Does anyone else think the real reason why so many people come here from the foreign countries to do work and so much work gets outsourced is really because too many people in England have actually dumbed themselves down?
In the 90s I remember loads of people in the UK seemed genuinely interested in computers, technology and learning about it (particularly with the optimism of the dot com era) – I even used to hear normal office shirts on the bus (not the IT staff…) chatting about the “latest Windows NT”. Often what they were going on about was completely inaccurate, but at least they had some sort of interest..
And for those who didn’t like computers they have always had the option to go to college, learn a trade such as carpentry, plumbing or being an electrician…
you don’t even need a degree, not even in the 90s “Islington Set” time (Blair and Co), I don’t have one and I still have had a decent job from 1992 onwards (apart from one “year off” in 2001-2002)
But then when things got “good” from 1997-2001 I remember loads of people deciding “hard work is uncool/geeky/nerdy” – caning bare drugs and lunching out their jobs/courses halfway through, at the same time global competition was intensifying (the same market-based competition that initially caused the dot-com boom!) –
Then when they came back down to reality (redundancy payments all spent on drugs and rigs that are now worn out/in cop storage centres), lots of they found their jobs had been “taken” by people from other countries as the customers had got tired of missed delivery times, fucked up orders etc due to staff turnover/absenteeism..
deep down, is this the real cause of all the racial tension amongst so called “ravers” today I wonder? IMO people don’t have the right to whine when this is the case (and I’ve been made redundant twice since 2001)…
Incidentally from speaking to some of the Polish staff at my work I’ve found out that many have given up “dream jobs” like being club promoters, working in the media and music industry – I think “shit, are market forces really that harsh people have to give up their dreams and ambitions to do menial work in England?” I’m surprised many from the “other side” aren’t more angry!
