Openside wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:11 pm
fishfoodie wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:04 pm
Twat !
Wetherspoons boss calls for more EU migration to tackle bar staff shortage
The Brexit-backing boss of JD Wetherspoon has urged Boris Johnson to introduce a visa scheme for EU workers as British pubs and restaurants struggle to recruit staff in the post-pandemic labour market squeeze. ...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... -shortage/
why is he a twat for suggesting that?
Targeted rather than 'open for all' immigration is exactly what the UK needs...
He might not be struggling for bar staff if he hadn't told a bunch of people at the outset of the pandemic to go and work for Tesco rather than assuring them he'd put them on furlough. Any of those who might still be looking for a job or faced difficulty asd a result of his reticence will probably not want to work for him again and others will probably look at what he did and think 'no, thanks. Will try my luck elsewhere'.
Then, of course, his being a particularly outspoken brexit supporter suddenly wanting the opposite of what Brexit was intended to achieve as soon as it inconveniences him... Very rules for thee, not me.
He could of course see if offering a better remuneration package to potential employees from the UK might solve his apparent staffing problem (see also farmers bitching about not being able to find fruit pickiers now their source of borderline slave labour from Eastern Europe has been interrupted).