- The average (average annual) employment at Poczta Polska in 2023 amounted to 64,271.94 full-time positions, which means a decrease compared to 2022 by 2,324.13 full-time positions, i.e. by 3.5% y/y. However, as of December 31, 2023, employment amounted to 62,895.57 full-time positions, which means a real decrease in employment by 3,160.65 full-time positions, i.e. by 4.8% y/y.
- The average salary at Poczta Polska is PLN 5,000. PLN gross
– In 2023, the employment level was optimized compared to 2022. On the one hand, the company carried out intensified activities to recruit employees for vacant positions, especially in operational positions, while maintaining optimal employment in other positions. The difficult employee labor market and high turnover forced us to undertake above-standard activities and advertising campaigns – wrote the management board.
Poor earnings at Poczta Polska
The average monthly salary in 2023 at Poczta Polska was PLN 5,021.62 gross.
Salaries at Poczta Polska in 2023.
The remuneration system at Poczta Polska is shaped in accordance with the Company's Collective Labor Agreement. Pursuant to its provisions, employees receive:
• base salary;
• variable remuneration elements for specific professional groups;
• allowances to basic salary;
• bonus paid in accordance with the bonus regulations;
• awards;
• other employee benefits.
No decisions on salary increases have been made at the Post Office in 2023. – Despite
In 2023, there was an increase in the average remuneration in the company, which was the result of the agreement concluded with the social side in 2022. As a result of this agreement, the basic salary of Poczta Polska employees increased by PLN 450 gross from December 1, 2022, which actually translated into an increase in remuneration by an average of PLN 567 gross per full-time basis – it was stated in the financial report.
Poczta Polska is a party to 14 collective disputes
Poczta Polska participated in 14 collective disputes regarding wage demands, including 1 dispute with the participation of a mediator. In October 2023, on the initiative of 7 trade union organizations jointly creating the "18/10/21 Agreement", a two-hour warning strike was held. In December 2023, as a result of divergent positions, at the request of the Organization
The Inter-Enterprise Independent Self-Governing Trade Union "Solidarity" of Poczta Polska Employees, representatives of the employer and the trade union signed a protocol of discrepancies indicating their positions.
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There are 95 trade union organizations operating in Poczta Polska
At the end of 2023, 95 trade union organizations operated at Poczta Polska, representing approximately 52% of all company employees.
Two trade union organizations have the status of representative organizations, i.e. the Trade Union of Postal Workers and the Inter-Enterprise Organization of NSZZ "Solidarity" of Polish Post Employees.
In 2023, a total of 65 meetings were held at the company headquarters level and 222 meetings at the regional and local level.
Will there be group layoffs? There is talk of 10,000. employees
During the parliamentary session that took place on July 12, MPs talked about the current situation at the Post Office and the planned job cuts.
– Unfortunately, the current Management Board of Poczta Polska is planning group layoffs, which in 2024 will cover a total of as many as 10,000. people. Such a huge reduction in jobs in the company
will result in it losing its operational capacity to provide services, as stated by NSZZ Solidarność Robotów Poczta Polska in an appeal to President Andrzej Duda. As Solidarity rightly points out, the company should not be treated as a business project, but a strategic entity of significant importance for the functioning of the state (….).
A massive job reduction has been planned for 2024, based not only on the so-called natural fluctuation, i.e. not re-creating positions after the natural expiry of the employment relationship. The Management Board of Poczta Polska SA is also planning group layoffs, (…) which means that such a large employment reduction is the first step to the liquidation of Poczta Polska – said MP Barbara Bartuś (PiS).
