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Originally Posted by Incognitas
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Originally Posted by Escapee
How do you qualify calling my remark as racist?
My remark is not aimed at any particular race, I am pointing out that someone from a foreign country took a job and shortly after was made a very large payment as compensation. Surely its a smack in the face for employees who were born and lived in that country for years, and possibly been subject to situations of a very similar nature.
I know that £17K is a fortune in the Phillipines because my girlfriend is in fact from the Phillipines and has bought property back home through working hard in this country. Perhaps she knows me better and would be better qualified to answer if I make racist comments, or if I am indeed a racist.
It seems again that someone has decided to call someone else a racist to make everyone side against them!
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So if someone from the local region had taken the same job for the same wages that would be ok?They would deserve the payout?But because this woman is from the Phillipines she is undeserving?Do you actually think that doesn't come across as racist? |
Unfortunately it seems as though the agency that hired her for the ferry company knew how little people get paid in this persons native country and therefor paid her according to that wage scale and not a European pay scale. She wouldn't be the first person to get paid bugger all on a liner though, a lot of cabin crew are paid a pittance in relation to the hours they have to work. I'm not saying that she did or did not deserve a payout but she only worked for 1 day so how did this necessitate such a large payout and how was it settled so quickly? Looks like the company settled before people looked into the rest of it's staffing.