An interesting article. Valid points neatly made. One of the additional reasons that wages are suppressed is that the UK jobs market is an international one. Software/Tech jobs have been on the shortage occupations list for about 20 years. And if a job is in the Shortage List, employers can pay an immigrant worker 20% lower salary, hence undercutting the incumbent UK candidates. Such a shame. Twenty years ago when I was recruiting software devs they could practically name their price because they were in such demand. It’s cheaper now just to bring someone from overseas on a skilled worker visa. In fairness Yvette Cooper is making the right noises to sort this out. 20% discount to be stopped…read her statement here :Legal Migration https://quickpolitics.co.uk/apl/h/29affb66-5924-4b6d-b1cb-e9b429e72a3e
"Lifting the child benefit cap in the short-term may well be a moral, and technical, necessity – but its seemingly poultry costs now will increase over time"
Surely "paltry" rather than "poultry", but to be fair chicken has become more expensive.
An interesting article. Valid points neatly made. One of the additional reasons that wages are suppressed is that the UK jobs market is an international one. Software/Tech jobs have been on the shortage occupations list for about 20 years. And if a job is in the Shortage List, employers can pay an immigrant worker 20% lower salary, hence undercutting the incumbent UK candidates. Such a shame. Twenty years ago when I was recruiting software devs they could practically name their price because they were in such demand. It’s cheaper now just to bring someone from overseas on a skilled worker visa. In fairness Yvette Cooper is making the right noises to sort this out. 20% discount to be stopped…read her statement here :Legal Migration https://quickpolitics.co.uk/apl/h/29affb66-5924-4b6d-b1cb-e9b429e72a3e
"Lifting the child benefit cap in the short-term may well be a moral, and technical, necessity – but its seemingly poultry costs now will increase over time"
Surely "paltry" rather than "poultry", but to be fair chicken has become more expensive.
Damn. A good point well made.