Quote Originally Posted by Sophie View Post
Yes, it was a bad photo indeed.....why did the photo showed the slums anyway? I don't think that's where this company will relocate?....
No wonder the workers from scotland are so scared of being transferred there Who would want to work in the slums?
This photo is a deliberate and absolute misrepresentation.......
They should have posted a photo of the business district areas such as makati and ortigas.....since this areas are more likely to be the relocation spot
and not the slums that they showed on the photo.......
Philippines does not primarily consist of slum areas........we have largely more pleasant, urbane and progressive areas than slum areas.....
I think you are missing the point totally.

The photo the newspaper used was just a stock photo and whatever you say it is representative of Manila (slums and new tower blocks) and the Philippines in general. It's not a case of the workers being scared, it's just that most if not all of them would not want to uproot their familys and move to the otherside of the world, especially as if they did it is likely their wages would be re-adjusted and/or they would have their contracts terminated as soon as posssible.

To be honest the company is not expecting anyone to move, it is just playing games during the consultation period it's obliged to have when making large number of jobs redundant and trying to reduce the amount of money it's going to have to pay out.