08-19-2015, 05:10 PM
(08-19-2015, 01:32 PM)Winni Wrote: Westie, I agree with you. The only way to changing much of this is more education and employment I believe. My Jamaican daughter has a degree in Nutrition from WI and she has left the island as she could not find work. The only work she found was at Sav Hospital and like usual the pay was so bad she could barely make it to Negril for weekends...Absoloutely, but the system in place just dose'nt encourage it.
My niece was the first person in the family a few years ago to go to uni. Proud moment for everyone.
You need to leave to make a decent living which has that knock on effect.
No correlation to income levels and cost of living.....especially with school costs.
My husband has tried to talk me into taking a sabbatical and work there for a year. One of my replies is that we might not afford to fly back here, with the low wages even for skilled roles.
The conditions for working are so poor for people as well, look at all the people who get layed off without notice, as well as employers not paying them the wage owed to them
Jamaica sadly does not place value on its own people.