[dougster]

 up north we have lots of terrace houses, and i charge £1.50 to £2.00 for the front for two windows and feel like sometimes im robbing them at that . especially the old dears that say, how much. in my younger days id get my front stones scrubbed and windows cleaned for one shilling(not sure how much that is, before my day)

[L plate]

Must be the worst post on this forum
Get polish in and pay them peanuts to make it worth while worth while worth while for who honest days graft for a honest days pay were ever you’re from
 

[rosskesava]

We had a Polish bloke approach us and offer to work for £2.50 an hour. A few days later an Ukranian asked for £1.50 an hour.

Both times I called the Police but as expected .... nothing.

There's a pretty Polish girl who works in a cafe where we get teas every Thursday, (we do the windows for £15) who asked us about work as we've got to know her over the months.....

She sleeps above the place and gets £1 an hour for a rent free one room flat with a shared loo and bathroom. She works 14 hours a day 6 days a week. Her boss is from some Arab country and drives a new BMW.

It's not good.

[Morph]

Well, I've said already tonight, a Portugese guy stopped me today, saw my van said windowcleaning on signwriting..."I heard you make big money with poles windowcleaning?  I work £5 per hour no problems".
I just said, "problems!"  I drove off.

My worst job?





Arrrggghhhh!    They're all the worst! 

[Archy136]

What wrong with getting a Polish guy work for you for £6 an hour?

Dont be so self righteous.

[JM123]

exactly, whats wrong with getting an immigrant to work for you??  Picture yourself in a foreign country, you've had to leave your family behind, you've took it upon yourself to learn the language, and still people look down their noses at you. 

They may be immigrants but so were YOUR ANCESTORS.

[Paul Coleman]

exactly, whats wrong with getting an immigrant to work for you??  Picture yourself in a foreign country, you've had to leave your family behind, you've took it upon yourself to learn the language, and still people look down their noses at you. 

They may be immigrants but so were YOUR ANCESTORS.

If I intended to employ someone, I would not care where they came from - the only proviso being that their English was good enough for reasonable two way communication.
Some people have issues about immigrants working here.  Personally, I think it takes a lot of guts to travel thousands of miles to a place where you may be disliked and offer your services for employment.  Apart from that, it hasn't always been one way traffic.  Although "Auf Wiedersehen Pet" was fiction, it was based on fact as a lot of building workers emigrated for work (and higher pay) back then.

[Archy136]

Must be the worst post on this forum
Get polish in and pay them peanuts to make it worth while worth while worth while for who honest days graft for a honest days pay were ever you’re from

I put an advert in the Job centre for a days work a week at £6 ph. I had a call from an English chap and a Polish chap. The Polish chap call first so I gave him the oportunity. And he s done very well.

It maybe peanuts for us but for a young lad whose never picked up a squeegee before its fine for starters(£50 per day).

So dont throw your toys out of the pram before you know the facts.

[Morph]

You employ him then, you presumptious lot!
I've given him your point of contact.

MY REASON FOR SAYING NO WAS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT ENOUGH WORK FOR HIM, AS I TOLD HIM. 
He was a very nice friendly guy, didn't jump to any conclusions or accuse me of racism, he'd come from London, was driving a BMW had a lot of bling on him, and told me that he had seen guys there making loads of money with water poles, not Polish immigrants!
I DIDN'T BOTHER BORING YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF MY CONVERSATION WITH HIM BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO WORK OUT THE GIST

MY POINT HERE WAS THAT EVEN FOREIGNERS HAVE HEARD THAT WFP IS BIG MONEY, SO IMAGINE HOW MANY OF YOUR CUSTOMERS MAY BE HEARING THE SAME RUMOUR.  SO YOU MAY BE ASKING YOUR FOREIGN CHEAP LABOURER TO TAKE A DROP IN WAGE SOON!

AND IF ANYONE JUMPS TO CONCLUSIONS ACCUSING ME OF BEING SELF RIGHTEOUS AGAIN, I'LL USE EVEN BIGGER LETTERS! 

LET THAT BE A LESSON TO YOU.  I'M GOING BACK TO WORK NOW.....WITHOUT ASSISTANCE.

[Archy136]

Pj

I wasn't referring to you. Apologies if you thought I was.

I was referring to the comments specificaly about my Polish worker not your Portuguese encounter where you were making a valid point.

Thats what make this forum funny. Everyone is always getting the wrong end of the stick because theres always 2 or 3 conversations going on on each posts.

[L plate]

Archy 136 read over your post again it sound as if you only got the polish lad in to do a job that cant be done by paying a fair days pay. £6.00 per hour is a good starting rate I, m glad you took the polish lad on and give him a chance I have nothing but respect for people who take on immigrants who are here legally trying to improve there lot and paying them what they would pay every one else I think employing immigrants at a lower rate is a slippery slope for any industry. This  might be better on a different thread
Toys are staying were they are for now.   

[Ian_Giles]

My wife is a supervisor in a local Spar shop, she has a huge amount of responsibility, opens up the shop, till spot checks, ordering stock, banking, paperwork and it's increasing all the time.
My missus and the other senior supervisor are literally manager level and get only £5.60 per hour.
My one son works for company that makes showers (not Triton, the other one) he is 24 and gets just just over the minimum wage..about £5.30
The other son who is 21 gets £6.00 an hour working as a storeman in a local furniture shop.
My daughter is 18 and works for John Lewis, she gets about £5.40 an hour.

If you are able to pay an immigrant £6.00 an hour then he isn't being ripped off.

Right, I've had my say!

Now I'm locking the thread, it's gone way off topic now and is getting messy and more than a little irritable.

Ian (in mod mode )