Some Poles here in America do not seem to understand how American businesses can be in such crisis. My brother in law who has been here for over twenty years seems to think the government should take care of us.
Human nature is the same everywhere regardless of which language one speaks. One of the biggest causes of the financial crisis is simple greed. Just follow the money. Another problem here is the lack of accountability. To many executives are rewarded even for poor performance.

Ultimately, God is still the highest authority and I will continue to put my trust in Him. As you said “life goes on.”

On the one hand, IMHO Poles are in a decent position because they’re often well-trained, speak very good German and/or English (sometimes French, too) and have a tech orientation, which opens up work opportunities.

Also, Poland’s economy is very closely integrated with Austria and Germany which are also in recession, but focus more on manufacturing and tech, so they’re less vulnerable to this kind of crisis and also open up more work opportunities for Poles.

OTOH, Polish economy was also boosted by EU subsidies (like Ireland) which are drying up, and Polish households have high debt. Key IMHO is how well Poland’s neighbors do, esp. Germany/Austria– as long as they hum along, they’ll provide markets and work opportunities for Poles. Otherwise, there might be a disaster.

I don’t know what the costs are of living in Poland, Dell may pay 2,000pln per month which I have heard isn’t enough to live with dignity in Poland. Although I do believe that any economic activity will have a positive effect.

It has a well educated, plentiful supply of young people, many speaking perfect English. Costs are low in Poland which attracts companies like Dell to Łódź and Ericsson.

I think now that Polish people have a reputation in Europe as good people and hard working, it isn’t a gamble for any company to move there.

But if anyone asks how things are in Poland I think it is best to tell them how bad things are and that you were better off with communism!!

The Polish currency going up and down is a difficult issue for Polish people living abroad I think, on the one hand they want it to go down so that they will benefit more in the exchange rate, I assume that any mortgage payments are a lot smaller now than they were a year ago when you could get 3pln for 1 euro. Now you can get 4,6pln for 1 euro.