In Albania, remaining jobs are being replaced by Asians and Africans

Chandra Sally has left her homeland for weeks to work as a waitress in Tirana.

Her husband has moved to Italy, while the rest of the family is still living in Sri Lanka.

I've just moved to Tirana and really like it. People talk to me, say hello. Now I've been working as a waitress for a while. Soon I'll be a senior in a family. I left my country because I couldn't find a job there, while I have two other guys to take care of. I love it here, and I believe I'll stay in your country for a long time”, Sally said.

Like Chandra, Stanley has just arrived from Nigeria, which is awaiting his first day of employment at a private security company.

I come from Nigeria, from a poor country where it's hard to find work, while I have to take care of my family. At first I emigrated to Turkey, but there I found temporary work, 1 week or 1 month. Here in Albania, I contacted several employment agencies and managed to close a contract with a security company. I'll work safe for them with a satisfying salary. Tirana I love, especially people who are kind to me wherever I go”, it still says.

High migration does not constitute any new ones for Albania. Professionals with experience in various fields have turned to Europe to work, and this has led to local companies having difficulty finding workers, moving their qualifications into second.

Ermal Yauri, head of the employment company Europe Agency, claims that, the company's <x0 claims are to replace Albanian personnel with foreign ones in the future. Although in reality that's not good, but it's actually the only way companies have. As we speak, we have a request for 120 foreign staff in our office today ready to start working after the procedure closes. The requirements are in all sectors, but the service sectors are the ones that require more in numbers. We have production companies that require unqualified labor and employees. We have companies that are in the field of technology and information looking for programmers, IT and looking for scary numbers. It is no longer important that the staff is qualified than the staff, which has stability at work. Many companies are willing to train their own employees in order to have a long-term contract designed and reliable, that if they're going to hire someone today and invest in his training, he's sure as long as he's got the contract he's going to be in charge of”.

According to employment agencies every month, new contracts are opened with companies that will bring workers from Africa and Asia. According to them, employees from these countries have low costs, they do not have much expectations when they arrive, and they are ready for any type of work. Moreover, they are more numerous as applicants, because they have difficulty finding jobs in their countries of origin.

The jobs that are being completed by employees from Asia and Africa are in the service sector, like salesmen, waiters, bartenders, safes, babysitters, babysitters, drivers, etc., in production or construction workers. Jauuri says high demand is for programmers.

Albanians leaving

Mass abandon of human resources has been felt by fascist companies.

Gjergji Gjika, head of the Facebook room, claims that, “any enterprise, has not been out of 4 or 5 employees who are not replaced. They once fled, but there was someone to replace, even an unqualified employee, but at least it was within the month, we now have no people. In 2019 we had a figure of about 5% on average staff exits. So in a company with 100 employees, almost at the end of the year if you don't get to 60 employees, that's alarming. So far we don't have contracts with foreign companies for foreign employees, but it doesn't avoid as an alternative while Albanians are leaving abroad, we're going to accept and foreigners here”.

The migration of Albanians, especially in certain circles, is falling like alarm bells.

According to an EPPC poll, Albanians leave their jobs because they don't feel appreciated. In all, 60 percent of those questioned say that they feel dissatisfied at home. Other reasons list wages, lack of motivation, unpaid work, and low career opportunities. These reasons make it possible for a better life to be sought outside the border. /Monitor/