Are there any "undesirable" professions in Canada?
Trashman, loader, construction worker – are manual trades considered to be non-prestigious in Canada? Is there even such a thing as an undemanding job in Canada?
— (Valentina) Good afternoon, everyone! Today we are going to talk about so-called "non-prestigious" jobs.
— (Inna) I've been wondering about "prestigious" and "non-prestigious" jobs for a long time. Do you know what I encountered when I first came to Canada? The fact that newly arrived immigrants have a kind of slight arrogance about work in general. "It's not a prestigious job: I can't sit in an office. It's not a prestigious job: I can't take care of an old person. It's a non-prestigious job: I can't be a waiter, I can't be a construction worker because I'm an engineer".
I do not understand where this arrogance comes from. The fact is that you came to a new country, you do not know the rules of this country, and for you these "non-prestigious" jobs are a way to get to know the country, the people.
You can meet anyone in these jobs because Canada is a country of immigrants, and I have a lot of respect for people who do these "non-prestigious" jobs at first. Do you know why? These people work, they're not a burden on society, they don't get on the welfare, they actually help their family, they take care of their family. I think they're great guys! They're great people. They go out and work, no matter what.
And there is a certain category of people who say, "We will never work in this job. And they get on the welfarist. These are the kind of people who are moaners, who despise people in "non-prestigious" jobs.
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