Foreigners working in Ireland-what do you think about irish employers?

When I started working at 17 I got some good advice, "leave your feelings at the front door".

Employers can be grumpy and sometimes shout at their workers, you have to be tough and not let it bother you.

worked with lot of irish sub-contractors over the years and some of the foremen were very tough worked you like animals for ****e money some were ok though but a lot of bad ones just my experience.

pmcmahon wrote: »

A polish guy i know said he'd work for an Irish employer of a polish employer because they're cunts to work for when the get over here apparently.

Very reminiscence of the Irish and Irish subbies in London , they even ranked them by county

I find the generalising and prejudiced show here highly ironic.

This is always going to be an issue with small business. You're being employed directly by the owner, whose primary focus is on his own bottom line.

Since raising your pay costs him more in tax, then he's not going to increase your pay for doing the same job you were doing last week. If you're great at what you do, then the employer may sweeten your deal a little bit (like an extra 20c per hour), but ultimately from his point of view, if you go somewhere else he'll be able to find someone else to do the same job for the same pay. So there's little incentive for him to throw stuff at you to hold onto you.

And since it's a small business, then all of the management tasks are usually being taken care of by the owner or a manager underneath him. Which means no matter how great you are, there's no position to promote you to, and no need to promote you.

Small business owners have it very tough in Ireland. While I'm sure some are just plain mean bastards, many of them are simply trying to make ends meet, so they're not going to throw money at you.

Really it's easier in larger companies because your manager is going to be less concerned about the bottom line and more concerned about how his reports look. And if you make his reports look good, then he'll give you more money to hang onto you. Larger companies also have a bigger turnover of staff, so more potential for training and promotion.

sorsha wrote: »

5 (almost 7 years) First one let me go, when I was sick, second let me manage the whole place for minimum wage for almost 2 years - 6days a week, sometimes 12 hours a day and when I said thats it and I gave 2 weeks notice, she is not even saying hello to me when I meet her on the street. Nice :rolleyes:

How many times did you ask for a pay increase?

sorsha wrote: »

Thats were I used to work and it happens that women were my bosses- one man actually was quite OK.

What's it like back home ? Is every employer friendly , do you get pay rises easily , is it easy to get work ? Is there a minimum wage ?

Would I be allowed settle there , gain employment , educate my children ?