The state of this country and its employers!

alco.29

(Start Rant) Now, Im not a bit political but whats goin on in this once great Emerald Isle is appalling...Ive been out of work now for at least a year and a half and its all just starting to catch up on me (bills and mortgage= stress). What do irish people have to do to get a job here? Dont get me wrong im not being racist or anything but sometimes its justs feels damn unfair...is it something im missing or am i just really unemployable???? (End Rant)

deisedevil

alco.29 wrote: »

(Start Rant) Now, Im not a bit political but whats goin on in this once great Emerald Isle is appalling...Ive been out of work now for at least a year and a half and its all just starting to catch up on me (bills and mortgage= stress). What do irish people have to do to get a job here? Dont get me wrong im not being racist or anything but sometimes its justs feels damn unfair...is it something im missing or am i just really unemployable???? (End Rant)

Are you sure you meant to post this in the Waterford City forum?

Also, using the words: "im not being racist or anything but" will instantly cause most people to ignore you.

Plastikman_eire

alco.29 wrote: »

(Start Rant) Now, Im not a bit political but whats goin on in this once great Emerald Isle is appalling...Ive been out of work now for at least a year and a half and its all just starting to catch up on me (bills and mortgage= stress). What do irish people have to do to get a job here? Dont get me wrong im not being racist or anything but sometimes its justs feels damn unfair...is it something im missing or am i just really unemployable???? (End Rant)

The tone of your post suggests that you feel non nationals are getting jobs ahead of Irish job seekers?

Could you give some examples?

Minstrel27

alco.29 wrote: »

im not being racist or anything but........

...... I should have a job before the dirty foreigners?

Am I right?

BlaasForRafa

alco.29 wrote: »

(Start Rant) Now, Im not a bit political but whats goin on in this once great Emerald Isle is appalling...Ive been out of work now for at least a year and a half and its all just starting to catch up on me (bills and mortgage= stress). What do irish people have to do to get a job here? Dont get me wrong im not being racist or anything but sometimes its justs feels damn unfair...is it something im missing or am i just really unemployable???? (End Rant)

Ok, so would you be willing to work for the same money as these non-nationals taking all these jobs and do so at the same unsociable and long hours without complaint or whingeing?

Or do you think that you are owed a job just because you are Irish? Remember that you can also go to another EU country and apply for jobs there although you would need a second (and possiblly third) language and maybe you'd have to accept a different standard of living?

Kracken

I think that the karma is coming back to bite Ireland in the ass, for the last few years we have refused to the jobs that the non nationals have been doing. Now that they "need" them we as a nation are being hypocritical in saying that we deserve them.

I can remember 10 years ago you would be abused by an Irish person in a job that a non nation is now in and you get treated 10 times better by them, because they have manners.

We besides I think that if you want a job you can get one, I lost my job and walk right into another one because and I have a positive attitude to working. I am willing to do what it take.

nogoodnamesleft

I think some Irish people need an attitude adjustment regards what they think is an "appropriate" job. I started off serving bar when I was 16 right through when I finished college. Some people would still be repulsed at the idea of working along side eastern europeans which in my opinon is ridiculous. The majority of the eastern europeans I have worked with are hardworking and courteous. I remember back in the day doing kegs and some Irish lads working were the laziest individuals you could find.

I know some one at the moment (an Irish person) who has a law degree who applied for waitressing jobs in Killarney . She had 2 interviews for part-time work in the past week! and has taken one of the jobs. She is doing to because she wants money while she studing for her professional exams.

syklops

I dont know, are you unemployable? What industry did you work in? What experience have you got? How have you been going about getting a job?

It is unfair you cant get a job, but in this environment, you have to adapt and evolve, or you become extinct. Would you consider moving elsewhere in the EU?

the_syco

Minstrel27 wrote: »

...... I should have a job before the dirty foreigners?

Would you work for the same wages or less? If yes, good luck with the job hunt, and hope you get something soon.

If no, as you think you should be paid more, f**k off back to the dole queue.

Tchaikovsky

Wow, some sweeping, rather offensive, generalisations here.

I'm glad I did some low-wage work with the Eastern Europeans while I was a student, if at least it dispelled the "lazy, ungrateful Irish" tag that seems to be pushed upon me by my compatriots.