Unemployment keeps rising

Galea. L

Aug 26th 2009, 00:25

Maria Galea
You have just come back after 30 years and you are grumbling against those who grumble because they have no work?
You are like Zolli in Wenzu w Rozi who used to grumble and when she had nothing to grumble about she used to grumble because she had nothing to grumble about.
Who do you think you are to tell us what we should do, that we should not grumble, when you have just come back after 30 years like the prodigal son (lady)?

W Spencer

Aug 25th 2009, 17:42

Why is there an increase in Eastern Europeans working in hotels, restaurants, shops, etc, and those workers manage to rent flats, run a small car, AND send money home !! Yet there is a regular rise in the number of unemployed in Malta ??

Sharleen Mizzi

Aug 25th 2009, 13:57

I read in another paper that someone suggested the 1563 unemployed apply for a job with the local clergies, they are garanteed a good steady employment, 3 course meal everyday and a possibility of a brand new vehicle. Well its a thought.

Alex Coppola

Aug 25th 2009, 12:47

Definitely not a rosy situation. It is becoming increasingly important to try and hold on to your present job especially when one is over 45 years as it is extremely difficult to find a job. And when one finds a job it is likely that it will not suit to one's likings due to difficult conditions, different working environment, probably less pay, etc and will continue looking for another job, living in hell in the process - this is what I experienced during the last 2 years. Unfortunately this is the present situation, perhaps due to the current recession, less investment, wrong political decisions.

Maria Galea

Aug 25th 2009, 12:29

I have not long been back from a long stay abroad and I have never seen as many people going from one job to the other as the Maltese do. I have got to know people who have a full time job and 3 other part time jobs. Nearly everybody else I come into contact with have definitely got a good part time job. So, why are all these other people jobless? Is it because they are kidding the system or is it because they do not actually want to work? I have been introduced to young men who are 'between jobs' and yet they have a nice car and they seem to lead a comfortable social life. While I have been abroad for the last 30 years I had to work truly hard to be able to make ends meet and I too worked overtime and did part time waitressing to help myself. In my opinion the Maltese have a very good standard of living and I really cannot see what all the grumbkes are all about.