28-02-2016, 02:35 PM
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Re: Foreign Workers
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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When we had our bathroom done we looked at quotes from various companies and went for a British company with British workers, they did a lovely job were polite, kind and helpful. Only thing differed between them and the polish companies giving quotes was cost. Now call me a fool by all means but I like to know the workers are being paid a reasonable wage and I wasn't convinced the cheaper quotes were going to pay their workers a decent wage.
28-02-2016, 02:38 PM
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Re: Foreign Workers
Originally Posted by tarantula
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They often do a better job than their British counterparts!
What a load of unsubstantiated crap.
My workload is 20% putting things right that foreign builders have done wrong or not to building regs.
I do wish people would stop making things up.
28-02-2016, 02:38 PM
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Re: Foreign Workers
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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When we had our bathroom done we looked at quotes from various companies and went for a British company with British workers, they did a lovely job were polite, kind and helpful. Only thing differed between them and the polish companies giving quotes was cost. Now call me a fool by all means but I like to know the workers are being paid a reasonable wage and I wasn't convinced the cheaper quotes were going to pay their workers a decent wage.
I actually put my neck out once. I've gone through the details so many times already that I don't want to do it now again. The short version is that I contacted the EU commission, employment division to inform them of the outrageous practice of "agentura" in Slovakia (my wife's country) in taking 50% of workers wages for as long as they hold the job. That is to say FOREVER. Alas, I was informed that employment practices are a national matter and that the EU has nothing to say about it.
28-02-2016, 02:45 PM
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Re: Foreign Workers
Originally Posted by Tpin
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..... My workload is 20% putting things right that foreign builders have done wrong or not to building regs.
28-02-2016, 03:21 PM
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Re: Foreign Workers
Originally Posted by tarantula
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They often do a better job than their British counterparts!
Originally Posted by Tpin
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I hope you don't mind me saying this?What a load of unsubstantiated crap.
My workload is 20% putting things right that foreign builders have done wrong or not to building regs.
I do wish people would stop making things up.
28-02-2016, 03:21 PM
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Re: Foreign Workers
Originally Posted by orangutan
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There are good and bad tradesmen of all nationalities. I don't think it is fair to imply that any particular nationality does a better job than any other. There are a lot of rogues, British and foreign.
28-02-2016, 03:32 PM
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Re: Foreign Workers
Originally Posted by Tpin
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Then why the sweeping statement that contradicts the above?
28-02-2016, 04:04 PM
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Re: Foreign Workers
Originally Posted by Tpin
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You chose them.British tradesmen(not odd job men)work to some of the strictest regs in Europe and are more closely scrutinised than their EU counterparts.
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