Is Emigrating the Only way to Find Work and have a Better life These days?

goat2 wrote: »

are you moving to this wet, windy, cold, cashstrapped unemployment rising, taxes rising, country,---- leaving sunshine, plenty job oppertunities, i know you say for your boyfriend, would it not be a better idea if he went to where you are,

OMG you've never been to Florida. What a shíthole! Seriously!

That was some reading..

I'm a college graduate, when in my last year in college I applied to thousands of jobs, got called for interviews with agencies and the usual mail saying the project has been put on hold after the interview. I studied for 5 years in a college that wasn't Trinity, UCD etc and I found out very quickly its all about who you know. This country is run by gangsters and every party is full of them, they (the opposition) talk about a general election would sort out the countries problems. Like they have a clue. To me in Ireland poloticians aren't elected from the public they just continue on from their dynasty. "Ah his father was a a td down the road we may vote for him". Its a load of S**T."

I was lucky enough to land myself a job over here in Holland and to be honest i'm delighted I took it, i'm paying a high level of tax but i'm getting my moneys worth, 1st class travel, roads, healthcare etc. I was always working through college and up till the day I left I was working getting paid a wage similar to what friends were on with their rent allowance, single parent and all the other sham schemes people live off in Ireland.

How can they get people off the dole if it doesn't pay to do so. The
"RATS" in this country are the ones living in council houses, drinking 7 days a week, buying fancy accesories and spouting on about how the government has ****ed up when they haven't contributed a single ounce to society in all their lives.

i know people on the dole since they finished school (during the boom) who are still on it and quite happy too. Yet they rant on about the government ruining their lives.

As for paying back the cost of my education I agree something should be in place but only if the jobs are there.

Also why the **** should someone accept a job in customer service if they spent 5 hard years studying a degree that, sure there was pleanty of partying but to get the piece of paper you have to work hard especially in Engineering and Science. I worked in a public service job until this oppertunity came along but if it hadn't come by christmas I was going to have to go elsewhere anyway.

You choose your path in life, wrong or right and the people on here begrudging people for making a better life for themselves are just Bullies full stop. Your the same as the poloticians!

Heres what i think....

Often people who bitch & moan about these 'rats' leaving the ship are the ones who either a. don't have the balls to leave the country or b. have financial obligations here which mean travel is not possible.

a. category people - don't begrudge people seeking a decent life in another country because you find the idea of leaving here frightening. See theres a lot of complete homebirds out there who couldn't handle such a change of environment. Unless they could bring the local pub & all their friends & family with them. This fear of leaving brings about feelings of self-loathing & eventually leads to resentment of those who are able to emigrate. In other words its jealousy.

b. category people - don't begrudge people seeking a decent life in another country because your chances of emigration are zero due to your debts that must be repaid. If you were clear of your debts you'd be the first person on the way out of here you hypocrits.

Honestly, talk about crab mentality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality

Hide behind the post wrote: »

This country has and will continue to breed enterprising, intelligent, entrepreneurial and talented individuals.

What?

If the above was an accurate description of Irish individuals, we wouldn't be in this situation.
We rely on the innovation of everyone else to get by, a look at the IT sector in Ireland alone will clarify this - Google, Yahoo, Cisco, Microsoft etc.

Where is the Irish Innovation?

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Thats bullsh!t. What a about Stira? The folding attic stairs that can be fitted in under 2 hours.

Yeah!
I don't recall Google or Microsoft carrying the label; 'as seen on The Late Late Show.'

fontanalis wrote: »

There's a better chance of the US coming out of recession quicker than Ireland. Right now can you think of anyhting Ireland has to offer for job creation?

American investment?

Ireland would be a third world country without foreign investment.

You know what annoys me?

People who conceal their fear or inability of leaving Ireland with a curtain of 'patriotism'.;)

Like i said. Crab Mentality.

Happyman42 wrote: »

Like I say, long on abuse and short on solutions.

Abuse? Really?

Happyman42 wrote: »

Rats will always abandon a sinking ship.

^:rolleyes:

Maybe these people (or rats as you call them) have no choice but to abandon the ship. Don't blame them, direct your anger at our current utterly useless government. Irish people who want a better life for themselves are rats? Are the hundreds of thousands of people who left these shores in the mid 1800's also vermin? or should they have stayed & died a patriotic death of starvation?

What i detect from you is bitterness, jealousy & anger. You should have a long look in the mirror.

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

You know what annoys me?

People who conceal their fear or inability of leaving Ireland with a curtain of 'patriotism'.;)

Like i said. Crab Mentality.

Are you still living in Ireland? It's a little unfair to describe anyone who doesn't emigrate as having a crab mentality isn't it? It's the same as what Happyman is saying about rats leaving a sinking ship


There are, whether you choose to believe it or not; people leaving, not through necessity but through their own selfish notion that they owe nothing to the country which provided them with the opportunities they now hold.

If I had no job and no clear chance of getting one I'd emigrate too, but what I wouldn't do is come on here before I board a plane with my college degree and whine about how bad the country has treated me up until now.