TimeToWhine,
Never forget why you came here. For the same reason I did. No company in our home countries wanted to employ us or didn’t think we were worth what Cathay thought we were worth.
It’s the same reason we stayed during the handover when many were leaving and property prices were plummeting. The same reason we stayed during the first “sign or be fired” in ‘99. The same reason we stayed during the 49er travesty. During the first SARS outbreak which affected Hong Kong worse than any other city. During the GFC and the company’s attempted attack on expat conditions leading to COS08. It’s the reason we signed COS18, a permanent and severe degradation to our conditions while management take a meager temporary cut.
Do not think you’re special or deserving of being treated with respect. The very reason we’re at CX is because we’re deserving of nothing more.
We are mercenaries, each and every one of us. As soon as the conditions, whether money or lifestyle, are better elsewhere we’ll leave.
You joined the company of the 49ers. You signed a sign or be fired contract not 5 months ago, the second time the company has done that. Yet you somehow think you’ll get a regular communication on a work visa? What does management have to do before you understand where you are and who you work for?
Yes, leaving is a very good option, just as it was for those that left before you giving you an opportunity that wasn’t available in your home country. But inevitably no opportunity comes without risk. Combine CX and Hong Kong and there’s plenty of risk v reward considerations.
Hong Kong isn’t the only country not renewing work visas for pilots. Australia is doing the same for 457 visa holders. A temporary work visa will never offer the same level of protections as citizenship does. It might appear to be xenophobic and it certainly can seem heartless, but it’s all part of every expatriates cost benefit equation.
Last edited by Progress Wanchai; 31st Mar 2021 at 17:38.