Are we becoming more xenophobic since Brexit?

Originally posted by @MrTrampoline

Yes it has. Once again you’re reverting to vagueries and hypotheticals to try and move the conversation away from real-world examples. The job where I was earning £17k was full of graduates from Russell Group universities. There were Nigerians, Colombians, Brazilians, Mexicans, a tonne of Greeks and Italians and a few French with a tonne of degrees. Supply and demand applies to everyone regardless of skill level. If supply outstrips the demand of the labour market then the employer does not have to increase wages to attract what he needs.

These nationalities would still be here though…and you do realise that we will always continue to take talented foreigners with degrees, Brexit or not.

Who wants something for nothing?

Originally posted by @MrTrampoline

I am grafting thank you sir - but given that jobs nowadays require a phone interview, assessment centre and partner interview, I think most of my success will depend on how I can take days off and pull sickies without arousing suspicion from my current employer - given that almost every job application will require 3 days of absence just to attempt to get it.

Are you seriously complaining about having to take holiday to go to job interviews?

Seriously?

Phone Interviews can be done on your lunch hour so that’s bollocks, hence why they do phone interviews as it means you don’t have to travel. Also, sorry to break this to you, you have multiple interviews to get jobs…but then you always have.

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I think that this post by Trampoline sums up my issues with what he is saying:

If you’re right and I’m wrong then meh, what do I have to lose? If Brexit fails as an attempt to boost the bargaining power of plebs like me, then no bother. After all, I haven’t heard any reason why staying in the EU grants me any sort of an advantage other than platitudes about a ‘fair and open society’ or the kind of indifferent hand-waving about ‘a stronger economy benefits everyone’ that you’d expect from a hard-right Thatcherite conservative.

To describe a gamble for EVERYONE that may go wrong as “meh” is incredibly short sighted and selfish.

In a series of posts that is all about “me, me, me” he has the termerity to compare others views with “hard right Thaterites”. The irony of that is quite astonishing.

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Ha, now this is a good post…

Originally posted by @Fatso

I think that this post by Trampoline sums up my issues with what he is saying:

If you’re right and I’m wrong then meh, what do I have to lose? If Brexit fails as an attempt to boost the bargaining power of plebs like me, then no bother. After all, I haven’t heard any reason why staying in the EU grants me any sort of an advantage other than platitudes about a ‘fair and open society’ or the kind of indifferent hand-waving about ‘a stronger economy benefits everyone’ that you’d expect from a hard-right Thatcherite conservative.

To describe a gamble for EVERYONE that may go wrong as “meh” is incredibly short sighted and selfish.

In a series of posts that is all about “me, me, me” he has the termerity to compare others views with “hard right Thaterites”. The irony of that is quite astonishing.

Ignorance of youth I think it’s called.

Originally posted by @Fatso

I think that this post by Trampoline sums up my issues with what he is saying:

If you’re right and I’m wrong then meh, what do I have to lose? If Brexit fails as an attempt to boost the bargaining power of plebs like me, then no bother. After all, I haven’t heard any reason why staying in the EU grants me any sort of an advantage other than platitudes about a ‘fair and open society’ or the kind of indifferent hand-waving about ‘a stronger economy benefits everyone’ that you’d expect from a hard-right Thatcherite conservative.

To describe a gamble for EVERYONE that may go wrong as “meh” is incredibly short sighted and selfish.

In a series of posts that is all about “me, me, me” he has the termerity to compare others views with “hard right Thaterites”. The irony of that is quite astonishing.

Suck it up sonshine.

Just as I respect Bletch’s opinion that yes, I would be better off leaving but that I ought to have voted sacrificially, I ask you to respect mine: that I’m struggling enough to vote in my own self-interest without a trace of guilt.

What’s your excuse? :lou_wink_2:

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Where do you live and work Trampo? General area, not address obvs.

HAHAHA bull-fucking-shit you’ve got no idea. The phone interview for PwC is 45 minutes long and contains all kinds of questions that you need to prepare for. Just go and Google it. I’ve got a wall full of answers at home that I’ve been preparing. And there’s still more work to do.

Phone interviews on a lunch break, proves how well out of touch you are :laughing:

Originally posted by @pap

Originally posted by @Chertsey-Saint

Originally posted by @Fatso

I think that this post by Trampoline sums up my issues with what he is saying:

If you’re right and I’m wrong then meh, what do I have to lose? If Brexit fails as an attempt to boost the bargaining power of plebs like me, then no bother. After all, I haven’t heard any reason why staying in the EU grants me any sort of an advantage other than platitudes about a ‘fair and open society’ or the kind of indifferent hand-waving about ‘a stronger economy benefits everyone’ that you’d expect from a hard-right Thatcherite conservative.

To describe a gamble for EVERYONE that may go wrong as “meh” is incredibly short sighted and selfish.

In a series of posts that is all about “me, me, me” he has the termerity to compare others views with “hard right Thaterites”. The irony of that is quite astonishing.

Ignorance of youth I think it’s called.

What’s your excuse? :lou_wink_2:

Did we not decide I was still classed as youth? :lou_lol:

Sorry, I can’t respect yours because it is bollocks. You’re painting yourself as some down trodden person living on the periphery of society whereas the truth is youre a philosophy graduate with a job who wants more money.

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Yes, you prep at home, 15 minutes cramming and then do the 45 minute call on your lunch hour?

Considering that I have actually done a PWC interview (2013), I know EXACTLY what I’m talking about. Oh, and I got the job.

Is this guy actually for real?

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My life’s an open book and I’m pretty chill with revealing who I am/meeting up in real life.

I live with parents in Tooting and work in London just near Leciester Square.

Originally posted by @Chertsey-Saint

Did we not decide I was still classed as youth? :lou_lol:

Absolutely not. You were told quite clearly on the St Mary’s Road that compared to our actual young posters, you’re a fucking dinosaur.

I bet you’re the sort of chap that hands in a decade old photo to the passport office.

Hang on, you live with your parents and you struggle for money? WTF? How much are your parents fleecing you for??

:cry:

No need to be so mean about it Pap.

Originally posted by @Chertsey-Saint

Originally posted by @MrTrampoline

Originally posted by @Chertsey-Saint

Originally posted by @MrTrampoline

I am grafting thank you sir - but given that jobs nowadays require a phone interview, assessment centre and partner interview, I think most of my success will depend on how I can take days off and pull sickies without arousing suspicion from my current employer - given that almost every job application will require 3 days of absence just to attempt to get it.

Are you seriously complaining about having to take holiday to go to job interviews?

Seriously?

Phone Interviews can be done on your lunch hour so that’s bollocks , hence why they do phone interviews as it means you don’t have to travel. Also, sorry to break this to you, you have multiple interviews to get jobs…but then you always have.

HAHAHA bull-fucking-shit you’ve got no idea. The phone interview for PwC is 45 minutes long and contains all kinds of questions that you need to prepare for. Just go and Google it. I’ve got a wall full of answers at home that I’ve been preparing. And there’s still more work to do.

Phone interviews on a lunch break, proves how well out of touch you are :laughing:

Yes, you prep at home, 15 minutes cramming and then do the 45 minute call on your lunch hour?

Considering that I have actually done a PWC interview (2013), I know EXACTLY what I’m talking about.

Is this guy actually for real?

Well I can’t possibly fathom how you managed that. I couldn’t do it in my office as I’d instantly draw attention to myself and could well lose my current job. I could step outside into the noise and traffic of Central London whilst all my competitors have about 10 sheets of paper on their bed/on the walls nicely prepared for their interview and maybe I’d still scrape through, but God knows how you managed it. Well done sir if you did.

Yup. Usual middle-class lefty schtick.

Those that need to be taxed are the ones just a rung above me.

The hard-working poor are those just a rung below those who complain.

Suck it up. We’re leaving the EU. Sorry about your house price.

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Of course you wouldn’t do it in your office, you’d go somewhere private-ish to do it. I did mine sat on a bench in Green Park.

Honestly, I’m flabbergasted at what you expect out of life. I’m not sure how you’ve garnered such unrealistic life expectations, but your life must have been simple as shit before you went into the working world.