Foreigners working in Ireland-what do you think about irish employers?

AndyTheDude

not yet wrote: »

It's starting to sound like you have a problem with most Irish people employers or not.

FYP

VEN

sorsha wrote: »

Yes, maybe you are just right. Much to many- simple minded, dull and not very bright. I am simply too good for what I was doing and I was usually surrounded by people less intelligent and less open minded than myself.
This is it, I was never were I belonged.

wtf? eh no, i'm not actually surprised, i think i've met you before. GTFO.

Polar101

Since I'm qualified to answer the original question, here's an answer: I haven't had any problems once I got used to their management style (which was different to what I was used to).

sorsha

VEN wrote: »

wtf? eh no, i'm not actually surprised, i think i've met you before. GTFO.

I reported this post.

sorsha

Polar101 wrote: »

Since I'm qualified to answer the original question, here's an answer: I haven't had any problems once I got used to their management style (which was different to what I was used to).

Management style -you mean, no management?

Micky Dolenz

Polar101 wrote: »

Since I'm qualified to answer the original question, here's an answer: I haven't had any problems once I got used to their management style (which was different to what I was used to).

I'm a foreign worker too and was in the same boat. Once I knew what was expected of me, I was good to go. Management styles were certainly different.

VEN

sorsha wrote: »

With what attitude? That is just true, this industry is filled with this kind of people unfortunately -talking more about employers, not coworkers..

no you're not, you're now trying to pull back on what you just said about the people you worked with, nothing about employers.

"surrounded by people less intelligent and less open minded than myself"

get off yer high horse! surrounded by employers? yea right.

sorsha

VEN wrote: »

no you're not, you're now trying to pull back on what you just said about the people you worked with, nothing about employers.

"surrounded by people less intelligent and less open minded than myself"

get off yer high horse! surrounded by employers? yea right.

-maybe because there was so many of them?
If you write to someone you dont even know GTFO - you are just one of them- simple minded unfortunately.

VEN

sorsha wrote: »

-maybe because there was so many of them?
If you write to someone you dont even know GTFO - you are just one of them- simple minded unfortunately.

you just referred to the people you worked with as "less intelligent and less open minded than myself" :pac: that's simple minded. you get what you deserve.

HondaSami

sorsha wrote: »

What makes you think I was not loyal and I wouldn't be prepared to "give a little more"?

''I am simply too good for what I was doing and I was usually surrounded by people less intelligent and less open minded than myself''.

This statement says it all really, you are not a team player.

johnam

I would be pretty sure that any of you who are posting negatively about the OP have never worked in the service industry. It is a job where staff are worked hard, paid poorly and treated badly. How many of you have ever worked in these kind of jobs, hotels in particular are renowned for how they treat their staff. How many of you would work for minimum wage or sometimes less, with split shifts, split days off, long hours and no over time?

I'm a Hotel Manager and do my best to look after my staff (although, I'm sure there are times when they think I'm a prick), but while I was training I witnessed all the negatives that the OP has mentioned. (especially the female managers, not so much the ones who had already made it, but the ones who were starting out, I always thought it was an insecurity or something, but some of them were just evil,)

Service is not a high skill job, and very few see it as a job for life, so from the employers point of view they don't see the need to pay higher when the employee will probably just move on, or burn out anyway. I was always told to remember I was just a number, and while I try not to treat my staff like that, when it comes to a staff member looking for a pay rise or leaving, I don't think I have ever come across a staff member who was not replaceable, that's not saying that pay rises are not possible, but you would need to catch me on a good day.

One thing to remember OP is this is AH, so you were never going to get the response you were expecting.

token101

If you're looking for good employers go work for a farmer. Treat their workers well do farmers. I remember one time when I was 9 years old I filled two 20 kg sacks of spuds and got 40p for my efforts. And he threw in Country Spring lemonade too.

Call centres are good too. They really value their staff. So much so that if you're in the toilet taking a ****, they'll come knocking after exactly 7 minutes. Just to make sure you haven't fallen in of course. They just worry too much.