tiler

[Micho]

Hi all,just to introduce myself,Iam Micho,tiler from Croatia/Serbia,with EU passport.I have been living in UK for 6 years and than i moved back home.I have 3 years trade certificat (diploma) and amost 15 years of tiling.I got some experience in UK and Norway but never find a good employer,(i can explain why).So my question is would u hire a foreigner?...Best regards

 

[Ian]

Welcome along to TF

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome....I'm not in a position to take anyone on but if I was and your work was good then I see no problem.

 

[Alan.P]

Are you looking for work or was that a general 'would we hire a foreigner' question. As whitebeam says, if your work is good etc then why not, I've worked with Polish, Serbian, Czechoslovakian, ............the list goes on, all taken by merit, some where very good, others failed horribly.

 

[Old Mod]

Hi and welcome to the forum

 

[Micho]

well iam looking for work but question was more generaly,i got some contacts but they are in London,i know its big city and more tiling to do,but i would preferred ********* coz i lived there.When u work for somebody from my country they gives u rubbish wage...i hope u understand me..

 

[Alan.P]

Yeah I know what your saying, good luck with the search.

 

[Andy Allen]

You you get a rubbish wage when you work for someone from your country in England. ......or in your own country. ..?

 

[Qwerty]

Welcome

 

[Micho]

yes Andy when i working for someone from my country in England,i got more paid when im working in factory

 

[Andy Allen]

I personally wouldn't employ foreigners.
Imo there are diluting the building trade and driving down prices.
We should be more like Australia where foreign workers are substancialy vetted to make sure they are suitable to be employed.
This would stop the employer taking advantage of them. As your finding out.

This is not directed at you per sie. ...For all I know you could be a great guy.
I just feel our country is becoming overun with foreign migrants and we should be more picky who we let in to work here.

 

[AliGage]

Welcome to the forum.

Have to say I completely agree with Andy Allen.

 

[Micho]

I personally wouldn't employ foreigners.
Imo there are diluting the building trade and driving down prices.
We should be more like Australia where foreign workers are substancialy vetted to make sure they are suitable to be employed.
This would stop the employer taking advantage of them. As your finding out.

This is not directed at you per sie. ...For all I know you could be a great guy.
I just feel our country is becoming overun with foreign migrants and we should be more picky who we let in to work here.

i agree with your comment

 

[Dan]

Hi all,just to introduce myself,Iam Micho,tiler from Croatia/Serbia,with EU passport.I have been living in UK for 6 years and than i moved back home.I have 3 years trade certificat (diploma) and amost 15 years of tiling.I got some experience in UK and Norway but never find a good employer,(i can explain why).So my question is would u hire a foreigner?...Best regards

Welcome aboard Micho,

We had this question posted a couple of months ago. I'll try to find it for you. I'm pretty sure most said if the tiling work was up to standard and the tiler was legitimate, then sure, there's no reason not to.

We know just as many British tilers tiling aboard as we know foreign tilers tiling in Britain. So it's swings and roundabouts when it comes to that sort of thing.

 

[Old Mod]

Welcome aboard Micho,

We had this question posted a couple of months ago. I'll try to find it for you. I'm pretty sure most said if the tiling work was up to standard and the tiler was legitimate, then sure, there's no reason not to.

We know just as many British tilers tiling aboard as we know foreign tilers tiling in Britain. So it's swings and roundabouts when it comes to that sort of thing.

It was deleted @Dan, (cleaning company)

 

[Simon benn Leeds]

May as well stick my 2 pennith in!...
First of all, hello and welcome,

I have and do regularly subcontract work to 2 x polish guys and 2 x Turkish guys, they have UTRs, NI numbers and bank accounts, there English is exceptional, work ethic and quality of tiling is very very good, so they get paid the going rate for subcontractors at my company as there is no discrimination.
The key thing for me is the ability to work to British standards and requirements, also to be fully English speaking and English writing is of paramount importance to allow them to work safely and follow h&s rules/regs,
It's the people who employ immigrants for the purpose of being cheap labour that need condemning and not the immigrant unless they are working privately for peanuts!. Which I know is happening.