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Vagrant
post Jan 16 2010, 11:48 AM

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QUOTE(am_eniey @ Dec 31 2009, 12:10 AM)
@Jamzz & @IGax2000

Yes we have to search for local worker first but we all know that locals are the real scumbags (not all but most of them) and I'm not siding on the foreigners neither. You see the situation here, a cheap foreign labour accepts a RM600 salary per month compared to a RM1000 per month for local for doing the same work. Yes all business owners are able to give that amount but you people have to take note that most businesses hire foreign worker to cut their costs. As their costs can be cut through that, they can reduce the price of their goods and services. Compared to the business owners who hire 100% locals with RM1000 payout monthly, surely they can't survive it if their price of goods and services are similar with those who hire foreign labourers. If they increase the price just to cover the salaries of the locals, nobody would come and buy goods and services at their shops/outlets. We as business owners must also imagine ourselves as a consumer, in general, we will go shop at outlets where the price is the cheapest disregarding who works either local or foreigner. We as consumers really don't care. It's the price that matters. I wish my employees are all locals but for now, it would kill me as my rivals around me only hires Indonesian/Bangla workers to run their businesses. I got no choice. They problems with locals, you know, they are smart, they know how to lie, they like to skip coming to work with millions of excuses, they want long long holiday ( dad is getting married again, mother's friend is sick, friends's birthday party, fever, cold, cough, H1N1, AIDS, HIV and so on but all are bullcrap ). I wish the government allow the business owners to increase their price just to give job opportunities to locals and prevent foreigners from getting in. But again if this rule is enforced, many bosses will take advantage to increase the prices but maintains their illegal foreign workforce instead of replacing them with locals. This problem until now I can't figure out how to solve it.
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A classic problem. I don't post a solution to this, just to share my 2 cents.

IMHO, people have an aim to progress in life, or at the minimum, to survive. We see those foreigners emerging here, because they are either looking to progress further, or to earn a living. The same as malaysians going to singapore, and singaporeans going to the states.

This happens because of the difference between economy. A powerhouse (US) is powerful because there are weaklings to compare with. Salary is but one of the manifestation between economic strength of different entity. There are exceptions in one way or another (lower class foreigners getting higher pay than locals) but the general picture will always be this way. The gap between the economy creates the gap between the wages.

We could hire more locals if
1. there are no competition from higher class economy to attract local labors
2. there are no competition from lower class economy to inject lower wage workforce.

To logically solve this, all economy must remain stagnant and at best, equal, but that would contradict to human nature to progress.

For every rich man being made, there's another poor man being created.

This post has been edited by Vagrant: Jan 16 2010, 11:52 AM

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