Integration is a two way street - and it's not just eastern europeans for which the situation exists - but also peoples from other areas of the world. Those who look similar to us and have a similar culture integrate easier. But, as a "southener" who lived in the north for a while, I can assure you that it takes a lot of effort to try integrate yourself (and the fact I came back south shows I didn't succeed).
But yes, there are problems here (barriers to integration, raised by both sides). In fact they are similar problems in a way that cause the general lack of the fairer sex and minorities in engineering. I don't have solutions.
The problem is that the service sector isn't immune either. Much of my employers systems, software, electrical design and mechanical design is being slowly hived off to "lower cost" countries. Those are roles that generally need a high level of education (we are mostly all graduates) and experience. Yes, there are leave supporters amongst this group.
Integration is a two way street - and it's not just eastern europeans for which the situation exists - but also peoples from other areas of the world. Those who look similar to us and have a similar culture integrate easier. But, as a "southener" who lived in the north for a while, I can assure you that it takes a lot of effort to try integrate yourself (and the fact I came back south shows I didn't succeed).
But yes, there are problems here (barriers to integration, raised by both sides). In fact they are similar problems in a way that cause the general lack of the fairer sex and minorities in engineering. I don't have solutions.
The problem is that the service sector isn't immune either. Much of my employers systems, software, electrical design and mechanical design is being slowly hived off to "lower cost" countries. Those are roles that generally need a high level of education (we are mostly all graduates) and experience. Yes, there are leave supporters amongst this group.
