Monday 1st June 09 - Queens Birthday
Sunday, 31. May 2009, 13:20:30
It's a public holiday today... but pretty cold at the moment.. only 6 deg at the moment.. and yeah.. pretty freezing.. especially 1am in the morning..
Can't sleep... so listening to Nine Inch Nails and trying to put words to paper...
It's been a bit quiet on the job front.. nothing going... and the economy is surely not help..
around 300 people are being made redundant per day.. and this is in a country that boasted one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world..
Mind you, we only have around 4.2 million people in New Zealand... very small compared to most countries in the world.. but its nice cause we're only a small country, and you dont really want millions here anyway..
Another problem is most companies are seeking cheaper labour in mainland china and India.. and thus putting New Zealanders out of work. Several companies in NZ have moved their operations off-shore.. simply because the Chinese and other asian people across and in India are prepared to work for less than one dollar a day...
Yes they do, because they dont have work over there... and with NZ companies moving their call-centres and labour there, they are creating jobs...
BUT WHAT ABOUT NEW ZEALANDERS THAT ARE BEING LAID OFF...
WELL, MONEY TALKS... AND THEY SIMPLY DONT GIVE A SHIT...
The Government doesnt give a shit either.. what do they care...
I see New Zealand ending up with a massive unemployment problem... and the Government will have do start acting and do something about it pretty soon.
Okay... so we have social welfare in New Zealand, and if you dont and cannot get work, you go on the benefit...
But who the hell can live on around 200 dollars a week... that is paying rent, buying food, paying power and water...
No-one can... and that is what the average person on the "DOLL" gets a week.
I've only been out of work for 3 weeks, and let me tell you, its pretty tough out there.
And I'm qualified... well, perhaps too qualified, because all the jobs I've been trying for I get told they need a junior, and I know too much... because they dont want to pay me what I am worth...
CHEAP CHEAP Labour.. that is what I call it.
So what does all my experience, training, and 30 plus years in the I.T. industry help now...
absolutely nothing... it means shit...
Hay - I'm pretty pissed off about this.. believe me, and I'm one of the lucky ones.. my partner still has a job, we can still pay the rent, power, water, eat, and drive around...
What about the poor people that cannot afford anything
Many people sleep cold tonight, many have gone to bed without dinner, empty tummy's... and many many children are in that situation tonight..
And what does the New Zealand Government do about it
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING... THEY SIMPLY DONT GIVE A SHIT...
And that goes for governments elsewhere too....
Hay, I can carry on and on... and nothing will change... tomorrow is just another day, more people will loose their jobs, their livelyhood, their homes, their transport, their families... everything they own, and nothing will be done to get these people help...
Because no-one cares...
Well, I do... I care about everyone out there that sleep cold tonight, hungry... and very sad and in dire need of help...
I wish I could win the Lotto... so that I can help people in need...
I wish I could win Millions, so I can help people that really need, give them hope...
I wish someone with too much money in the bank, so much that they dont know how to spend it, could help all these people in need.. the hungry children of this world, sleeping in dark ally's tonight, without blankets, and a bit of warmth, and love...
I wish, I wish.... and I wish....
Can't sleep... so listening to Nine Inch Nails and trying to put words to paper...
It's been a bit quiet on the job front.. nothing going... and the economy is surely not help..
around 300 people are being made redundant per day.. and this is in a country that boasted one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world..
Mind you, we only have around 4.2 million people in New Zealand... very small compared to most countries in the world.. but its nice cause we're only a small country, and you dont really want millions here anyway..
Another problem is most companies are seeking cheaper labour in mainland china and India.. and thus putting New Zealanders out of work. Several companies in NZ have moved their operations off-shore.. simply because the Chinese and other asian people across and in India are prepared to work for less than one dollar a day...
Yes they do, because they dont have work over there... and with NZ companies moving their call-centres and labour there, they are creating jobs...
BUT WHAT ABOUT NEW ZEALANDERS THAT ARE BEING LAID OFF...
WELL, MONEY TALKS... AND THEY SIMPLY DONT GIVE A SHIT...
The Government doesnt give a shit either.. what do they care...
I see New Zealand ending up with a massive unemployment problem... and the Government will have do start acting and do something about it pretty soon.
Okay... so we have social welfare in New Zealand, and if you dont and cannot get work, you go on the benefit...
But who the hell can live on around 200 dollars a week... that is paying rent, buying food, paying power and water...
No-one can... and that is what the average person on the "DOLL" gets a week.
I've only been out of work for 3 weeks, and let me tell you, its pretty tough out there.
And I'm qualified... well, perhaps too qualified, because all the jobs I've been trying for I get told they need a junior, and I know too much... because they dont want to pay me what I am worth...
CHEAP CHEAP Labour.. that is what I call it.
So what does all my experience, training, and 30 plus years in the I.T. industry help now...
absolutely nothing... it means shit...
Hay - I'm pretty pissed off about this.. believe me, and I'm one of the lucky ones.. my partner still has a job, we can still pay the rent, power, water, eat, and drive around...
What about the poor people that cannot afford anything
Many people sleep cold tonight, many have gone to bed without dinner, empty tummy's... and many many children are in that situation tonight..
And what does the New Zealand Government do about it
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING... THEY SIMPLY DONT GIVE A SHIT...
And that goes for governments elsewhere too....
Hay, I can carry on and on... and nothing will change... tomorrow is just another day, more people will loose their jobs, their livelyhood, their homes, their transport, their families... everything they own, and nothing will be done to get these people help...
Because no-one cares...
Well, I do... I care about everyone out there that sleep cold tonight, hungry... and very sad and in dire need of help...
I wish I could win the Lotto... so that I can help people in need...
I wish I could win Millions, so I can help people that really need, give them hope...
I wish someone with too much money in the bank, so much that they dont know how to spend it, could help all these people in need.. the hungry children of this world, sleeping in dark ally's tonight, without blankets, and a bit of warmth, and love...
I wish, I wish.... and I wish....
WIDGETIZE