SÉRGIO GONÇALVES ACCUSES MIGUEL ALBUQUERQUE OF OFFENDING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE REGION

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

The president of PS Madeira today accused Miguel Albuquerque of offending young people in the Region because the president of the Regional Government said that qualified young people in Madeira “are unemployed only by choice” and that they have “a very good job offer base” .

In a statement, Sérgio Gonçalves considers that Miguel Albuquerque’s statements are of “very bad tone”, taking into account that “not only the large number of people who had to emigrate because they did not find opportunities in the Region – including many qualified young people – but also all those who, staying here, do not find work or are forced to accept jobs that do not match their level or area of ​​qualification”.

“Is the President of the Regional Government saying that people face difficulties like they haven’t felt for a long time and that young people don’t buy a house or obtain their financial independence just because they don’t want to work?”, asks Sérgio Gonçalves, considering that Miguel’s statements Albuquerque are completely unreasonable.

From Jornal Madeira

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21 Responses

  1. Sergio Gonsalves is an idiot. I have been in Madeira for 6 months and I agree 100% with Miguel that people don’t work becuase they don’t want to. Take away the subsidies and allowances and get these lazy layabouts to work!

    1. I assume you know how these people survive without any income? The choice for most is live with mum or another relative. The social security in Portugal is lower than in the UK but just like in the UK rents and property prices are ridiculously overpriced compared to even average salaries never mind the legal minimum. You might also like to know that most decent jobs in Madeira are never advertised but just filled by word of mouth. If you are not on the list or a fully paid up member of the party you don’t get even an interview. Not every young person is willing to sell their soul to get the right job! Virtually every middle management or senior posts on the island are directly or indirectly politically approved. Once you have lived here for 17 years and spoken with dozens of ordinary younger Madeirans you just might realise how ill informed you are!

      1. Social security kills people here, if you are self employed it’s 35% and you can reduce it to 25% if you are an employee them your employer has to pay a percentage for you o believe.

    2. So do you think there are a lot of jobs for everyone with reasonable pay… Hotels and catering there are plenty, but who wants to work long unsociable hours for pathetic 4.90 – 5.50 an hour.

    1. Exactly. And have them yell in English and ask about stupid things without having done the least research on the local culture and how things work. A venti latte with soy please? They don’t even bother to learn local coffee names. I don’t blame people who have studied and have skills to not want to be a glorfied servant for some lumpy Brit who thinks they’re special.

      1. Are you saying that all tourists who go to Madeira are lumpy Brits who think they’re special? Some may be but other nationalities are lumpy and ignorant too. Don’t class every ‘Brit’ under that category. I can only think you’ve had or seen some bad experiences with people from the UK. We are not all like that I can assure you. I feel sorry that you think we are.

        1. Obviously it’s not every single person who travels here but it’s a big enough number that it begins to get annoying and repetitive: groups blocking pavements, oblivious to people trying to get to work or just go about their non-tourist day, starting interactions in English and very loud English at that, not bothering to learn the smallest details like how much a bus ticket costs or looking up the schedule all available online, learning the coffee names so that the poor waiter from some village doesn’t have to figure out what you want when you demand a large strawberry shot mocha or something ridiculous.

          1. I think George Arthur Nabbs has hit the nail on the head with you Lavinia. Obviously it’s only the ‘English who block the pavements ….. something ridiculous’ as you say in your big rant. Do only English tourists visit Madeira then? I think you were extremely discourteous to George in your comment about the value of education and minimal interest in other cultures. I know everything you have said is your opinion and everyone has a right to it but is there any reason why you should vilify only the English? What’s your gripe with them and only them? I feel sorry that you are so narrow-minded and agree wholeheartedly with George in his summing up of you. He couldn’t be more accurate!

          2. You are a snob, “the poor waiter from some village”, you must really make his day when you ask for a chinesa.

      2. I was going to write a reasoned reply but why bother? Where is it written that before visiting a country I should learn the names for the local coffee. I don’t learn the names for supercilious, boring, snobbish, want to be’s, who can only denigrate people and are never satisfied with the status quo but have no useful or practical suggestions. I just refer to them as Lavinia’s.

        1. It’s quite obvious you don’t see the value of education or minimal interest in other cultures. Don’t expect others not to have opinions.

          1. If the height of your education and interest in other cultures is being able to use Google to find out the Portuguese for a milky coffee. Then I agree. As to opinions we all have them, the difference between us is that I accept that my opinion could be wrong.

  3. I would have thought peanuts is better than no nuts but why do you describe the tourist as lazy? In most cases he/she have worked their socks off for most of the year so they and their family can enjoy a holiday. Tell me, when you use a restaurant or hotel do you insist in going to the bar or kitchen to fetch your own drinks and food? Make your own bed and clean the bathroom when in a hotel? Have you thought, what am I saying, have you thought ? If every tourist was as self sufficient as yourself there wouldn’t be any jobs to pay even peanuts.

    1. Well spoken George. I don’t know anything about who gets the chance of jobs and who doesn’t but your comments are right about Tony’s remarks. Doesn’t he travel anywhere at all and if so, would he like to be called a ‘lazy tourist’. Many countries depend on tourists and I find Tony’s comments offensive.

  4. Tobi. Can you please explain to me why when I send comments mine always show up ‘awaiting moderation’? I made one comment at 11.17 this morning and it’s still ‘awaiting moderation’ yet someone else has made a comment at 11.48 and there’s is printed straight away. This happens to me every time. I understand that comments must be vetted but mine seems to take ages. Am I doing something wrong? Please advise.

  5. In any region of any country with a population of about 200,000 it is inevitable that there is not a full range of jobs. Young people have to decide whether they want to equip themselves with the education and skills to do the jobs available locally – albeit with education and training elsewhere – or travel and work elsewhere.

    I do believe there is scope for Madeira to have a broader economy with many more highly paid remote workers. However, those opportunities are not going to be taken advantage of by local young people unless they have the dreams, aspirations and education to do so.

  7. In the end of the the day the president of Madeira is right in certain way many young students when continue their studies in Universities or even in Professional School some of them leave the island and many of them go to exchange programs like Erasmus or other programs and many of them never return back to Madeira to apply or even get a job preferring to live and work in mainland Portugal or the EU.

    1. Well said Isabel, the world over no one owes you a living. If you cant get the ideal job then you grab what is available instead of standing on the sidelines and complaining about a lack of opportunities. Even some very good qualified people the world over had to make ends meet as a student by taking waiter jobs. It seems it only here that young people believe that they are above that sort of work.

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