Work for a few months instead of permanent residence
According to Gremi Personal, the way some Ukrainians approach work in Poland is changing. More and more people plan to come to our country only for a few months, survive the winter, earn money and return to their home country.
The change in demand for Ukrainians is part of a broader trend on the Polish labor market: employers increasingly use temporary employment when they are not ready to increase the number of permanent employees or need additional hands to work in periods of increased workload.
What type of work is offered to Ukrainians?
Short-term employment of Ukrainians mainly includes work in warehouses and production plants. The estimated salary ranges from $1,200 to $2,000 (PLN 4,600-7,700), depending on the position, number of hours worked and conditions offered by a specific employer.
Gremi Personal provides bus travel from Ukraine, accommodation and pick-up of employees upon arrival. Each person is assigned a coordinator who helps during the adaptation period and remains a contact person throughout the employment period.
We see a change on the part of Ukrainians. People don't necessarily want to come to Poland for a long time. They want to be able to come for two or three months, work, have normal living conditions and return home after work, says Tomasz Bogdewicz, president of Gremi Personal in Poland.
The demand for temporary work is growing
The growing interest in short contracts among Ukrainians is part of a broader trend on the Polish labor market. Companies increasingly use temporary work when they do not want to increase the number of permanent positions or need additional employees during periods of greater workload.
According to data from Gremi Personal, in the second quarter of 2026, the turnover of the temporary work segment among temporary employment agencies increased by 4%. year to year and amounted to PLN 1.159 billion.
The significant scale of this market is also shown by data from the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy. In 2025, temporary employment agencies placed 697,301 people to work. 361,309 of them were foreigners, i.e. more than half of all employees. At the same time, the number of temporary employment contracts increased from 1.31 million in 2024 to 1.38 million in 2025.
Ukrainian citizens remain the largest group of foreigners insured in the Polish social security system.
Data on Ukrainians in Poland
At the end of August 2026, over 911,000 people were insured with ZUS. citizens of Ukraine. That's 6.4 percent. more than at the beginning of the year. Ukrainians constituted approximately two thirds of all insured foreigners in Poland.
However, the number of people residing in Poland is higher. According to data as of June 30, 2026, approximately 1.56 million Ukrainian citizens had valid residence documents in Poland. Almost 959 thousand benefited from temporary protection. Gremi Personal points out that Ukrainians do not have to apply for temporary protection when traveling for a short-term job.
Ukrainian citizens can come to Poland without a visa, using a biometric passport, and stay in the country for up to 90 days in a 180-day period. The possibility of legally performing work depends on meeting the applicable requirements for employing foreigners.
At the same time, the Polish labor market does not indicate a sharp increase in demand for new employees. At the end of the second quarter of 2026, the Central Statistical Office recorded 98.7 thousand. vacancies. That's about 2.9 thousand. more than a year earlier.
