UK Work Force.

[5 shires]

Well it certainly comes to something when this country need to be flying in plane loass if foreign workers to pick the fruit  and vegetables that need picking, is the uk work force really that bad that we can’t get our own people to do this ,what the hell is going on?i have put my name down on a couple of sites for land army with all my details but no one has got in touch.so do the farmers prefer to have Eastern European’s doing the work,are they less trouble and harder working?your thoughts.

[nepia]

According to one farmer on the TV last night yes, they do prefer the East Europeans because they leave their life baggage behind and just crack on with the work.

As one who had to try and manage 11 staff I empathise.

[Squaredy]

I can’t claim any direct experience of this but let’s be honest if you think back to school and career aspirations when you were growing up, everything is about getting a well paid non physical job.

 

I do not know anyone who does a physically demanding job for eight or ten hours a day and is happy with it.  As a stop gap maybe but nothing else.

 

Some countries out there youngsters are just grateful to be safe and in work, and earning several times what they would in their home country.

 

I think it is just a symptom of a highly developed society like the UK - no one aspires to hard physical labour.

Edited April 18, 2020 by Squaredy

[drinksloe]

There was a bit on this about the radio reckoned the agencies in charge off it are a complete shambles, thousands of folk registered but only responded to a few.

Think they said had offered 600 jobs but only 100 actually accepted.

Dunno how accurate that is and be agency trying to cover there arse.

[Rough Hewn]

It's bullshit.
A political move.
160 people....
Flown in...
It's a windup.
Carefully designed to enrage the daily mail and sun readers.
So they get jobs in the fields to stop the foreigners.
Why else would every news outlet cover the story or this?????
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[Khriss]

When i have worked with East Europeans. They graft. Bit dodgy in a few ways but once i worked out what 'wanker' was in Rumanian, we got  on fine. Not suprised farmers prefer them. K

 

( most 18 - 36 yr old in UK are self entitled lazy shits - present company excepted of course) 

Edited April 18, 2020 by Khriss
More ranting

[devon TWiG]

farmers are also concerned that if they recruit a UK workforce and the season starts , then furlough ends , they will all go back to previous jobs leaving farms with no workers !!!!

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, 5 shires said:

Well it certainly comes to something when this country need to be flying in plane loass if foreign workers to pick the fruit  and vegetables that need picking, is the uk work force really that bad that we can’t get our own people to do this ,what the hell is going on?i have put my name down on a couple of sites for land army with all my details but no one has got in touch.so do the farmers prefer to have Eastern European’s doing the work,are they less trouble and harder working?your thoughts.

Sorry to hear that. Organisation in UK is shite full stop. Look at Capt Tom. One man makes a difference. K

[Jack.P]

Main problem is it’s only seasonal work so only appeals to students and teenagers 

Some also know how to play the system and there not much worse off just sitting doing nothing on there arses .

 

[5 shires]

As far as I understand the farmer who is a company director for a big veg & fruit company paid £40’000 to fly 150 romainans over to teach uk workers how to do the job correctly but they are struggling with numbers.