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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It's other restaurants as well. There was a restaurant in Saskatchewan that replaced most of their staff with foreign workers and the staff that was let go had to train them before they were let go.
Many companies are preferring foreign workers because for the workers to stay in Canada, they need to keep the job and will therefore go above and beyond what a Canadian worker without the lingering threat of deportation would (i.e., never call in sick, work unpaid OT confidentially, put up with verbal abuse).
It's not fair IMO that in some industries, Canadian workers are put in a position now where they need to sacrifice family and the lifestyle/culture they are accustomed to just to keep a low-paying job. Ya, it sucks that foreign workers tend to come from crap holes that make being foreign worker in Canada a better experience for them, but it is getting close to drawing the line soon.
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I agree to an extent. I used to work at McDonald's and it was just amazing how once the clock hit a certain time all you'd see were immigrants and people who actually NEED the job. Long weekend? good luck not having 5 people call in sick. Is it fair to McDonald's or any company really that they have to put up with employees who can't work until a certain time or refuse to work weekends, long weekends....some employees think they're too good for their job and that is where most of the problems arise from. Nobody wants to go above and beyond at their low paying job. Good Canadian workers willing to work for minimum wage are scarce.
It sucks that some Canadians are paying the price but truth is foreign workers are MUCH more loyal than Canadian workers. Don't whine as much as us or complain about working certain days. I think we still need Foreign workers. Maybe scale back the amount a certain company or restaurant can use but getting rid of it altogether is not a good idea IMO.