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Are the Irish gone lazy to work?

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  • #52
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    server down wrote: »
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    What i make of it is a race to the bottom.

    Its not a race to the bottom to take a bit of pride in your work without having to be compensated for every extra minute should they choose to do so


  • #53
    bigpink
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭bigpink


    Tzardine wrote: »
    I work for a semi state. Our cleaning staff, all Irish, who earn 850 a week (I assure you they do, i have seen the payslips) will not pick up cardboard from outside the front door.

    Occasionally we need to use contract cleaners. They are usually foreign and earn about €10 an hour. They embarrass our own cleaners with their standard of work.

    Make of that what you will.

    850 a week??WTF


  • #54
    server down
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    Geuze wrote: »
    People aged less than 60 living in households with very low work intensity, 2014–15 (%)

    People_aged_less_than_60_living_in_households_with_very_low_work_intensity%2C_2014%E2%80%9315_%28%25%29.png

    You’re going to need newer figures since it’s 2017.


  • #55
    server down
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    368100 wrote: »
    Its not a race to the bottom to take a bit of pride in your work without having to be compensated for every extra minute should they choose to do so

    It’s eulogisung the 10€ a month that’s the race to the bottom.


  • #56
    cantdecide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    Smarty-pants recruitment policies are coming home to roost. I was chatting with a friend who works in recruitment who agreed. A 12 mth contract (with little or no expectation of renewal) on a solid wage vs ANYTHING permanent is kind of a no brainer. I had an uncle who got a job as a temp operator in pharma and was on €23/hr with all the allowances applied and he thought it was just a tease because he knew he'd never be kept on.

    The Irish aren't lazy - if you look at the Irish abroad, they are doing lots of the work the locals won't but when you're in your home country and your'e trying to build a life and thinking about your future, of course you look at the world differently and will be prepared to do things differently. There are lots of industries full of expats trying to better themselves but that doesn't mean they will stay in poor jobs for good. They will go home (so the less prestigious work is acceptable) or try and get on in their chosen new home.


  • #57
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    the only thing worse than going to work in the morning is not going to work in the morning


  • #58
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    the only thing worse than going to work in the morning is not going to work in the morning

    I dunno, I think leprosy is probably worse.


  • #59
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    super_furry wrote: »
    I dunno, I think leprosy is probably worse.

    The only thing worse than leprosy is leprosy on the dole


  • #60
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    bigpink wrote: »
    Speaking with someone in a management role saying they can't get staff and a huge increase in foreign workers I've noticed.What ye all think?

    I think you've answered your own question.


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  • #61
    PeterParker957
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    bigpink wrote: »
    850 a week??WTF

    That's more than I get!!

    F**ks sake!


  • #62
    368100
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    server down wrote: »
    It’s eulogisung the 10€ a month that’s the race to the bottom.

    I hardly think anyone is going to eulogise that, but a lot of people would be content to do an honest days work on that wage and they shouldn't be looked down on because of that.


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