Very little Irish people working at Oxegen!

Peppapig

A lot of english stewards etc working at Oxegen this year, even most of the fast food outlets. I was talking to 2 friendly guys from London working as stewards and they were laughing at how we can't organise anything :mad:

It's sad since its one of the biggest festivals in europe but it employs so much outsiders

orourkeda

Whats new?

The Express

You didn't go to Oxygen to see an all-Irish line up on stage, why the hell do you care about the nationality of the guy selling you a bag of chips????

KittyeeTrix

Very little Irish people working in all of Ireland at the moment tbh:)

neilthefunkeone

Possibly no security company big enough in the country to handle an event of this size..

Same at picnic.. And what food stalls do we have to offer.. Abrakebabra and the chicken fillet roll stand!!!!!

Creamy Goodness

who cares?

Irish people still seem to have a chip on their shoulder that they are better than certain jobs.

until they get rid of that chip, they won't working.

orourkeda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G07szNm_5Jk&feature=PlayList&p=B272C98052AAFDFD&playnext_from=PL&index=9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLni3wbndls&feature=related

Keogg

Actually I thought there was plenty if Irish stewards around the place - all the ones I talked to were Irish, even the doctors in the A&E tent (a friend got really drunk)

But did you really expect the people selling you food to be irish? Why would oxegen be any different to any other fast food place in ireland?

Catari Jaguar

All the Irish young 'uns that could have worked it were too busy rolling around in the mud...

Dyr

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

Very little Irish people working in all of Ireland at the moment tbh:)

What, leprechauns?

mikom

Peppapig wrote: »

Very little Irish people working at Oxegen!

Fuckin' leprachauns.

Lando Griffin

All the Irish lads would be off their tits after five minutes and we would be reading a post about they scammed their way in for free into Oxegen.

stovelid

Peppapig wrote: »

A lot of english stewards etc working at Oxegen this year, even most of the fast food outlets. I was talking to 2 friendly guys from London working as stewards and they were laughing at how we can't organise anything :mad:

It's sad since its one of the biggest festivals in europe but it employs so much outsiders

Do you take money in exchange for alcohol and food?

You do?

Excellent.

What's that?

You're not Irish?

So fucking what?

laugh

They are all in oztralia farming sheeples or something.

caseyann

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

who cares?

Irish people still seem to have a chip on their shoulder that they are better than certain jobs.

until they get rid of that chip, they won't working.

Speak for yourself:rolleyes:

Peppapig

What I meant was that its not exactly hard to be a steward! Lot of unemployed Irish people and all those jobs for english people?

minidazzler

There are a few good reasons why security aren't Irish.

That said, the company I work for has primarily Irish staff. I think we do have a couple of foreigners not sure how many but of the 100 staff there 95 were definitely Irish.

Mostly due to them beign the ones who know the bosses though.

stovelid

Peppapig wrote: »

What I meant was that its not exactly hard to be a steward! Lot of unemployed Irish people and all those jobs for english people?

Exactly.

What jobs did those Brits ever give Irish people?

storm2811

Whoever the employer thinks is better for the job will get the job,that's it really,not much to do with where they're from.

If the Irish person wasn't fit for the job and the English person was,who would you hire?

allthedoyles

Peppapig wrote: »

A lot of english stewards etc working at Oxegen this year, even most of the fast food outlets. I was talking to 2 friendly guys from London working as stewards and they were laughing at how we can't organise anything :mad:

It's sad since its one of the biggest festivals in europe but it employs so much outsiders

Probably on £5 an hour .................To employ Irish guys would cost at least € 10 an hour .

An Englishman has £45 dole , an Irishman has € 196 dole

We cannot compete .

Teferi

Peppapig wrote: »

A lot of english stewards etc working at Oxegen this year, even most of the fast food outlets. I was talking to 2 friendly guys from London working as stewards and they were laughing at how we can't organise anything :mad:

It's sad since its one of the biggest festivals in europe but it employs so much outsiders

If you are so bothered by this I hoped you helped the (Irish) scouts that were there for charity

gurramok

Damn racist thread

caseyann

gurramok wrote: »

Damn racist thread

You're bored arent you instigator

Jev/N

Most of the festivals have security from the UK, very often a lot of Scottish actually

mikemac

orourkeda wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G07szNm_5Jk&feature=PlayList&p=B272C98052AAFDFD&playnext_from=PL&index=9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLni3wbndls&feature=related

Every thread on immigration or unemployment and somebody posts this.
How original, you have nothing else to add?

caseyann

I have a question,do they pay tax?

mike65

Send em all home I say.

gurramok

mike65 wrote: »

Send em all home I say.

Exactly, deport 'em , they tuk arr jobs!!

lol5605

Lando Griffin wrote: »

All the Irish lads would be off their tits after five minutes and we would be reading a post about they scammed their way in for free into Oxegen.

When your working there or at any festival you have to put a deposit down in the case you do this its, after your done working you get it back.

df1985

i was at T in the park in scotland at the weekend and most of the stewards seemed english too. who really cares? all the touts outside were scouse!

magma69

Very little Irish people working at Oxegen!

Little people can be good workers too.

longhalloween

Bambi wrote: »

What, leprechauns?

Ah... beat me to it!! :D

minidazzler

storm2811 wrote: »

Whoever the employer thinks is better for the job will get the job,that's it really,not much to do with where they're from.

If the Irish person wasn't fit for the job and the English person was,who would you hire?

Um, no. That's not entirely true.

Eventsec just put in the lowest bid and then they bus their employee's over from Mainland England and down from Northern Ireland to work.

It's an open tender worth ALOT of money, and event sec have gotten it the last few years and are working in more and more places each year.

It makes sense for a few reasons really, but still kinda **** given it's an Irish Festival!

Jesus Wept

Like Midgets? I would have gone had I known!
Thread title gave me a good lol.

Pittens

Oh, I see :He meant few!!

Wolfe Tone

DEY TUK OUR JAWWBSSS!!

allthedoyles

caseyann wrote: »

I have a question,do they pay tax?

A really valid point .

My answer is probably not - these jobs do tend to be cash in hand

Pittens

DEY TUK OUR JAWWBSSS!!

right, note to all.

If the thread is about Irish vs Foreign workers and you are quoting from the DEY TUrK OUR JAWWBSSS line from SouthPark, or linking to it from any page other than page 1 of a thread, and from later than the first 6 posts note this:

you are too late.

read the damned thread.

Pittens

I have a question,do they pay tax?

They should pay tax in England, if that is where they are resident. That is all.

Wolfe Tone

Pittens wrote: »

right, note to all.

If the thread is about Irish vs Foreign workers and you are quoting from the DEY TUrK OUR JAWWBSSS line from SouthPark, or linking to it from any page other than page 1 of a thread, and from later than the first 6 posts note this:

you are too late.

read the damned thread.

I cant open links, and for me it is still on the first page

jighooligan

feelingstressed wrote: »

Every thread on immigration or unemployment and somebody posts this.
How original, you have nothing else to add?

Cause being real pissy and pretentious is so helpful and original alright...

storm2811

minidazzler wrote: »

Um, no. That's not entirely true.

Eventsec just put in the lowest bid and then they bus their employee's over from Mainland England and down from Northern Ireland to work.

It's an open tender worth ALOT of money, and event sec have gotten it the last few years and are working in more and more places each year.

It makes sense for a few reasons really, but still kinda **** given it's an Irish Festival!

Ahh,didn't know that,just thought anyone could apply really.

squod

Jev/N wrote: »

Most of the festivals have security from the UK, very often a lot of Scottish actually

If they're not PSA registered then they're opperating illegally AFAIK.

http://www.isia.ie/isia/Main/Home.htm

jill_valentine

Festivals are big, one-off events so most companies that work at them are geared towards working at a number of them over the course of the summer - packing up and moving from festival to festival as required. Some of the companies best equipped to do this happen to be Scottish and English, since Britain has far more festivals than Ireland does so it's easier to get such a company off the ground there.

Ugly rumour would also have it that employing from abroad makes it a little harder for people to follow up complaints they might have with individual members of security. But I'm sure that's just mean-spirited and unfounded conjecture that has no place on post-Oxegengate boards.ie.

dcukhunter

I work for an Irish based security company and we had abot 300-400 security there not all were from Ireland but at least 90-95% of them were.

Terry

minidazzler wrote: »

There are a few good reasons why security aren't Irish.

That said, the company I work for has primarily Irish staff. I think we do have a couple of foreigners not sure how many but of the 100 staff there 95 were definitely Irish.

Mostly due to them beign the ones who know the bosses though.

I'd say 5 of them were foreign.

Anyway, http://www.takeourjobs.org/

Also, Dublin from an American perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krNqCH4qBro&NR=1

Kev_ps3

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

DEY TUK OUR JAWWBSSS!!

I hate this line. Usually from some middle-class ponce who doesn't know anything about competing with foreigners for low paid work.

Kev_ps3

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

I hate this line. Usually from some middle-class ponce who doesn't know anything about competing with foreigners for low paid work.

That sums up the current situation quite nicely, four years ago, it was only the same foreigners who took those jobs that the Irish turned up their noses at!

Gillington

lol5605 wrote: »

When your working there or at any festival you have to put a deposit down in the case you do this its, after your done working you get it back.

Not for Oxegen you don't,well I didnt.

We had about 90 staff down there and I think only 2-3 were foreign.Security were Eventsec and another crowd,mostly Northen Irish or English,they travel to festivals all over England and Europe and as far as I see it is if they are as good as security companies here why shouldnt organisers hire them?

General Zod

Peppapig wrote: »

What I meant was that its not exactly hard to be a steward! Lot of unemployed Irish people and all those jobs for english people?

Because minimising the amount of Irish people doing the jobs like security reduces the amount of people who could smuggle in drink/drungs for friends/dealers.

mikemac

I worked every summer as barman and then bar supervisor at Galway Races, one of the largest festivals in Ireland

Galway locals were hired for bar, restaurant and cleaning jobs.
It was in the paper, anyone can apply, just do an interview

Seems here that some people think Irish people won't do these jobs? :
Why, it's a great job, good craic, you'll meet lots of people and the money is decent.
"Irish people think they are too good for a cleaning job" is what I see here a lot, why? It was mainly locals that did these jobs, of all ages.

Also, a local company was used for security, it was a big operation.
edit, Sword Security was the name of the company

The catering company was from Galway