Over 100 Applications For $130k Butcher Job In Australia; ‘All From India, Pak And Bangladesh’ The Owner Complains

An Aussie business owner lamented that he has not gotten a single job application from Australia for his AUS$130,000 butcher job.

The Sydney-based businessman Clayton Wright (66) claimed that despite spending top dollar (about AUS $1,100) on advertising the vacancy at Alexandria’s Clover Valley Meat Company and Wrights The Butchers, his inbox is flooded with overseas applications—all from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Some applications are from Nigeria and South America. Wright states that none of the applicants are qualified. He quips, “They all want sponsorship. But how can I train someone who’s never held a knife?” Besides the skills gap, many are not fluent in English, the fourth-generation butcher disclosed.

🔪 $130k butcher job ad attracts 140 applicants — all from overseas, including India and Bangladesh, but not one Australian

Despite spending $1,100 a month on advertising, a frustrated butcher says every single applicant has been from overseas — many with limited English and no… pic.twitter.com/DTp4OC6IJv
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This issue unravels several problems crippling both the developing nations and the developed ones. While Australia lacks tradesmen with relevant skills who would ideally draw a better package, countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and others struggle to provide a decent wage for gig workers and daily wagers with basic to no education. They don’t have insurance or are aware of government schemes and policies and their own rights. With no scope of work back home, they migrate to towns and cities, only to find themselves in a cesspool. While the billionaires keep minting more. The middle class and the labor class bear the brunt of the economy.

While being a butcher in India isn’t exactly portrayed as a dignified job with a bare minimum income, an Australian meat cutter earning in dollars could just be a ticket out of Pakodanomics. So why not? But seems like we aren’t even prepared for a basic tradesman job on a large scale.

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