UK Minimum wage to increase to £6.31

[kranz]

Well, that's great news as I'm planing to invade you in July.
After I got my diploma almost a year ago, I was like 'I'm the king of the world'.
Being unemployed for a year changed my attitude a bit...

UK - here I come.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by kranz

Well, that's great news as I'm planing to invade you in July.
After I got my diploma almost a year ago, I was like 'I'm the king of the world'.
Being unemployed for a year changed my attitude a bit...

UK - here I come.

What sector are you going into?

[kranz]

Originally Posted by Oberon

What sector are you going into?

sector you say....

so, my current education (British and American cultures and literatures) doesn't even allow me to sweep pavements professionally. I will hopefully get my postgraduate diplomata in Business English which means that, I guess, I'll look for any translation-related, business/trade-related job. Basically, anything that involves sitting in an office.

But I know it won't happen, bcoz UK primary school kids have better English than any dumb Pole, regardless of number of schools finished/diplomas received.

In that in mind, I'll probably try to join some 'mafia', pimping streetwalkers in Baker street. (made that up - one of the few streets I have heard of )

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by kranz

sector you say....

so, my current education (British and American cultures and literatures) doesn't even allow me to sweep pavements professionally. I will hopefully get my postgraduate diplomata in Business English which means that, I guess, I'll look for any translation-related, business/trade-related job. Basically, anything that involves sitting in an office.

But I know it won't happen, bcoz UK primary school kids have better English than any dumb Pole, regardless of number of schools finished/diplomas received.

In that in mind, I'll probably try to join some 'mafia', pimping streetwalkers in Baker street. (made that up - one of the few streets I have heard of )

Try Downing Street. More upscale clientele.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by kranz

sector you say....

so, my current education (British and American cultures and literatures) doesn't even allow me to sweep pavements professionally. I will hopefully get my postgraduate diplomata in Business English which means that, I guess, I'll look for any translation-related, business/trade-related job. Basically, anything that involves sitting in an office.

But I know it won't happen, bcoz UK primary school kids have better English than any dumb Pole, regardless of number of schools finished/diplomas received.

In that in mind, I'll probably try to join some 'mafia', pimping streetwalkers in Baker street. (made that up - one of the few streets I have heard of )

A popular area is the hospitality trade, and in regards to English, your English is better than my Polish (which consists of about three or four words).
I honestly have absolutely nothing against people from Eastern Europe coming to the UK for work, because I've seen people from the UK come into my workplace (a Hotel) and leave within a fortnight because they either can't hack it, or they find the work beneath them, or they don't have the right attitude. Someone from Eastern Europe comes in, they're polite, and hardworking and they stay. So, honestly, it's little wonder that employers prefer to hire from abroad.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by kranz

Well, that's great news as I'm planing to invade you in July.
After I got my diploma almost a year ago, I was like 'I'm the king of the world'.
Being unemployed for a year changed my attitude a bit...

UK - here I come.

I was talking to an employment recruitment 'specialist' the other day and he said there was a pattern developing that showed a growing number of Polish people were returning to their country because the work, even at minimum wage levels is now considered not enough to live on after sending a little home as well as the fact jobs are beginning to dry up.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I was talking to an employment recruitment 'specialist' the other day and he said there was a pattern developing that showed a growing number of Polish people were returning to their country because the work, even at minimum wage levels is now considered not enough to live on after sending a little home as well as the fact jobs are beginning to dry up.

Can't say I've noticed the trend much here, Jim. Not yet anyway.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Can't say I've noticed the trend much here, Jim. Not yet anyway.

Nor me which is why I referred to my source as a so called 'specialist'.

[kranz]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Try Downing Street. More upscale clientele.

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

jobs are beginning to dry up.

I heard that, too.
I also heard that Scotland is a good place to find something. Dunno, I haven't decided for sure, yet.

A friend of mine works in London as a PHP programmer. He said that except for the weather, the working hours and the cultural hodgepodge, it is OK

[STEED]

Nothing like throwing scraps at the masses, get real this is not a living wage. Everything is going up and....what's the bloody point the powers to be know the masses will never revolt and it will continual to go to pot.

[kranz]

Originally Posted by STEED

get real this is not a living wage.

UK minimum wage - £6.31
Poland minimum wage - £1.66

and believe me, our prices are NOT 4 times lower than yours.

I'll take scraps, please.

[gimpy117]

Originally Posted by STEED

Nothing like throwing scraps at the masses, get real this is not a living wage. Everything is going up and....what's the bloody point the powers to be know the masses will never revolt and it will continual to go to pot.

MIT Pretends $8.75 is a minimum wage. that's a joke. They show you the typical expenses for one adult, and well frankly it's awfully optimistic...you need to make more than $10/hr to live at that level, and make 18K a year. Good luck i guess....because I really don't see a lot of room left over for life and things that happen and or unexpected expenses....Like for instance when my Mazda Took a crap on me and the struts blew out...Thank god I had some bonds left, because at $8.50/hr (close to the "living" wage) it's just not enought to pull $1,000 out of my butt to fix it.