Why might Poland be a good country to open an operation for a business that needs a large available labor supply? The unemployment rate in Poland has been very high since the 2008 recession. The femate labor force particlpation rate in Potand is extremety fow. The cost of living in Poland is the lowest in the world. More than 15 percent of Poles work in agriculture. Most members of the Polish workforce work on a part-time basis.