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Originally Posted by Sir_Dispensalot  Actually ray, i agree with some of your points, but the main reason multiples go for foreign workers is simple. Money. Managers cost lots. Locums cost more. Joe bloggski from poland will accept a much lower wage and complain far less than a uk pharmacist about it. With the (major) multiples it's all about the bottom line - don't be hoodwinked into thinking anything else. They've all got boards and shareholders to pay. Even the most 'honorable' ones still have the aim to make profit. |
i totally agree with you about making the law stricter in terms of language requirement, probably 2-3 years minimum experience....etc
what annoys me is the fact that a decent aussie/NZ p'cist can come, locum for a couple of months and go back to NZ for few months every year. while an international p'cist, WITH A UK DEGREE, who spent loads of money in the UK for 5 years till qualifying, can not get the FLEXIBLE contract a non-EU member (i.e NZ p'cists) get! anyone on a work permit can not even think to work part time, or anything less than 40 hours/week, while being labeled as a "foreigner i.e even that he has been living in the UK >5 years".
my point is, let's face a fact, BRITISH p'cists can not satisfy the public need. and that's the reason why the rules in terms of language ain't that strict... playing on "this is all what we can do for now" argument.
for all the great british p'cists around, if you guys complain a lot about the EU/international p'cists, why not you make sure to raise kids that are willing to become p'cists and solve the whole issue.
at the end, they do get the feeling that we are providing our health care services, for people who do not even appreciate that an English p'cist is not willing to relocate to area X which has no pharmacists!
in my last visit to Dubai, 3 years ago, i have seen more british people living + working there than the native people. i even talked to some of my friends there who told me they do appreciate all the developments resulting from foreign investment in their countries...... guess what? i bet non of the British people living there speak Arabic (maybe just few words), but people do not make a big deal about it as far as you know your job!
i don't know how we ended up talking about this issue, when the core issue was aussie/NZ p'cists with non UK degree, having privileges to work in the uk, with flexible contracts.