tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post2092702196628274307..comments2024-03-27T15:55:32.875+01:00Comments on W-wa Jeziorki: What's worse - unemployment or a low-paid job?Michael Dembinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657728002439035765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-79919740443226871732020-07-09T22:25:07.140+02:002020-07-09T22:25:07.140+02:00Bardzo fajny wpis. Pozdrawiam.Bardzo fajny wpis. Pozdrawiam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-9010139953493375222015-08-04T19:45:38.165+02:002015-08-04T19:45:38.165+02:00@ student SGH:
"1. You have forgotten (or I ...@ student SGH:<br /><br />"1. You have forgotten (or I have missed it) to add minimum wage does not apply to junk contracts, since they are governed by the civil code (kodeks cywilny) rather than by the labour code (kodeks pracy)"<br /><br />Good point. This makes it even more important, in the interests of slowing down the growth in inequality to <br /><br />"2. You edit, you translate, you are a freelancer, you are flexible... in your second job. But you don't mention whether your primary job with the Chamber is also governed by umowa o dzieło. The problem in Poland is that the only jobs people have are under junk contracts."<br /><br />Not so. My <i>primary job</i> at the Chamber is (and has been for the past 13 years) governed by <i>umowa o dzieło</i><br /><br />"3. Good to distinguish umowa o dzieło is about the outcome of your work, while umowa zlecenie is about performing some task. Plus paying social security on the latter is compulsory as far as I know."<br /><br />It is indeed. Which is why I turn down anyone offering me work on the basis on <i>umowa zlecienie</i>. I don't want the hassle.<br /><br />"4. Employing staff under regular contracts decreases competitiveness? Maybe holding everything lese unchanged it does, but I know many of the top 500 companies in Poland which take pride in not hiring people on junk contracts and they stay competitive. Innovativeness, application of cutting-edge technologies and increasing efficiency are the proper methods of boosting competitiveness, not coarse savings on payrolls! Here we see an application of CSR in practice!"<br /><br />Top 500 companies tend to be in steady-employment sectors such as banking, FMCG, manufacturing etc. Businesses in sectors affected by the seasons (construction, agriculture/horticulture, tourism etc) cannot afford the luxury of holding onto staff the year round. But yes - agreed about CSR. Employment branding is massively important these days. Employees choose to work for ethical employers.<br /><br />"5. Hire and fire, or the other way round. After 5 years of working in the financial industry, having seen so many lay-offs, including US-style job terminations, I profess it is far too difficult in Poland to fire a poor, under-performing employee... And from what I see, some employers are afraid if they take on a poor employee, they will encounter too many problems to get rid of them."<br /><br />This is the problem. Especially the 'protected workers' - those approaching retirement age. What employer would take on a woman in her late 50s on a full-time <i>umowę o pracę</i>?<br /><br />"6. Imagine laying off thousands of public adminisration clerks... My primary concern is that the private employers would not absorb those people eagerly, unless they conform to style of work required in the public sector (higher efficiency, working until the task is done, not until 4 p.m., etc)."<br /><br />It worked in Britain. It may, indeed, prove harder to do in today's Poland, when so much of the public administration is still staffed by people who were there <i>za komuny</i><br /><br />"7. The continuous improvement in the public sector... To make any improvement, you need an incentive. When there's no incentive, what's the benefit of improving anything?"<br /><br />This is a major challenge facing Poland's governments. Yet because KPRM is so weak (compared to Britain's Cabinet Office), there's little drive when it comes to reforming the public administration.Michael Dembinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657728002439035765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-55533614122536500302015-08-04T16:09:24.280+02:002015-08-04T16:09:24.280+02:00A belated comment after a short break spent offlin...A belated comment after a short break spent offline :)<br /><br />1. You have forgotten (or I have missed it) to add minimum wage does not apply to junk contracts, since they are governed by the civil code (<i>kodeks cywilny</i>) rather than by the labour code (<i>kodeks pracy</i>)<br /><br />2. You edit, you translate, you are a freelancer, you are flexible... in your second job. But you don't mention whether your primary job with the Chamber is also governed by <i>umowa o dzieło</i>. The problem in Poland is that the only jobs people have are under junk contracts.<br /><br />3. Good to distinguish <i>umowa o dzieło</i> is about the outcome of your work, while <i>umowa zlecenie</i> is about performing some task. Plus paying social security on the latter is compulsory as far as I know.<br /><br />4. Employing staff under regular contracts decreases competitiveness? Maybe holding everything lese unchanged it does, but I know many of the top 500 companies in Poland which take pride in not hiring people on junk contracts and they stay competitive. Innovativeness, application of cutting-edge technologies and increasing efficiency are the proper methods of boosting competitiveness, not coarse savings on payrolls! Here we see an application of CSR in practice!<br /><br />5. Hire and fire, or the other way round. After 5 years of working in the financial industry, having seen so many lay-offs, including US-style job terminations, I profess it is far too difficult in Poland to fire a poor, under-performing employee... And from what I see, some employers are afraid if they take on a poor employee, they will encounter too many problems to get rid of them.<br /><br />6. Imagine laying off thousands of public adminisration clerks... My primary concern is that the private employers would not absorb those people eagerly, unless they conform to style of work required in the public sector (higher efficiency, working until the task is done, not until 4 p.m., etc).<br /><br />7. The continuous improvement in the public sector... To make any improvement, you need an incentive. When there's no incentive, what's the benefit of improving anything?student SGHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367244307612092688noreply@blogger.com