As Mr Ancel Roget said on a morning TV show: “There are too many incompetent people in jobs in this country that causing the poor performance and low productivity in the private and public sectors.”
Look what happened just Wednesday at a SIS worksite. At the worksite heavy machinery valued at millions of dollars was burned down and the lone security officer/watchman tied up. The value of the burnt machinery was said to be $8-10 million. What about the “value” of the life of the “lone security officer”? There should be laws or regulations in place to protect both security personnel and property.
I personally have been fired from my last two jobs as a security officer for refusing to do non-security duties. I have spoken on my YouTube log about the “110,000 illegal immigrants” a year before it was front page headlines.
I have spoken about how, based on an article in the media, that there were ads circulating throughout Nigeria and Ghana falsely saying that the minimum wage here in 2009 was US$10 per hour when really it was only TT$9 per hour. I actually have a CNN ireport saying this on YouTube about four years ago.
As I stated, it’s all about flooding our country with cheap labour for the greedy capitalists. If the biggest problem in our country is crime, why isn’t the security industry the most legally protected and regulated. We cannot expect to get quality security services if we continue to pay low wages and hire illegal foreigners or incompetent people that don’t even look or play the part.
M Hernandez
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