Comments on: Construction Job Fair To Be Held

By: Tommy Chong

Tommy Chong — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:15:19 +0000

Become a manager in Bermuda & see what happens when Bermudians pass you job applications. I have & my past piece of trash boss would take the applications I gave him & chuck them. Then my boss at the time would go to immigration & tell them no Bermudians applied & he needed to bring in foreigners. I soon realized I was a pawn used to show immigration he had a local working for him. I quit this job & reported him to immigration & lost any chance of getting a reference letter. Luckily I have many skill sets under my belt & could get a job in another field. Immigration only gave this guy a slap on the wrist & still approved his permits & this was when plp first got elected & were supposed to be helping “their people” The only gratification I got was when this guys business went bankrupt years later & he moved back to his country with his Bermudian wife.

Many employers at present share this same employment procedure that the guy I mentioned above practiced. I would like to think the employers do this because they are trying to cut cost with cheap labor but I’m starting to think its because of the same reason my old employer did because of complete prejudice of locals. Its crazy to think all someone foreign has to do to profit from a business in Bermuda is marry a local while shafting other locals out of a job.

It doesn’t matter how motivated & skilled you are in Bermuda if your government shafts you so business owners can line their greedy government pockets. At least Patrice Minors is trying to redeem the plp & step forward with this fair even though I believe its only out of Craig Cannonier’s response to her pot washer moratorium. I only wish the fair was for a wide range of jobs not just construction because Craig said. The unemployed in Bermuda do not all have construction skill sets but have other skills so these citizens jobs need to be addressed also.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:19:38 +0000

Sorry but the motivated skilled people would be making the rounds to employers looking for work. why would there be a job fair when jobs are in short supply.

By: Tommy Chong

Tommy Chong — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:19:43 +0000

Now we just need a waiters, retail sales, accountants, electrician, tiler, salad tosser, plumber, landscaper, smoothie/coffee maker, store manager, shelf stocker, bell boy, custodian & etc. etc. ect. Job Fairs.

By: Tommy Chong

Tommy Chong — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:11:18 +0000

How many house owners in Bermuda ask for locally made cabinets when they can bring them in cheaper prefabbed to fit? All the homes in Bermuda require strong & heavy rough work to hold the slate up & its no easy task to get in place. This type of work could easily kill you or the home owner if not done properly hence the between $25-$30.

BTW your full of it with the having to find foreign cabinet makers. There are many skilled finished work carpenters here that have creations that parallel works of art.

By: Tommy Chong

Tommy Chong — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:55:42 +0000

What do expat labor know about slating lime stone roofs & building water tight tanks? The way we build houses here was invented here 100s of years ago. Foreigners only know how to build the office buildings when landed like we need more empty ones. Bermudians are the ones who teach the foreigners the Bermudian home building skills.

By: Honestly

Honestly — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:16:23 +0000

Can you do the work? If not, stop complaining. Negative people! Everytime something positive takes place there are a few negative comments that become so silly, just like you are not happy in the skin you are in.

By: 2cents

2cents — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:04:22 +0000

My boss called a carpenter the other day asking what type of work he does and how much would he be willing to make. He replies… between $25-$30 and he does rough work. Really?? You want to make $25-$30 and you don’t do finished work? Not to mention that he’s never made a cabinet. Come on… That’s why we need the foreigners.!!!!!

By: Rummy

Rummy — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:00:41 +0000

Vacancies.

More expat skilled labor shoved out the door.

Better start building an Arch.