made of paper-thin plywood,
– über-chaotic urban planning and freaking ugly, for the most part, “modernistic” architecture,
– notorious traffic jams making it impossible to reach destination on time during peak hours,
– micro-apartments springing up all over the city, and for which you need to pay through the nose, should you seek such a novelty,
– ultra-conservative government full of unsuitable people,
– corruption at every level and nepotism of gargantuan proportions,
– chauvinistic and homophobic attitudes,
– healthcare system that is highly inefficient, fancy to wait 10 months to see your specialist?
– 1.5 of tube lines in a city inhabited by close to… 2 million folks.
People considering moving in to Warsaw from Western Europe are either insane or ridiculously naive. Good luck, though ;-D