"3 in 4 professionals may leave the country"

Bandana boy · 09-06-2011 02:03AM

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

They said this during the boom aswell. A brian-drain would ruin our economy. Blah, blah, blah! There's still loads of blokes called Brian around here.

too many Brians .what can we do too encourage them to leave

Yakult · 09-06-2011 02:05AM

Great, means more chance of my ass getting employed!!

On the point of media printing negative news, it seems that they like to definably like printing more negative stories rather than positive.
Maybe its just good PR knowing that people tend to react in more numbers to negative stories thus selling more and making more $$$$.

Spread · 09-06-2011 02:19AM

If politicians count as professionals then that may be no bad thing

take everything · 09-06-2011 02:35AM

Wompa1 wrote: »

40% of all people know that

Statistics are great. So easily corruptable. It's what Psychology is based on which is also completely corrupt.

Agree 110%

spunkymunky · 09-06-2011 04:42AM

Yakult wrote: »

On the point of media printing negative news, it seems that they like to definably like printing more negative stories rather than positive.
Maybe its just good PR knowing that people tend to react in more numbers to negative stories thus selling more and making more $$$$.

Of course they do. News papers/Channels love bad news and love to drag it out as long as possible because the public tend to pay attention longer. Ratings ratings....cash.

And "No news is good news" You cant print no news!

Jesus Wept · 09-06-2011 04:43AM

Quitters, we are better off without them,

The Scientician · 09-06-2011 04:50AM

Once all the moaners emigrate we'll be better off as a country.

Jesus Wept · 09-06-2011 07:51AM

The Scientician wrote: »

Once all the moaners emigrate we'll be better off as a country.

Hang tough friend.

Ray Palmer · 09-06-2011 11:26AM

pmcmahon wrote: »

i don't know many people earning enough to pay the higher rate anymore so i doubt it.

Jasus I don't know anybody not paying it. Guess we move in different circles.

Survey is useless and amazingly bias. Of the various different professional (approx 100)I have worked with in the last 5 years, 3 have left the country and none were from here to begin with.

Mr X11 · 09-06-2011 12:35PM

jon1981 wrote: »

:mad:

seriously do we need this crap published? It seems the media are hell bent on destroying good news with bad news. This is not the sort of publicity we really need, yesterday you have large global companies announcing investment and job creation and then today you have it being published in the media "but out yeah all those people might just uproot and f**K off leaving no talent here".

Ah maybe you can't blame the media and that is the general public mindset...but is it? Most people I know in the industries of Engineering, IT and Finance haven't mentioned leaving the country any time soon!

It's all the medias fault.:rolleyes:

jon1981 · 09-06-2011 01:02PM

Mr X11 wrote: »

It's all the medias fault.:rolleyes:

never said that!

Interestingly what is the definition of a professional these days? and what is the general thought from people?

chartered accountant
anyone in the medical profession, nurses, doctors, physio..etc
Architect
Chartered Engineer
Solicitor

Teyla Emmagan · 09-06-2011 01:07PM

The Scientician wrote: »

Once all the moaners emigrate we'll be better off as a country.

It won't be the moaners who emigrate though unfortunately. It'll be the good ones who go, it always is.

Teyla Emmagan · 09-06-2011 01:09PM

jon1981 wrote: »

never said that!

Interestingly what is the definition of a professional these days? and what is the general thought from people?

chartered accountant
anyone in the medical profession, nurses, doctors, physio..etc
Architect
Chartered Engineer
Solicitor

All of those and about a million other. What isn't a professional job these days?

languagenerd · 09-06-2011 07:10PM

jon1981 wrote: »

:mad:

seriously do we need this crap published? It seems the media are hell bent on destroying good news with bad news.

No, they definitely shouldn't publish articles for the sole reason fo scaremongering. I think the media sped up the recession. Back in 2008, all was fine until the media started saying "Recession is coming! We're all doomed!"* - so people got scared and stopped spending, shops lost sales, shops closed, people lost their jobs and recession began. I know that the recession would have happened anyway, but I think the scaremongering in the media (talking about it 24/7 instead of just on news bulletins) sped it up by a couple of months, something which we really could have done without.

It's depressing listening to 24/7 doom and gloom. I'm not saying they should lie or distort the truth, but they could at least limit it to news and current affairs shows - documentaries like "Ireland's Ghost Estates", "Living Through Recession", "The Financial Crash" etc. (TV3, in particular, love these, but RTE aren't far behind) are not helping! Pessimism will get us nowhere!

*may not be a direct quote

HalloweenJack · 09-06-2011 07:22PM

Wompa1 wrote: »

It's what Psychology is based on which is also completely corrupt.

Please, go on...

"3 in 4 professionals may leave the country"

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