I've been thinking more and more that life is happening to me working 10 to 12 hours a day, a day off per week, which is basically to put the things of the week a day and prepare to continue work the next day.
It particularly affected me that this weekend were two days of rest, the first time so far this year, a holiday on Monday, and both Monday and Sunday free.
I told myself:
Has slavery really been abolished?
I say this because of the following: after months in Bogotá, in addition to multiple conversations with friends who are in other countries, I realize that it is a pattern that is repeated, exploitation by some citizens, and I must clarify in this point is not that I am a lazy person who does not like to work, in fact in my country I had work guards for 24 and even 36 hours (for my profession), but they offer jobs to Venezuelans, who still like My case is legal in the country that receives us, and they want to offer salaries below the minimum, and even if we are going to work as qualified professionals, due to the fact that they are not native to the country, they offer you less than what is legally required.
A psychologist friend, already approved and collegiate in Ecuador, they were paying less than they should, dared to ask that they adjust their legal fees and the contractor said no, because she was a foreigner.
That is, the fact that they give you the job is appreciated, but instead of taking advantage (in good measure and in a good way) that the country has not invested anything in the training of those thousands of professionals that we have (out of obligation) come out of. our country of origin and benefit their nation, what they do is take advantage, exploit and discriminate. I must here note that they are not all, fortunately.
In the center of Bogotá there are commercial establishments that offer trial work for a week, without remuneration, at the end of the week, they say that it does not work like that, and they do not leave them as employees, then they do the same with another during a week. more weeks, and so on, they have workers for months in trial mode, they never pay anyone, they exploit them, and is that not slavery?
In most countries of the world, at least on paper slavery has been abolished, but the reality is different, and all this (and more) occurs in the view of governments, without much being done. for stopping this, maybe because it is benefited or because some of those who take advantage of the situation of misfortune of some are part of that government, I know it is hard what I say, but I have no doubt that behind all this socio-economic structure there are governments, transnationals, and other entities benefiting directly.
So far this first part of this article.
For reading me thank you very much.
Good start of the week.
