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- I have no much problems getting jobs but the problem is that i fall into dubious and criminally minded employers, it was an eye opening experience to know that some so called patrons are taking advantage of vunerable job seekers like me.
One of several experience i had was shocking to me. lured to do things the way he does it; I need the job but I soon became the victim at the end.
Employers should be made to strictly advertise their job vacancies, and not the usual underground selection processes. This helps keep them at check. that is where i have been hit. One patron told me to come and start work the next day; i had worked 4 days before i had to sign the job contract. Of course he wanted it that way. he droped me before the normal 14 days to avoid preavis obligations, he takes another person ; and it goes on and on. While i was still working with him , an old and angry employee was coming to destroy our completed jobs. destroyed our resting rooms, police came ; they hardly questioned the character of the patron. I think the patron was erratically considered untouchable or above stupid things.
But fortunately fore him, am less violent. He is of Italian origin; he even boasted about his nationality, but little did he know that my first country of residence was italy. I spoke the language; dined and wined with good Italians. I have met good , honest Italians who even saved my life.
my point is that expats are still not well protected from shady characters. solution is that , there should be strong controls about recruitment. transparency, records.
imagine a refusal to be involved in unethical gimmicks of an employer. You loose the job too. I got involved yet i still lost it.
So bad as some voices are not really heard.
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