alt Hacker NewsThere just isn't enough people who are local and want to do this job for this pay. This happens in Germany but also in my home country.
In Germany there is a whole industry around recruiting foreign nurses. I work in immigration and a few of my colleagues specialise in that. There are websites and initiatives just for that.
It will get worse. This population is aging.
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Amezarak • last Sunday at 11:46 AM
I am continually befuddled that people unironically believe government policy should enable people to be paid below the market rate for their labor.
Raise their pay!
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nsoqm • last Sunday at 3:18 PM
And the solution to low salaries is... is increasing the supply of labour?
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That's only half true. You have lots of trained and experienced people willing to do this job despite the low pay because some of these people wouldn't function in a field where they couldn't help other people, even if they sacrifice their own health and financial situation for it.
The issue lies with state subsidies for employing refugees which currently mainly targets Ukrainian workers, though they'll never outright say it: https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/unternehmen/arbeitskraefte/gef...
If you have a job to offer you can now decide if you pay a German out of your own pocket or if you hire a Ukrainian who will end up being cheaper for you because the state supports you in doing so.
Have seen this with bicycle mechanics, nurses, nursery homes, lots and lots of cafés.
Goes without saying that I like Ukrainian people just as much as I like Germans, Syrians, Iranians, Russians, etc.