What is your honest opinion of the East Europeans in the UK at the moment?

Question

Yes,I know that you can only give an overall opinion,but please just do your best.Cheers.

Answer 1

They work a damn sight harder than the majority of british here! I never thought it possible, but wave after wave of imigrants have shown how lazy many of us are. It's truly shameful.

Those who say they have come and taken our jobs need to start asking themselves how they have managed it. How have people who's english isn't that good when they arrive, managed to take so many jobs? Maybe because employers are fed up of the lack of english work ethic. It certainly isn't because they are cheaper to employ, because they earn the same wages as everyone else.

For those who condemn me for what I have said, I have simply said it as I see it. I am a supervisor in a large warehouse. From the start the Polish staff have worked hard, and have been more than happy to do overtime. They have taken very little time off sick, and for the most part have an exemplary disciplinary record. They get paid exactly the same rates as the english employees, and out perform them regularly.

On the other hand, the english staff tend to perform poorly, fortunately not all, just the majority. The english staff like to take as much time off as they think they can get away with. Only a handful of our english staff will do voluntary overtime, even when we desperately need it.

It shames me to think that this once great nation has become a nation of work shy slackers.

Answer 2

This country will grind to a halt without workers willing to do the low paid jobs. To tell you the truth, I am glad that they are here, as they work much harder than the last group of workers we had, which were refugees working on the black market - and they are happy to pay taxes, follow our customs.

You can't get a job in the uk these days without your passport, which is putting taxs back into the system, and the majority of the Polish/Romanian workers are European, so we have the opportunity to go and work in thier countries, just the same as they have to work here - Its a fair two way street.

The fact that so many workers choose the UK, is because English is the prefered second language of the world, and by keeping our doors open, we are helping to maintain the status of our mother tounge, which makes it easy for us to go and live in thier countries as English teachers.

Because the majority of new EU workers comming here are closer to our own social customs, in that they dress and socilise the same, there is much less friction, than there was with cultures which were quite different, and have been using us in the last three decades. And the majority of the present workers just want to earn some money and experiance to go back and invest it thier home land.

The best aspect of any new culture that comes to work here is the food - The UK is the finest place in Europe to dine out, you have so much choice and variety. It will take a few years, but we will have Polish pubs, Czech beer halls, I hope, and Romanian resturants. Vive la difference

Answer 3

When I visited Brighton last year for a few days holiday, I couldn't help but notice that most of the assistants in shops and cafes were Eastern Europeans. How could you tell? They never stopped working or finding something to do. Hardest working people I have seen for years and quite frankly I felt a little ashamed at people moaning about them. I don't suspect that they are particularly well paid, but my their employers certainly get their monies worth. From what I have seen, all I can say to the moaners here is, get your a r s e s out of bed and realise there is dignity to working. Follow our European cousins example. And don't bother, I know what you will reply with!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The same problems as happens any time there are immigrants. They may not be at all bad for the country, but because they are not socialized according to English customs, and these days seem not too interested in becoming acculturated, there will be differences that will take a long time to sort.
Hopefully their children and Grandchildren will come to appreciate the Traditions found in the British Isles and the way and quality of life will be strengthened and enhanced over time.
--That Cheeky Lad

Answer 6

There are already too many many people in the UK. Exclusion of any foreigner unable to a offer a scarce skill should be the first step to adjusting the population.
While Asian Hindus and Sikhs fit seamlessly into English society, the characteristics of many East Europeans are such that this country if far better without them.

Answer 7

The Poles are great - they work from the moment they arrive here (unlike a million or so of our lazy, feckless Brits) and never claim benefits as far as I am aware. Their English is excellent and they are very friendly people. I'm a bit worried about the people about to arrive here from Romania and Bulgaria, though.

Approximately 15,000 people from the Ukraine have received citizenship from Romania this year and now have the right to settle here. People from Romania are dirt-poor and I fully expect them to be claiming benefits as soon as they get here.

If we already have millions of people on benefits, apparently unable to get jobs, then what exactly are all these newcomers going to do? I don't envy people in Dover, Portsmouth and London for what's about to happen.

Answer 8

I want to know if other member states of the EU are also getting their "fair" share of these immigrants, if they are, then all well and good but I doubt it. If they intend to do work that British men aren't well - all well and good. If the country does not have to provide them with free accommodation - all well and good. Guess what - nothing is all well and good because I bet they will all be freeloaders.

Answer 9

I do not agree with them being here, most of them are being used as cheap labour or as an excuse to drop wages, there are a lot of people who do not have a job and using cheap labour is not going to help, it just means more of our money and resources are going out of the county again.

Answer 10

Doesn't bother me - hasn't affect me, and I don't see it as a big problem.

I'm not a fan of unlimited immigration however, and I don't understand why so many seek asylum here instead of other countries.