Quote Originally Posted by andy17 View Post
Sorry to hear your story cheezwiz, sounds like many share the same issues.



Good point Toks,... also, Americans don't usually have a job contract and can be removed from their job at any time. Most Brits have a job contract at least. Like me, I bet you worked the 70 hours but only got paid for 35!

Sorry to hear that work life is so tough for new settlers in the UK but work life is tough for everyone just now and in most countries (even France is scrapping the 35 hour week) - but it will get better! The company I work for just laid off several hundred employees in the US and UK. My advice for people would be to look to the long term and get re-educated. When the upswing comes you'll be ready to take advantage of new job openings that will come along and be able to benefit from much higher rates than if you stay as you are.

The 2 Filipinas that work in the same company as me did exactly this and now earn higher than average UK rates of pay.

Good luck to everyone in today's challenging employment environment!
Andy

Good advice im surprised how few people at work even in a fast moving and everchanging industry like the one im in. Just dont bother keeping up to date with existing skils and even more importantly learning new ones.

Also keep up to date with the direction the industry you work in is moving and see what skills employees will need. Better to be proactive and help yourself than wait for someone to train you up.

The more skills and usefulness you have to company the more they will wnat to hold on to you.
Companies are there to earn a return for their owners, if employees or areas of the business dont make them money and bring no other benefits to the company they will try and get rid of them. One of the easist ways to get rid of people (in the morden working enviroment) is to not pay them rises and make them not feel wanted or as Andy says lay them off.

Its worth sitting down and looking at what you bring to the table for your employer or prospective employer and seeing how you can make your self more indisposable or attractive to them.


Some of the people i meet or know of already when i discover how they got their current very nice job many have put in a lot of hours of study and carry on doing so.

Your never to old to learn or change