They're leaving :/

greyed · 09-12-2008 12:00AM #1

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1208/polish.html

So, 1/3 of poles will apparently leave next year, possibly more after that. Other nationalities will likely have the same idea, can't blame them really after considering the growth prospects for here and there, but this sucks. Immigration brought great things here, will it all go if enough foreign nationals do? Not the most comprehensive poll (...zing..) but if you're a foreign national, are you going to leave us?

And what do the irish members think eh?

this might have been asked, but story was from today ..meh...

RandolphEsq · 09-12-2008 12:02AM

Dey tuck er jobs!

giggsy664 · 09-12-2008 12:02AM

Them damn poles, going over to Poland and stealing there jobs back! Damn them to hell

qz · 09-12-2008 12:02AM

Now I'm not a racist, but...

Ross_Mahon · 09-12-2008 12:04AM

Lets go back to Poland with them!

Biggins · 09-12-2008 12:05AM

I personally made some great polish friends. Dead nice people who came over here and regarded any work they did, as a blessing to get.
How the economy will be effected has yet to be seen long term but the days of just us living in a single culture of just Irish workers is gone!
Of all those that came here, those that did stay long-term, stayed I think to better themselves and thats to be respected. There's always rotten apples in every barrel but on the vast whole, I would be sorry to see them all leave.

niceirishfella · 09-12-2008 12:05AM

and who's going to drive all our trucks for 20+ hours a day? HUH?

SoWatchaWant · 09-12-2008 12:06AM

I might be in with a chance of gettin a job then.

Jimbo · 09-12-2008 12:09AM

If you look at it from an economical point of view they are doing us a huge favour.

They came in their thousands when we needed them and they are leaving now that we can't afford them.

Fair play to them.
Wonder will we start seeing Irish people back in low paid jobs now? Or are we too proud

Mena · 09-12-2008 12:10AM

I'll be here until I've taken every last one of yer jobs and yer wimmins.

mike65 · 09-12-2008 12:11AM

Thats the rental market in free fall next year then. Oh pity the developers and Landlord classes

jimmycrackcorm · 09-12-2008 12:11AM

It's ok though the other two thirds left here are the good looking women.

Jimbo · 09-12-2008 12:12AM

mike65 wrote: »

Thats the rental market in free fall next year then. Oh pity the developers and Landlord classes

That's the problem.

The over-supply of housing just got worse

DonJose · 09-12-2008 12:12AM

niceirishfella wrote: »

and who's going to drive all our trucks for 20+ hours a day? HUH?

and who's gonna process our pork.... ah sh!te!!!

Jimbo · 09-12-2008 12:13AM

Mena wrote: »

I'll be here until I've taken every last one of yer jobs and yer wimmins.

You can have our wimmins if we can have yours

BlitzKrieg · 09-12-2008 12:15AM

whats gonna happen to all the polish shops

I liked them you could get fruitmix in them and other rare treats (I like to pick random chocolate bars or juice drinks out of them. Sometimes its good, sometimes its really really bad)

Mena · 09-12-2008 12:17AM

jimbo78 wrote: »

You can have our wimmins if we can have yours

You're welcome to them

(note, they may or may not be polish, or wimmins, and hairy)

Danbo! · 09-12-2008 12:18AM

Notice that there are 200,000 poles here and 500 were surveyed, about 0.25%. Surely you'd want to survey about 5% to get a somewhat decent idea? I've no idea about statistics, but a quarter of a percent doesn't seem to be enough to be accurate.

giggsy664 · 09-12-2008 12:19AM

Ffs where's the atari jaguar option !!!!

greyed · 09-12-2008 12:21AM

hehh,jeez, i thought this wouldnt be posted until the poll was... that break was for cocopops

AlmightyCushion · 09-12-2008 12:25AM

jimbo78 wrote: »

If you look at it from an economical point of view they are doing us a huge favour.

They came in their thousands when we needed them and they are leaving now that we can't afford them.

Fair play to them.
Wonder will we start seeing Irish people back in low paid jobs now? Or are we too proud

But it could work the other way. If thousands of people were to leave they'd take away a shít load of purchasing power with them. This would mean less money in the economy and could cause more jobs losses. Tax revenue will also decrease. So this could be pretty bad.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 09-12-2008 12:29AM

Personally I am pretty happy that some or most of them are going home... There may be more of a chance for us Irish to get a job. I have no problem with any nationality but I really need a job, and the more non nationals here in Ireland, the less chance I have of getting one. I made a good few friends too, but I got bills to pay and a life to live. I wounder would the Polish and Chinese be as nice to us?

greyed · 09-12-2008 12:33AM

No reason they wouldnt be if they had a labour shortage. Cushion makes a good point!

I would love to learn chinese

IvySlayer · 09-12-2008 12:34AM

How dare they leave the country and leave jobs for us!

*shakes fist*

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 09-12-2008 12:34AM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

But it could work the other way. If thousands of people were to leave they'd take away a shít load of purchasing power with them. This would mean less money in the economy and could cause more jobs losses. Tax revenue will also decrease. So this could be pretty bad.

Well there's the case that they send a LOT of money back home, so when they leave, the money will stay in the country. As it is there are no jobs, the tax will still be there and so will the purchasing power (One of porters 5 forces :P)

I think it will be best for all if they leave. Sure their economy is decent, right? Just crap pay if I believe it?

greyed · 09-12-2008 12:39AM

Jeez, looks like there wont be any irish people left either.

Holsten · 09-12-2008 12:46AM

Nananana... nananana.... heyyyyyeh.... Goodbye!

Kintarō Hattori · 09-12-2008 12:47AM

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

whats gonna happen to all the polish shops

I liked them you could get fruitmix in them and other rare treats (I like to pick random chocolate bars or juice drinks out of them. Sometimes its good, sometimes its really really bad)

There are some great bargains to be had in their shops. Great fruit juices, cheap tastey yoghurts, bread etc.

noblestee wrote: »

Notice that there are 200,000 poles here and 500 were surveyed, about 0.25%. Surely you'd want to survey about 5% to get a somewhat decent idea? I've no idea about statistics, but a quarter of a percent doesn't seem to be enough to be accurate.

An email survery, yep that'll be hugely accurate alright.

Domo230 wrote: »

No, come back Polish women.

Come back

Ah thank feck for the foreign wimmins. Every day there's always some lovely sight to behold!

Alexandria Broad Rawhide wrote: »

Well there's the case that they send a LOT of money back home, so when they leave, the money will stay in the country. As it is there are no jobs, the tax will still be there and so will the purchasing power (One of porters 5 forces :P)

I think it will be best for all if they leave. Sure their economy is decent, right? Just crap pay if I believe it?

Like anything it's 50/50. There are some who always planned to go home and as a result send money back there and then there are plenty of contribute to this economy just as much as any irish person. My missus has been here 4 years and is quite the little consumer.

At least 50% of the customers in the company I work for are immigrants who have no problem spending their money.

Stheno · 09-12-2008 12:49AM

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Ah thank feck for the foreign wimmins. Every day there's always some lovely sight to behold!

Isn't your missus Polish tho????

noodler · 09-12-2008 12:49AM

If you are working here you are paying tax. Even if they send every penny bar the essentials needed for living.

Its a bad thing-it shows how badly the economy is doing.

AlmightyCushion · 09-12-2008 12:50AM

Alexandria Broad Rawhide wrote: »

Well there's the case that they send a LOT of money back home, so when they leave, the money will stay in the country. As it is there are no jobs, the tax will still be there and so will the purchasing power (One of porters 5 forces :P)

If 50,000 people were to suddenly leave then Tesco, dunnes and pretty much any other business in the country will notice a drop off in business. This will lead to them not needing or not being able to afford all the staff they have. So while the Polish will be leaving jobs behind, this could be negated by the redundancies that could ensue from the drop off in business.

Even if every single Polish person sent a load of money home, they still need to pay for rent, food and all the essentialls. Money that would be lost if they went home.

They're leaving :/

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