tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125252959673908192.post3166144652461875614..comments2023-10-17T02:18:25.922-07:00Comments on Beyond The Emotive: Budget 2012Calvin Chenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443765586549198598noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125252959673908192.post-34608602817821226872012-02-29T15:32:06.064-08:002012-02-29T15:32:06.064-08:00I see a flaw in ur arguement found at paragraph 9....I see a flaw in ur arguement found at paragraph 9. Serioisly speaking, no one, unless they r trained and experienced worker, can be put to work in any given environment right from the start and be expected to perform to the par of an experienced worker who has been doing the job over a period of time. <br /><br />No local, no foreigners can do that. In this, there is no advantages nor disadvantage to hire locals or foreigners on jobs such as serving plates.<br /><br />I do not know where u get the idea from, but I have yet seen any worker able to do their job well right from the start. All of them need time n training to be effective - local or not. Sure, there will be some who are good learners but fundamentally, all need to go through the "baptism of fire" when they start in a new job. <br /><br />For many years, I handle both foreign workers and locals at the lower tier. There may be a difference in attitude (such as locals will tend to feel more superior etc), but as far as work wise is concerned, I dun see any distinction that foreigners struggle any lesser than locals.<br /><br />As such, the notion that u can put a foreign worker to work is at best, absurb. I am partly responsible to select and recruit foreigner workers in my previous company, the only reason why we need them is purely on cost basis. <br /><br />The same goes to PMET. Sure, there r some companies out there hunting for talented individuals. But generally speaking, cost plays an important role for jobs like Creative Designers needed for printing companies. <br /><br />One has to bear in mind that foreigners has one big advantage - they r away from home. Each second spend here can be considered as an employment. As such, they have lesser qualms to work tons of overtime compared to the locals. Their mentality is that since they r here already, they make sure the time spent here is to earn as much money as possible.<br /><br />That is why there r many cases of moonlighting. Eg, indian workers like to get up at 3am to help newspaper vendor sorting papers. These newspaper vendors cannot pay locals. However if u r able to get up at 3am and receive the same pay as the foreign worker (inorder to feed family in the long run), then I will suggest the author to apply for the work or try encourgae locals to try the job. I am sure the author can get some interesting respond.Blackprincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11891398320538923559noreply@blogger.com