Threats To Boycott Woolworths!

[Nigel Hamilton]

This is very interesting........ and this article got me thinking, will my children ever get a job in this country.

I am not debating the policies, just a simplistic question....will they get jobs

http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Retail/Threats-to-boycott-Woolies-20120905

[Just Gone]

Yes it is interesting, but not new - I can't remember when last I have seen a white person working for Woolworths.

[tec0]

Well this was actually on our local radio too. I already closed my account with them and don’t support them anymore. I did this when they tried to take a soft drink manufacturer idea and made it their own.
But I have a feeling that you will see more cancelations in the near future. Will our children get work?

Well crappy sucking jobs yes there are tons of those jobs available that actually cost you more to work than anything else, and the pay doesn't justify the financial effort. It is fact and it is a sad situation.

But for a good job that is has a future? No… They will never see the opportunity if they are a minority in this Country this is also fact.

[adrianh]

@Nigel - Your children will not get jobs in this country. My youngest daughter wants to become a VET. Friends of ours, whose daughter just finished matric with brilliant grades was turned away from Onderstepoort because their white quota was filled. Both my daughters have been accepted at a good girls high school and I fully expect them to move to the UK or OZ once they have completed matric. I will be happy to see them go because my brother in law is in the UK, my brother in Namibia, my sisterr in OZ and 90% of my and my wife's school friends scattered all over the world.

My youngest daughter asked her teacher (late last week) why there are racial quotas and her teacher said it is because "those other people are stupid"...I for one will not argue with her teacher because I am unable to think of a more suitable answer to give a 11 year old girl born into a so-called "non-racial democratic society"

There is simply no future for a young white person in this country. The only prospect that a young white person has in this country is to study hard and save for a plane ticket to go abroad.....

I've been following the entire Woolworths saga and this is what I have to say to them:

"Woolworths will accept money from a young white male for their vastly overpriced products but they will not let him pack their shelves. No problem, my daughters (who will marry those young white men one day), will spend their, and our money at the corner cafe where young white people are still allowed to work"

In conclusion....a message to this country as I see it looking through the eyes of a young white person growing up today: UP YOURS!

[tec0]

I agree with adrianh on this one…

They can take their store/franchise and stick it where the sun don’t shine. If a minority is not good enough to work there then a minority is not good enough to shop there…

[Blurock]

Can the management of Foolworths not see who's money they are taking at the till?

[ians]

Woolies is not that stupid, they know white people will keep shopping its a status thing for white people to shop at woolies, none of the stores i shop at, have any white people employed, but we all keep shopping. There is no ways whites will boycot woolies.

[Nickolai Naydenov]

That's just ridiculous OMW

[adrianh]

I can't see why shopping at Foolworths is a status symbol, their products aren't any better than the Spar. Our local Spar has a stunning bakery and they have one token white packer too....

[AndyD]

Woolworths hands are tied by the law. They have to fill quotas according to race otherwise they get large fines at the very least. If they were under the prescribed quota for black employees in the departments where they were filling the posts what choice do they have?

[wynn]

Anyway what is the madam going to make for supper?

[Just Gone]

There is simply no future for a young white person in this country. The only prospect that a young white person has in this country is to study hard and save for a plane ticket to go abroad.....

I'm sorry adrian - I do not agree with you on this one. Here is my reasoning ......
My wife owns a recruitment business .......... She has had the best two years of the business - there are plenty jobs out there for all colours. There are still a few companies that want BEE, but most companys want good QUALIFIED people. There is some shortage of good qualified people but that does not mean that there is no work out there !!

On the other hand she is finding it more and more that people just dont want to work. White children leave school and expect to earn big bucks -- they are not prepared to start at the bottom after perhaps getting a degree and then work there way up. You will not believe the problems she encounters with candidates looking for a job from not pitching for and interview with her company - to not pitching for the interview with the client - to arriving late - to saying its too far for them to work - to not being able to get hold of them on their cell phones to go for a second interview - to lying about their qualifications or their itc record - to ........ I could go on.

I am not generalising but this is happening more and more . Her problem is not finding clients - her problem is finding the right person for the job. Yes companies are getting more fussy about who they employ, but believe me when they find the right person they grab them.

My daughter recently qualified as an attorney last year - I have told her with no doubt that she must start at the bottom, gain experience, show your employer that you WANT to work and learn and slowly work her way up. Because of this she has already networked and been approached by law firms.

So yes there is perhaps less work out there than before ......... but there is plenty of opportunities for kids that are prepared to work - go out there - start with a lower salary to prove themselves and work your way up !

[Blurock]

Kevin, I have the same experience.

Maybe its the way that we bring up our kids. Kids compete with branded clothes and accessories and never do a stitch of work to earn pocket money. They just live on the handouts from the parents who are too lazy to get involved any way. It is apparently easier to give the kids money to get lost and not trouble them over the weekends, than to get involved with the kids' hobbies, sports, activities and friends.

[tec0]

I remember we had this argument before... The reality is you don’t get to start at the bottom you start at the top in the deep end of the shark pool AND you get paid as if you started from the bottom.

I say this because people are no longer interested in showing the new employee the ropes. They must jump in and perform as if they did the job for a 100 years or more. Now I can point at 7 companies that do this. Two of them massive industry giants.

It is a game they play and sometimes they end up facing the CCMA but most of the times they don’t. They get away with it. They always do... A good example is actually found on this forum. An apprentice being held liable for damages! If you ask them about the quality control and insurances they magically disappear or it is not relevant... That just highlights the facts as they are.

Other than that it is easy to say someone is lazy. Truth is you car need regular maintenance and your phone needs air time. Both are not provided for when you start a new crappy job. Thus making the job itself unaffordable. I remember we had a massive argument about this but the truth is your basic income must enable you to take care of the basics. Some cases they do others they don’t.

Now I am not saying you don’t get the lazy lot... You do but you also get those that are willing to work but the job is not worth it because they cannot afford it to work this is a real actual problem. Now if we had better public transport this may well change. If our basic living standards where cheaper this situation may well change.

[adrianh]

I agree with you in many ways. I just advertised a post and received CV's from some people who are clearly not interested in working.

but...the deck is stacked against young whites from the outset. I will far rather have my girls start out with a clean deck than with a deck stacked against them.

A familiy member who did an LLB couln't find work in SA paying more than R3.5K to start. He eventually moved to the UK and started at R20K. He is now qualied and will never return.

The problem goes deeper than just oppertunity for employment. BEE creates problems for both blacks and white. A qualified white person can't get the job and a qualified black person is seen as a token placement. The other thing is that of the way young people perceive the country. How could a young white person possibly have a positive outlook towards this country. They are openly discriminated against wherever they go.

I think that a young white person could make their way through life in this country is they choose to stay and fight the system but why, why should one live a life in a country that does not value you as a person. It is like being married to a horrid partner, you could stay and fight because you love that person or you could cut your ties and look for a better relationship. I want my girls to fulfill their potential, if they choose to go abroad and do it there I would certainly back them. There is nothing at all that binds us to this country, the country has no regard for us, the country is like a drug addicted partner, it just takes and takes and gets upset when you don't keep giving.

What's the bottom line (to me anyway) I don't believe that one should stay in an abusive relationship. The relationship that this country has with white young people is openly abusive because the country treats them as second class citizens.