Hi so if you watched my last week's video you know that I lost my job the other week
which sucks but luckily it wasn't anything to do with me.
Company was changing its business model and I wasn't needed anymore.
However as you can tell from my accent, I'm from America.
I'm about as American as you can get in the fact that
I probably was born wearing blue jeans, came out goo goo ga ga, give me some of them Levi's.
My Mom's American, my Dad's American and it just turtles all the way up man.
My Dad's Dad's, my Mom's Mom's all of them all American,
I can't actually trace it anywhere back to Europe.
Maybe Germany, maybe Sweden but that fact still remains that
I'm not from the UK
Now despite this I consider London my home now
I moved here 3 years ago to study, I graduated, I got a good job out of it
and I've just kept moving up the corporate ladder
and I love it here, this is my home.
However some people don't want this to be my home
and those people are the people in the government in the UK right now.
Now I feel like most British people don't know much about the immigration in the U.K.
All they see is what is in the news which is
(odd accent) "immigration keeps increasing, gotta keep them out they took our jobs"
Well, today I'm hoping to inform you a bit more than the media about
what migrants actually have to go through in order to get a job in the UK
Now in America I'm a first class citizen, I'm a white straight male
how much more privileged can I get?
However, interestingly enough that's not enough in the UK
Because I'm American, I'm actually heavily discriminated against when it comes to the job market.
And it's not because I'm an unskilled labourer, or because I'm uneducated
or I don't really fit the bill well.
It's actually just because of where I was born.
And you think this is a exaggeration but in fact I've had many interviews since I lost my job
But it's only been one week and I've already had five interviews
and out of those five I had two that were so good;
the jobs were perfect, the company was great,
the guy was like "hey man, when can you start?"
literally like "you can start in two weeks man"
And then I tell him
"Oh by the way, um, I actually need sponsorship-"
"-I need a Visa cause I am uh American (quietly) I come from America"
And the mood completely changes
It goes from this great feeling of 'we've been looking for a person to fill this role for three months-'
'-and no British person has come by and had this skill set'
to 'I'm really sorry we just can't work for ya'.
Really? You just can't, you just can't?!
Because of where I'm from, you can't spons- and that isn't necessarily their fault.
It's because the UK government has put up so many walls for any company and any migrant to work together
and in fact they're trying even harder to make it more difficult for migrants to stay.
In fact David Cameron, leader of the Tories the current political party in power,
has made it his mission to decrease the amount of migrants coming in to the UK
from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands.
However it's not going so well, which is nice
except for that fact that now because of that they're literally doing the stupidest things to try and keep migrants out.
Did you know in order to get a job in the UK you already have to have a Masters level degree job?
That's right. It's not like they're trying to hire me to work at Topshop to pick up some clothes or anything like that
No no no no no I'm not taking anyone's job in the UK
because also, in order for me to get (laughs) a job in the UK they have to put it on a
job posting site for more than 30 days and literally interview every British person
and the only reason they can hire me is if every British person failed to meet their expectations
and I am the only one available.
If one British person somewhat matches me, legally they have to hire that person
just because (laughs) I'm a migrant.
And that is the stupi- (angry incomprehensible noises) It's so messed up!
However that's never the case because I work in such a niche area
not many people have my skill set and it should be a lot easier for me to get these jobs.
But they just can't because I'm a migrant and in fact they're passing more and more bills
to keep the migrants out.
Did you know that in order for me to get a job I actually have to pay a thousand and five hundred pounds
to get my Visa every time I get a different job?
And the companies also have to pay.
However on top of that Theresa May one of the Tories was like
"You know what we should do? Let's charge companies a thousand pounds per migrant that they have."
Why not? David Cameron needs some new pigs! I don't know! Where's that money even going?
Are they just going to keep charging on top of charging?
Also, right now in order to get a job in the UK, the starting salary is for any entry-level job
for migrants is around twenty-five thousand pounds.
However, the lovely Tories were like "(scoffs) that seems a bit low-"
"-let's just increase it to thirty thousand so that way anyone attempting to move to the UK-"
"-no company will want them because we're charging them way too much"
Why? Why, it doesn't make sense!
We're skilled labourers, the UK is literally cutting out skilled labour
from their market. That's nonsensical.
I feel like David Cameron at this point is an unskilled labourer
That's- British people are just like "I don't know at least he's British"
"But, Evan those migrants they're just here to steal our NHS benefits and get free health care?"
Oh, that's actually a valid point you might think
"Hm, Evan, he's a migrant he's coming here, what if he gets ill?"
"Then, he's going to be getting all those free health care options that I pay for with my taxes!"
Well, did you know that as a migrant you actually have to pay every year for your NHS benefits.
It's not free and I also pay on top of that because I'm paying taxes!
I'm paying lots of taxes to the UK government, I'm on the next tier.
So it doesn't make sense that I'm paying for the NHS, and then I'm also paying for the NHS
and I get no benefits. If I lose my job I don't get any of the benefits that British people do because I'm a migrant.
Literally, I have a 30 day notice to get out.
Once you lose your job here, it's literally like (clicking) time bomb ticking
they're like "oooh we've got another one let's try and kick him out the country."
Why? I don't know.
I have a skill set that is valued very heavily in this industry
and yet the UK government just does not want me, it makes no sense.
Did you know if I had to give my two week notice for a company I'd be risking a huge amount
because I'm not able to give a two week notice without making a huge amount of risk?
When I tell a company "hey putting in my notice, I'll be gone in two weeks."
That means in two weeks my old Visa turns off and then I have to hope to God
that the Visa from the other company goes through because if it doesn't
(clapping) tick-tick-tick you've got 30 days to get out of the country.
It's not fair, for the most part I can barely legally even give an notice
Because safely I was told by the home office that in order to switch visas safely
I have to do it immediately, except if you do it immediately you're no longer legally allowed to work at the old company
which means that you cannot give a notice.
Migrants are treated like utter crap.
Now, I get this question a lot on Tumblr and Twitter which is
"Evan, I love that you came from America and you studied in the UK and you stayed-"
"-I have a dream of doing that from this country or from this country-"
"-I want to move abroad and live in England."
Well, I have bad news for you.
Because the "loop-hole", the Tories like to call it, that I came in through has now been closed.
I came here to study, I graduated and I got a job after it. Makes sense.
However, now you literally can't. If you come here to study, let's just say you came here for four years
you got your Bachelor's, you made some friend's, you made a home, you got your MSc
you're like living large you're thinking about getting a job.
Nope!
David Cameron's like "Get out! Go back to your country because this is ours now you intelligent educated person."
"We don't want you in our economy"
So you have a six month 'cooling off period' where you have to leave the UK and you're not allowed back for 6 months.
Because that is how we treat people that we bring into the country
'Cause that makes sense. Discrimination, yeah!
Like I said this would make a lot more sense if maybe you had no career aspects or if you weren't eductated
let's say you failed out of university or don't have any skills and you want to work in retail.
Okay. We have lots of British people for that.
But the fact that the UK is turning away skilled labourers does not make sense to me
Especially ones, like myself, who can fluently speak English and can contribute to society and pay taxes.
I'm paying you taxes, Davey, how many pigs do you need?!
Anyway, thanks for watching this video, I just wanted to bring to light all the issues
that I, and many migrants, have living in the UK and hopefully things get a bit easier
though, reading a lot of articles about it, it doesn't seem that way
So if you're thinking of moving to the UK, I would highly recommend it
only because I don't want David Cameron's stupid laws to stop you from following your friggin' dreams.
It's a great country here, despite the fact they hate you, literally, if you're not from the UK.
But despite that, I do love it and I'm gonna keep on the job search despite the fact that it's really difficult.
If you wanna stay up to date with me and find out how my job search is going
you should probably just follow my Twitter, because I will tweet it there.
Or just subscribe *ding sound effect* cause I make new videos every Sunday.
I'm a very positive person so I feel like everything will work out for me,
I just really feel for people that aren't in my position where they are migrants and it's a lot harder for them.
'Cause even though I find it disgustingly difficult for me, I know it's even harder for others and I just really feel for them.
So, thank you guys so much for watching, I really hope you did like it
I'll see you guys next week, goodbye.
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