UKIP is wrong - I just changed my mind on the EU

[DodgyAgent]

They want a living wage now that the wages have gone up over there because all of their skilled people are taking the shop jobs our 'lazy unemployed' don't want.

It used to be a bowl of rice a day, now they want meat as well. How will we ever afford our corporate jets and bonuses?

With the demand for certain skills in high demand but short supply, UK businesses are widening their reach to find the talent they need – as leading organisations look to Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines for new talent.

My point was why are they not hiring from eastern europe?

[vetran]

With the demand for certain skills in high demand but short supply, UK businesses are widening their reach to find the talent they need – as leading organisations look to Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines for new talent.

My point was why are they not hiring from eastern europe?

As I posted I assume the Eastern Europeans are now asking for too much money.

[DodgyAgent]

As I posted I assume the Eastern Europeans are now asking for too much money.

If you are an engineer from a top University in the UK you are not going to want to go and work for Dyson, National Grid, Mott Macdonald on pittance salaries for 20 years when you can get a job in retail, banking or consultancy that will see you on £100k by the time you are 30.

These engineering companies live on another planet and I reckon you are quite right. Eastern european engineers are probably earning more at Starbucks than they would at Dyson doing Engineering.

[BlasterBates]

If you are an engineer from a top University in the UK you are not going to want to go and work for Dyson, National Grid, Mott Macdonald on pittance salaries for 20 years when you can get a job in retail, banking or consultancy that will see you on £100k by the time you are 30.

These engineering companies live on another planet and I reckon you are quite right. Eastern european engineers are probably earning more at Starbucks than they would at Dyson doing Engineering.

The average salary of an Engineer in Poland is 16K which is more than you'd earn at Starbucks on a pittance, and since the cost of living in Poland is lower you probably won't see many Polish Engineers in Starbucks.

[DodgyAgent]

The average salary of an Engineer in Poland is 16K which is more than you'd earn at Starbucks on a pittance, and since the cost of living in Poland is lower you probably won't see many Polish Engineers in Starbucks.

You wont see many of them working for Dyson either

[darmstadt]

You wont see many of them working for Dyson either

You don't see many Europeans working for Dyson at all seeing as most of their manufacturing now takes place in the Far East. It seems only R&D and beancounting is performed in the UK now