I found this article to be very interesting. The article talks about Ola Ayeni and his start up business. He believes that hiring foreign workers will result in a better choice and provide more results than hiring an american worker because of work ethic. Ayeni says, "instead of settling for second-tier American candidates…Ayeni would prefer better access to Class-A foreigners." He believes that foreigners have a better and stronger work ethic and will strive to get the job done, opposite their american co-workers. What do you guys think?
http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/07/smallbusiness/hire-foreigner/index.html
3 comments:
I do agree to that in general, foreigners in the States tend to have a stronger work ethic that domestic workers. The author puts it well that people who come from overseas have a huge drive to succeed. This is mainly because the cost of coming to the United States is high just like the cost of traveling anywhere. These costs are not only explicit costs but also the cost of leaving one's family and hometown. Others may be driven because they were driven away from their homes and wish to revive themselves. Although the mentality is different, I don't think it necessarily means that foreigners will make better workers than Americans. This is highly circumstantial as well as preferential. Some problems that may come with foreign workers is their lack of adaptability to the new culture/lack of culture/culture shock which will impact their work. Also, many employers may which to hire more domestic workers because they don't need to sponsor a visa or they feel more inclined to support locals. Perhaps Ayeni has a preference towards foreigners not only because they have a stronger work ethic, but also because he sympathizes with foreigners since he was in their shoes once.
In many cases, foreigners have better work ethic than Americans as far as school is concerned. However, when it comes to work, some foreigners tend to be lazier. I spent a semester in Italy and noticed that the Italians really put a lot of effort into school. When it comes to work, though, they come in late, take a two are break for lunch and a nap, go back to work for a few hours, and are done with work by 5:00pm at the latest. It's not this way for only Italy. This would include France, Spain, and others as well.
On another note, would a foreigner who went to university in a foreign school be as well educated and as well connected as an American who went to an American school? In many cases, going to school in America is a huge plus when it comes time to finding a job. This is especially true for those pursuing a medical degree. Being educated for medicine in an American school is much more highly regarded than in a foreign school. Now, that's not to say that foreigners do not come to America for school; it just shows that there is a higher population of American students at American schools and a higher population of foreign students at foreign schools.
I would consider an Italian/French/Spaniard working in their respective countries to be domestic workers rather than foreign workers though. I still believe that a foreign worker is generally more hard-working than a domestic worker partly because people tend to seek jobs abroad for a better standard of living. If I was working in Thailand, I may not work as hard as I do not have as strong a drive because most of my immediate needs are already satisfied.
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