Can’t Get No (Job) Satisfaction! Unemployment, public spending cuts and job security
With the news full of job cuts in the public and private sector, spending cuts which will affect us all and those in the public sector especially and news of a record number of young people not getting into degree courses it got me wondering is working in farming all that bad?
A recent survey showed that the industry feels that farming and horticulture is viewed as low pay, low technology, no job opportunities and not progressive. What? It is none of those!!!!
We will always need food! So farming can offer job security. You often get a car and/or accommodation with a farm worker job. Not too many farm workers get sack due to spending cuts. You get to live in a quite rural location (no London commute), work in the fresh air and we have very high levels of job satisfaction. Yes there are some down sides – but far more upsides!
Why else are so many city-types trying to come to the countryside! Our industry is great and we need to tell more people about it.
How can we get schools and career advisors to be more positive about the opportunities our industry can offer?