On another ( unrelated ) thread orys mentioned he had met British drivers working for polish company’s. I would really like to hear from anyone who has any experience of this. Purely from a curiosity angle ! Conditions , pay , employers attitude etc.
so would i. i would also like to know if the polish drivers laugh at the western drivers, for wearing a clean shirt, and shoes and socks. do they think it’s odd for us to take a wash bag to the showers, rather than a lidl bag.
I can name 2 straight away. 1 works for a company called litwinski. and regularly works for me. he is on another forum on the net known as the dark side 
the other works for omega in pilzen. he lives there now mind victim of the old falling in love with a polish woman malarky
r slicker:
I can name 2 straight away. 1 works for a company called litwinski. and regularly works for me. he is on another forum on the net known as the dark sidethe other works for omega in pilzen. he lives there now mind victim of the old falling in love with a polish woman malarky
Any chance of some real life experiences/quotes ?
turnip:
r slicker:
I can name 2 straight away. 1 works for a company called litwinski. and regularly works for me. he is on another forum on the net known as the dark sidethe other works for omega in pilzen. he lives there now mind victim of the old falling in love with a polish woman malarky
Any chance of some real life experiences/quotes ?
Not really the answer you were looking for was it !
Any chance of some photos of these polish women
Wilko:
Any chance of some photos of these polish women
Yes please 
Im a big fan of Polish ladies, so refreshing, no tattoos, 99% svelte, no trashy trackies, always well turned out [night shift/day shift], shy, not wannabe Jordans 
[Tin Hat Applied]
I’ve seen some stunners over there. Especially in Tarnow!
r slicker:
I can name 2 straight away. 1 works for a company called litwinski. and regularly works for me. he is on another forum on the net known as the dark sidethe other works for omega in pilzen. he lives there now mind victim of the old falling in love with a polish woman malarky
Surprise to hear! Litwinski & Omega Pilzno are well know Polish transport. Omega Pilzno are quite large company - Tipper, Frigo, drawbar and general haulage across the Europe.
Just wonder how does they communicate with planners by gps satellite track? are they able to speak & read Polish well
Betz:
r slicker:
I can name 2 straight away. 1 works for a company called litwinski. and regularly works for me. he is on another forum on the net known as the dark sidethe other works for omega in pilzen. he lives there now mind victim of the old falling in love with a polish woman malarky
Surprise to hear! Litwinski & Omega Pilzno are well know Polish transport. Omega Pilzno are quite large company - Tipper, Frigo, drawbar and general haulage across the Europe.
Just wonder how does they communicate with planners by gps satellite track? are they able to speak & read Polish well
Probably struggles by, the same as planning offices do in UK with Polish drivers.
skids:
Betz:
Just wonder how does they communicate with planners by gps satellite track? are they able to speak & read Polish wellProbably struggles by, the same as planning offices do in UK with Polish drivers.
I doubt so. Speaking at least one foreign language is a standard requirement to work in such office position in Poland. And English being most commonly taught language ATM means that he has propably not a slightest problem to speak with the office folk.
As for the original question I can quickly translate a press article for you:
nadajemy.ie/artykul/id/187/P … mknie.html
Paul from London cruises on Å»ywiec area roads…
Everyone think that it’s only Polish drivers who go to England for work. But Paul Brannan after 23 years of driving buses in London swapped it for snowy Å»ywiec area roads full of potholes. And he manages well.
Paul Brannan is 43 yo. Tall, smiling, people friendly. He has a beard, ponytail and some piercing. He was born in Northern England. For some time now he can be met on the roads to Sucha Beskidzka, Kocierz and Cięcina. He sits behind the wheel of PKS Żywiec (PKS is standard name for local bus operators, as they were created from local depots of former Państwowa Komunikacja Samochodowa (State owned vehicular transport - addition from me). He drives local people to work and their homes. "I can understand more and more Polish, altough I am still not always able to get through. But I memorised names of all bus stops, so I have no problems with ticket sales - says Paul.
He willingly choosed work and live in Poland, altough it was a blind chance: As a great fan of snowboard he came to Å»ywiec three years ago to ride a snowboard on the slopes of Pilsk. That’s when he met Kamila from Å»ywiec and fell in Love. They got married recently, during their holidays in Lithania and they decided not to come back to Englang. “You can earn more back there, but live there is much more expensive. For example you need 500000 pounds to buy a house in London. In Poland one can manage well as well” - says Brannan.
During the spring he started to look for work. Friends were advising him to teach English, but he didn’t wanted to - he loves to drive. He was a bus driver for 23 years back in England. He was driving buses in London, he used to drive articulated lorries as well. That’s why he diecided to apply for job in PKS Å»ywiec, which is battling driver shortages - many of them left to search for better life in England.
Formalities took him few months. He had among other complete a stack of paperwork, complete special course and pass an exam in Regional Road Traffic Office (this is, i guess, about CPC - in Poland CPC was introduced several years ago, therefore grandparent rights do not apply). For some time he also had to ride with other PKS drivers to learn the routes. Finally in the beginning of October he was able to singn the contract. “I had no problems to swith to driving on the right. But, to be honest, when I first time approached the roundabout I had to think twice” - laughs Brannan.
StanisÅ‚aw Herbut, a head manager of PKS Å»ywiec is content with his English driver. “He passed all relevant exams, he is not getting lost, passengers don’t complain about him, he is very eager to work” - says Herbut.
Brannan says that he is not bothered with roads full of potholes and recent snowfalls. “This is not the problem. In Poland I am mostly afraid of dangerous drivers. There is quite a lot of them and I don’t like it. I am very careful driver myself - over my 23 years I haven’t had even a small bump. But I like Poles very much, I have opinion that they are very honest people. And Poland is such a beautiful country” - adds Brannan.
Brannans friends from England are happy that he works in Poland. “They have place to stay when they come for snowboard” - laughs Paul.
I hope this helps 
Oh yes I remember that one - some years i read somewhere in papers also don’t forget our famous Kevin work for polish fire service 
limeyphil:
so would i. i would also like to know if the polish drivers laugh at the western drivers, for wearing a clean shirt, and shoes and socks. do they think it’s odd for us to take a wash bag to the showers, rather than a lidl bag.
Things have moved a little upmarket now Phil. There were 2 on the Hull boat last night sporting those brown hemp reusable Tesco eco carrier bags 