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sharter
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 Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:59 am Post subject: Poland and prospects |
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| I am in Poznan right now and I must say it seems pretty gloomy. Mates have had pay cuts, hours are down etc. Also,a lot of Poles are worried. I've already posted the end is nigh message re EFL but what will happen when Ukraine joins the EU? A lot of manufacturing will leg it...times may get much harder. |
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lundjstuart
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Location: Warsaw, Poland
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Must be in Poznan, Im getting pay raises and I have more students than I can handle! |
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Jack Walker
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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| lundjstuart wrote: |
| Must be in Poznan, Im getting pay raises and I have more students than I can handle! |
Are you in Warsaw by any chance, because in the Silesian corner of Poland,the ESL business sucks right now.Pay cuts,students drying up and nothing positive on the horizon.Thishas been my suckiest year financialwise in 6 years. |
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TwinCentre
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Location: Mokotow
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I have said the same thing on another thread or two, but Warsaw seems pretty stable if not on the up. I have noticed a rise in student intake in my small teaching business since Xmas and I have put my prices up too and no-one has resisted yet. I am even getting a few more corporate contracts.
Think Warsaw is the place to be right now in Poland...if you can take the drab, grey and dull big city that is.
BTW, Ukraine isn't even on track to join the EU yet. The EU seems far from inviting them to apply for membership at the moment, even when they do, there will still be years and years of negotiations.
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hrvatski
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Łazienkowski Park goes alright |
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lundjstuart
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:55 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I am in Warsaw!
The city has nothing to do with having classes. All you have to do is a bit of marketing and then you're set for 6-12 months or longer. Currently, the marketing that I've done is paying off because I haven't done any in the past year and I'm getting calls everyday in regards to new classes.
Jack, if I was you, I would ditch working for a school and start your own company. The tax is much less and you can charge a higher rate! Good Luck! |
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TwinCentre
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| I second that! The best thing I ever did. |
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Jack Walker
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:52 am Post subject: |
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| lundjstuart wrote: |
Yes, I am in Warsaw!
The city has nothing to do with having classes. All you have to do is a bit of marketing and then you're set for 6-12 months or longer. Currently, the marketing that I've done is paying off because I haven't done any in the past year and I'm getting calls everyday in regards to new classes.
Jack, if I was you, I would ditch working for a school and start your own company. The tax is much less and you can charge a higher rate! Good Luck! |
Unfortunately,us Canadians cannot start up our own companies in Poland.It's quite a drag as we are forced to be hired directly by schools.
With the tighter EU restrictions now,it's becoming more and more difficult for Canadaians to find good employment in this country.
My school does the paperwork and goes through the bureaucratic headaches for me, because I've been with them for 6 years and they know what they are getting. |
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dynow
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really? canadians can't open their own business? so, Jack, you don't have a residency card?
total bummer. i mean, if you've been with your school for that long, i'm sure they are trustworthy and reliable, at least for you, but i've seen and heard enough nightmares that make me glad i freelance. i would never want to be contractually tied down to a school or for them to be responsible for my legality in Poland.
but, yes, freelancing at times requires some serious paperwork and running around.
regarding business lately, for me in Wroclaw, it's been on the up. companies last year really started hacking away at their budgets, usually language classes were the first cut to occur, but now things are moving along much better.
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| A lot of manufacturing will leg it...times may get much harder. |
i have already seen this going on, especially the German plants. |
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TwinCentre
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| Unfortunately,us Canadians cannot start up our own companies in Poland. |
I am sure you can. There are plenty of folk from N.America who are not married and have managed it. Can anyone enlighten us? |
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dynow
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| I'm American, have my own business and a karta pubytu. this is why i'm so surprised that Canadians are unable to do the same. |
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Jack Walker
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The governemnt office told me that Canadians cannot set up their own companies in Poland and my employer told me the same thing.Apparently there is no agreement bewtween both countries concerning the establishment of private companies.Americans have no problems with it at all.
Yes,I have a residency card, but it is all connected with my employer's work application.
I want to freelance, but legally I can't.  |
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Hod
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| TwinCentre wrote: |
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| Unfortunately,us Canadians cannot start up our own companies in Poland. |
I am sure you can. There are plenty of folk from N.America who are not married and have managed it. Can anyone enlighten us? |
The married option is easier and cuts out 90% of the red tape.
I'm available. PM with a picture if interested.
Edit - this is a general offer. It's not aimed at TwinCentre. |
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Hod
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Jack Walker wrote: |
| Apparently there is no agreement bewtween both countries concerning the establishment of private companies. |
Turning it around, with Canada being quite big, are there no self-employed Polish people there?
You could be right, but it sounds like Canada and Poland have some sort of D�tente problem. |
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hrvatski
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Hod wrote: |
| TwinCentre wrote: |
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| Unfortunately,us Canadians cannot start up our own companies in Poland. |
I am sure you can. There are plenty of folk from N.America who are not married and have managed it. Can anyone enlighten us? |
The married option is easier and cuts out 90% of the red tape.
I'm available. PM with a picture if interested.
Edit - this is a general offer. It's not aimed at TwinCentre. |
Are you offering to marry someone? |
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