Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Public Administration And Defence
Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security
Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

7,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
20 March 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007

Description

The Polish police force is planning to recruit approximately 7,000 new officers in 2007. There are 103,000 full-time positions in the force and no less than 5,500 are presently vacant. The worst situation is in Warsaw, where the police has 680 vacancies, Upper Silesia (646 vacancies), and in Lower Silesia (517 vacancies). This is caused by a massive departure of police officers. Since the beginning of 2007, 1,200 police officers have quit their jobs at the force, citing low salary, sub-standard equipment and working conditions, rampant bureaucracy and organisational chaos.


Sources

  • 20 March 2007: Rzeczpospolita

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Polish police force, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 65128, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65128.