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farmers struggle to get people to take on those jobs in the UK. This is a talking point about Brexit. Farmers need citizens from Eastern Europe to do the work,
by Quarrelsome 7y ago
farmers struggle to get people to take on those jobs in the UK. This is a talking point about Brexit. Farmers need citizens from Eastern Europe to do the work, UK politicians claim they should employ locals, locals refuse to do the jobs, citizens claim they "should just pay more", farmers claim their margins don't allow for greater wages for the work.
I believe we lost a bunch of last years crop to this issue and maybe this years. The drop in the pound since 2016 hasn't helped either.
Maybe we shouldn't be growing the stuff if the economics don't permit it. This is where the robots may help.
- pjc50 7y agoThis job is actually very hard work, and would be called "skilled" if we allowed the use of that term for skills outside formal education. You need fitness and endurance, and skill to do it quickly. Trying to conscript random unemployed people to it doesn't work nearly as well. See the point about productivity going down under "austerity". https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/brexit-and-the-workforce/why-are-so-few-brits-prepared-to-pick-fruit/554452.article https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/brexit-and-the-workforce/why-are... : pretty sensible article on the subject, pointing out ways in which employers could improve their local hiring.
- yeahitslikethat 7y agoIt's not skilled work. anyone who can work can pick raspberries. The skill you are discussing is to pick them fast enough for profitability. Thats true of any job.
- JetSpiegel 7y ago> It's not skilled work. anyone who can work can pick raspberries. And yet, that is literally not the case. Resisting boredom and maintain focus in grueling conditions are a skill.