A job vacancy!! We are in fu**ed

Ostrom · 23-04-2009 12:51PM

Any sources on the number of jobs offered?

Highsider · 23-04-2009 12:53PM

Upward Spiral wrote: »

This is possibly the craziest thing I've ever seen

Dear Sir/Madam. You need to get out more.

Gummy Panda · 23-04-2009 12:54PM

Pr stunt tbh

Dudess · 23-04-2009 12:55PM

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Unreal.. And still the goverment continue to flood this country with foreigners when jobs are so scarce:rolleyes:

Could be Irish, despite having dark skin.
Could be students - a lot of Asians do PhDs and post-docs here and the fees are extremely expensive (they're pumping badly needed funds into the third level education sector) so they badly need part-time work.

But I'm sure you'll just skirt over those possibilities - it's more fun to bitch about foreigners.

Dennis the Stone · 23-04-2009 12:55PM

I thought it was the line for the sex offenders register

Rabies · 23-04-2009 12:56PM

Highsider wrote: »

Is this in Ireland or India?

No. But a multicultural Ireland. Its only taken a few decades longer than most countries. Many will be students and those that can over when Ireland was on a high. Now they're the ones that people don't want to hire anymore.

bullpost · 23-04-2009 12:57PM

I think there's scope here for a good flash mob outing .

Bogger77 · 23-04-2009 01:10PM

Ryanair type advertising, tbh.
Free Cheap stunt, and the guys creating the news item get nothing!

Did they not do this last year as well, again another couple of hundred people queing for open intreview in a shop?

Callous way of getting cheap publicity, Mick o'L would be proud!

chopperbyrne · 23-04-2009 01:39PM

I'd say the majority are non-EU students or non-EU unemployed. Neither of which have the luxury of signing on when things go bad.

deco05ie · 23-04-2009 01:54PM

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Unreal.. And still the goverment continue to flood this country with foreigners when jobs are so scarce:rolleyes:

:rolleyes:
Do you have any idea of how much money it costs these people just to attend college here? from talking to people in my class it's 10 grand a year in college fee's alone not too mention the amount they will spend on living expenses and then pay in tax from working part time.

they have just as much a right to be here as anyone

Mr.Lizard · 23-04-2009 02:20PM

Tago Mago wrote: »

I thought it was the line for the sex offenders register

Why? Did you recognise somebody you know?

Dennis the Stone · 23-04-2009 02:23PM

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

Why? Did you recognise somebody you know?

You

Mr.Lizard · 23-04-2009 02:32PM

Tago Mago wrote: »

You

Well done :rolleyes:

Volvoboy · 23-04-2009 02:50PM

Dudess wrote: »

a lot of Asians do PhDs and post-docs here and the fees are extremely expensive (they're pumping badly needed funds into the third level education sector) so they badly need part-time work.

So do alot of Irish people need jobs too. The ones who botherd to make the effort to look for a job.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 23-04-2009 02:56PM

Would this by the time to point out that I got a job AND a generous tax refund from Ireland a few days ago? No? sorry...

Quazzie · 23-04-2009 03:14PM

deco05ie wrote: »

they have just as much a right to be here as anyone

I draw the line at that statement.

The country has an obligation to look after its citizens, if it can't because it is looking after citizens of other countries then thats where I draw the line.

Mr.Lizard · 23-04-2009 03:18PM

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Would this by the time to point out that I got a job AND a generous tax refund from Ireland a few days ago? No? sorry...

I'm afraid not. Most of the ruffians in this country don't want to hear about people like us and our ample funds.

newballsplease · 23-04-2009 03:22PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

To be honest I passed this yesterday leaving work. A lot of people just started queueing because they figured a line that big had to be for something good.

eh?/ why the hell would anyone queue for something, they didnt know was for?

darkman2 · 23-04-2009 03:23PM

I have concerns about the make up of that queue myself I have to say. I can see serious nationality issues coming down the line here. It is intolerable that 500,000 people are headed for the dole (most of them Irish) and here we have a queue for jobs in the center of Dublin - most of them look foreign? There is something wrong there and im not afraid to say it. I saw a dole queue in the city center the other day and the make up of that was broadly similar though there were more Irish people in that queue.

As a Russian friend of mine said - "Ireland is being abused and we don't realise just how much" - and he readily, though appolegetically, admits he is a "parasite" on this State. So I don't know were this country is going tbh. We are going to pay dearly for our bleeding heart liberalism in the coming years.

AnonoBoy · 23-04-2009 03:29PM

darkman2 wrote: »

I have concerns about the make up of that queue myself I have to say. I can see serious nationality issues coming down the line here. It is intolerable that 500,000 people are headed for the dole (most of them Irish) and here we have a queue for jobs in the center of Dublin - most of them look foreign? There is something wrong there and im not afraid to say it. I saw a dole queue in the city center the other day and the make up of that was broadly similar though there were more Irish people in that queue.

As a Russian friend of mine said - "Ireland is being abused and we don't realise just how much" - and he readily, though appolegetically, admits he is a "parasite" on this State. So I don't know were this country is going tbh. We are going to pay dearly for our bleeding heart liberalism in the coming years.

But all the lads in that queue were actively looking for a job. So you can't call them parasites.

kraggy · 23-04-2009 03:29PM

Upward Spiral wrote: »

This is possibly the craziest thing I've ever seen

You obviously weren't around for the 80's.

It's true that the ratio of people to positions offered is the norm, even in boom times.

However, that would be true for slightly more upmarket jobs and the sight of such a long queue outside a newsagents looking for work is definitely not the norm especially for the last 15 years.

Things are going to get an awful lot worse. People know things are going to get worse and are expecting hardship but I'm not sure they realise exactly how bad things are going to get.

In my view, it's going to be much worse than the 80's but we haven't even come close to reaching that low yet.

IMF predicts unemployment of 13% by the end of next year. That's frightening.

A long way to go. Hold on tight.

Madou · 23-04-2009 03:30PM

Reminds me of 'The Commitments'

Jimmy. "So what do you play"

Guy. "Nothing"

Jimmy. "so what are you doing here then"

Guy. "Well I just saw the queue and I thought you was selling drugs"

murfie · 23-04-2009 03:38PM

thats insane! is it that bad at home!! :eek:

Maddison · 23-04-2009 03:43PM

I was happily in denial until I watched that video.....:(

ntlbell · 23-04-2009 03:45PM

Quazzie wrote: »

I draw the line at that statement.

The country has an obligation to look after its citizens, if it can't because it is looking after citizens of other countries then thats where I draw the line.

Like our homeless on the streets and we were buying up hotels in D4 to house Romanian families?

We seem to have a serious problem with looking after our own

meditraitor · 23-04-2009 03:46PM

Jesus Lads, we are in trouble

As for the apparent ethnic makeup of the line it just goes to show the different mindset of the asians as a whole. These guys want to work. Fair play

Dudess · 23-04-2009 03:47PM

Quazzie wrote: »

I draw the line at that statement.

The country has an obligation to look after its citizens, if it can't because it is looking after citizens of other countries then thats where I draw the line.

I agree - but we don't know the situations of those non Irish people queuing.

newballsplease wrote: »

eh?/ why the hell would anyone queue for something, they didnt know was for?

'Tis only a joke.

ntlbell · 23-04-2009 03:47PM

meditraitor wrote: »

Jesus Lads, we are in trouble

As for the apparent ethnic makeup of the line it just goes to show the different mindset of the asians as a whole. These guys want to work. Fair play

yup

didn't see any builders bums there either.

Mr.Lizard · 23-04-2009 03:49PM

meditraitor wrote: »

Jesus Lads, we are in trouble

As for the apparent ethnic makeup of the line it just goes to show the different mindset of the asians as a whole. These guys want to work. Fair play

I think the fellas in that queue prefer to be called 'chinese'. Just being politically correct etc.

Dudess · 23-04-2009 03:49PM

This man speaks sense:

connundrum wrote: »

In reality, if there were 1500 there for interview, and there were 150 positions on offer - I don't see the shock value.

For any position we've looked to fill between 2007 and now, we would have at least 20 - 30 CV's in for the job, of which we'd invite 9 - 10 people in for interview.

The actual presense of so many people on the street was the shocking thing I suppose. Had Londis insisted on cv's to be sent in by e-mail only then there'd be no media coverage.

A good bit of PR for Londis/Griffin Group.

A job vacancy!! We are in fu**ed

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