ROV North Sea – Foreigners being employed on cheaper rates?

Exactly what I said would happen if companies paid different rates for persons from different regions. If all were paid the same rates for the same work this couldn’t happen. Now those on the high rates from the UK are crying because those that they said deserved less money because they lived elsewhere but have now caught up technologically and are taking the jobs because they are cheaper. It’s your own fault for thinking you could work in other areas of the world at a higher rate than the locals. Now you want protection from those same locals working in your part of the world for lower rates! C’mon guys, you were happy to earn more than those guys and now that they’re taking your jobs, as predicted, you want to cry and claim protection. As stated long ago, ROV is an international job and the price of oil is the same the world over, so why not the same pay for the same work?

This is exactly the same reason for the decline of the British merchant seaman – overpriced.

Awaiting the fallout

Any employer caught using an employee who does not have a valid work permit or other legal right to be in the UK will be severely fined. Our company did a review of all staff to ensure they were all legal a while back – even those born here in the UK.

There are various schemes which allow workers to get a work visa valid for 12 months. http://www.workperm.com/immigration-uk.php has details of the Highly Skilled Programme, or the newer scheme which I assume most of the offshore companies are getting people in on Sector Based Scheme Work Permits. All they have to do is show there is a shortage, which I’m sure they can easily do.

As said, any other EU worker can work in any other EU country withot any permits etc. The newer countries such as Poland can also do this, but they have to register with the Workers Registration Scheme.

Brits/Yanks/Ozzies have been going abroad and taking work from locals for decades – is this not just payback? 🙂

the price of oil is the same the world over, so why not the same pay for the same work?

Gas is cheaper is SA though?

It would have taken 20 ZAR to buy one litre of diesel in the UK last year. Thats 1600ZAR to fill an BMW X5 that you rich Gauteng’rs all run about in…

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Pay back time,,,, yea right, nice one Ray

We have never been paid the same as Norwegians when working in the Norwegian sector for doing the same job (maybe it’s because we are not any good ).

I have not come across these special people who are as good , Ray , …… May be better than you 😆
I worked many times in Scandinavia only because they DID NOT have anybody to do the work and I WAS paid a good sum because It was the only incentive to get me there in the first place !
I have only seen a few wooden tops in British waters but I have seen many Brits work in Wooden top waters 😯
The Noggies have a different pay structure to us , Less people as well 8)
We on the other hand have a F@#ked up government , crap pay structure plus TOO Many people ( And half of them do F@#k all anyway 😯 )
If we did have the same policy as the wooden tops we would have less Parasites coming to our country in the first place , to work offshore or to sponge off benefits 😕
"Dead wood" should be Burnt or thrown away !
Down with Spongers 😈

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Yes , Sorry Catfish , That is the truth of it 😕
But due to the specialised Industry we are in , It can be quite expensive when the ROV is damaged 🙁
90 % of all cock-ups in the ROV industry is Human error , either directly
( Flying badly ) or indirectly ( No maintenance or bad maintennace )
So if they wish to Utilise cheap labour for this job then my rate will go up when they approach me after it is F#@ked 😈 ( Same as Scott said 😀 )
Considering that the ROV Industry has been going on mainly in The North Sea or British waters ( Over taking the US in production and utilisation since the eighties ) More Succesful ROV Maunfacturerers for the comercial market in the UK . It is fair to say that there are more Pilots from the UK than anywhere else ( With experience 🙂 )
I don’t mind teaching trainees due to the trainee making my life easier in the team and knowing that he ( or she ) will earn more as they get experienced.
But if the ROV company decides to use cheap labour ( Indians / Philipinos / Egyptians /Russians / South Americans and the Polish ) to exploit them in the world Industry…………………………..
Kiss my ass 👿 You get diddley squat from me 😈