Young Australians are turning their backs on jobs with salaries of up to $17,000 a week ‘because they’re too lazy’ – as bosses claim foreigners have a better work ethic
- Bosses are claiming young Australians aren’t as good workers as foreigners
- Ryan Graham said he regularly hired Australians for trades who would walk out
- He also said he knew of a contractor making $17,000 a week in the industry
Young Australians are walking out on jobs that pay up to $17,000 a week because they are too lazy, bosses are claiming.
Sydney man, Ryan Graham, who has has owned a commercial flooring company for around 10 years said he regularly hired Australian workers who would quit soon after starting.
The 42-year-old said the problem is so big he has turned to sponsoring foreigners to work for him – saying British, Irish, Argentinian and Brazilian employees had a great work ethic.
Young Australians are walking out on jobs that pay up to $17,000 a week because they are too lazy, bosses are claiming
‘People complain that foreign workers are taking Australian jobs … but we’ve had 15 guys over the last two years that haven’t lasted more than a week. I interviewed one guy for an hour who was there for 10 minutes before he walked off the job,’ he told news.com.au.
Ryan Graham said he regularly hired Australian workers who would quit soon after starting so has begun hiring foreigners
He said while it was more paperwork and more money to hire foreign workers it was worth the investment.
‘You know they’re going to turn up and do the work, because they don’t have mum and dad to look after them,’ he said.
Mr Graham said that the problem is affecting all trades within the construction industry.
He says if a young person is willing to work hard at a trade they could make $7000 to $8000 a week.
One contractor he knows makes, on good weeks, about $17,000.
‘The problem is young guys see that and want $17,000 straight away, but you’ve got to work three to five years to be able to make that money,’ he said.
A Department of Employment survey revealed that 45 per cent of Australian employers struggled to recruit staff in 2018.
A massive 60 per cent of employers trying to fill lower-skilled positions reported issues with hiring workers.
Some of these issues were identified as jobseekers not interested in the occupation or working conditions and not having ‘personal presentation’ skills.
‘We have an economy of opportunity and employers are screaming out for workers who are eager for a job,’ employment minister Michaelia Cash said in a statement on Monday.
Mr Graham said that the problem is affecting all trades within the construction industry