Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Radosław Sikorski tweeted his frustration with Polish Post after finding only fifteen people ahead of him in the queue following an hour of waiting.
Sikorski’s Complaint About Polish Post
Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski posted on social media that after an hour of waiting he encountered only fifteen people ahead of him at a Polish Post office. He thanked the postal service for enabling pleasant conversations with compatriots in line.
Reactions from Politicians and the Union
Polish MP Paulina Matysiak responded by suggesting that the minister discuss the situation with colleagues such as Wojciech Balczun or Post CEO Sebastian Mikosz, and to heed employee voices.
NSZZ Solidarność, representing the Post, thanked the minister for noticing that decisions by Sławomir Żurawski and Sebastian Mikosz had worsened service quality and lengthened queues, citing mass layoffs as a contributing factor. The union called the changes “successes.”
Transformation and Financial Struggles at Polish Post
In June, the newspaper “Wyborcza” reported that a quiet revolution – “alternating handover” – was being introduced. By late September union officials said the Post would withdraw from the program at the start of the next month.
The company’s board, amid financial difficulties, has promoted a voluntary exit program and announced a transformation plan last August that would affect more than 9,000 employees, about 15% of the workforce.
Net loss fell from 621 million PLN in 2023 to 213 million PLN in 2024, while 11,295 positions were cut, yielding annual savings of roughly 761.9 million PLN. The Post still struggles to pay employee contributions to the social insurance system.
