Originally Posted by
pilotchute
The majority of 457 visa holders I have come across were doing jobs that wouldn't be hard to fill with locals. The fact is they were being paid way less than what locals would accept. I used to work with a guy who was here on a 457 visa and he was getting paid 100k a year to fill an upper management position. The aussie he replaced was on 150k.
My thoughts exactly Pilotchute!
There isn't a skills shortage in Australia and the use of that term was misleading on the governments behalf. There is however a dire shortage of skilled workers willing to work under third world conditions for fvck all, and that's because we are not India. When the government conveniently omitted that distinction, they showed their hand and where they intend to send Australia. If you believe other statistics, we are the hardest working people in the developed world, not hard enough it seems.
Good riddance 457!