working in a supermarket??

hey all i'm an aussie wondering if i would be employed on a 1 year working visa in ireland in a supermarket. i've working in them here in oz for 10 years and don't mind them. loads of hours, all different shifts.

I don't think supermarkets expect their shop staff to sign up for a lifetime career, so you shouldn't have a problem.

Also, it is wise to know that in UK, supermarkets pay their operators a lot less than in Oz. So check out the hourly rate. Do you happend to know what it is nona1?
Cheers :)

My students (16-18 yo) all seem easily able to pick up shifts. They get paid about £4.50 an hour, which is well in excess of the minimum for their age (£3.30). Sainsburys advertises that it pays in excess of the NMW. NMW for those aged 22 or over is £5.35; 19-21 is £4.20.

oops. Those little words "in ireland" that I failed to notice. As you were.

Yep, its really easy to pick up work. Any type of ability earns promotion so you could earn a bit more that way.

Some shops pay better then others, so check the websites for details so you know where to target first.

Looking at your bio, when you come over in 2207, you may not be physically able to work in a supermarket!!

The minimum wage in Ireland is 8 Euro something. I can imagine that you'll get a lot of competition from Eastern Europeans. But you have the advantage that you are experienced and speak English. Only yesterday I've seen in the local rag plenty of job adverts with the small note: excellent English required.

Some of the larger supermarkets (Dunnes, Tesco) are open 24 hours. I think there is always an opportunity to work at least the night shift. Lidl is always looking for staff, by the way. Best thing is to apply when over here and start right away. Or have a look at there websites.

Don't know about the working visa though. Have you got one already? Otherwise EU-members will always be prefered.

Good luck!

look at ALDI.IE or LIDL.IE the pay is 10.00 EUROS AN HOUR / 30 HR WEEK

Ireland is a little more relaxed about work permits and legality with worker than OZ you will find something very easily as you can speak fluent English and probably work hard.

Ireland isn't actually "relaxed" about work permits and legality. Whatever gave you that idea?

BWAH BWAH BWAH......#8, where did you read that!!!

I assumed the OP has a working holiday visa sorted out, or will get one. It's doubtful that a supermarket will go through all the faff of getting you any other type of work visa.

#2 i'm sorry i couldn't help noticing there that you referred to Ireland as part of the UK...we are NOT part of the UK, you should say UK & Ireland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can i ask a question ad i'm not trying to start a whole debate or argument here, but why is that SO MANY British people seem to think that the republic of ireland is part of the UK or part of the commonwealth?????? I'm sick of meeting British people abroad and having them call me British or say that Ireland is part of the UK...aaarrrrrhhhhhh!!! Something needs to be fixed in their education system!!!!!

No, she didn't; she commented that it was less well paid in the UK than in Australia and asked nona to comment on the rate in Ireland. Stop being so touchy.

No, cogito, #2 didn't make that distinction. She (?) didn't mention anything about Ireland, just UK. Maybe she could elaborate by herself?

I noticed it too, as paddybackpacker did, but don't bother anymore to comment. What's the point in educating ignorants?

Ireland might be part of the British Isles, which is a geographic term but in no way a political one.
Part of the United Kingdom she is in no way. Not even Northern Ireland. Look it up!

And for being touchy: please respect national culture and social and political sensibilities.
I assume you're American. That might explain a lot, considering the American respect for other peoples ... (now me gleefully being obnoxious, har, har :-)))

no, I am British. But it's good to let your racism show every now and then; how come it's ok to slag off Americans?

#2 didn't need to mention Ireland. If you can't see that pointing out that the UK is less well paid than Australia, and then asking a well known Irish poster what the rate is, implies that you are asking what the rate is in Ireland and the rate in question is Irish, not UKish, then you're s-l-l-o-o-o-w. If I were you, I'd ask, "are you Irish? Explains a lot, considering the Irish reputation for stupidity due to alcohol abuse and in-breeding." And you, and all other Irish posters, indeed all right minded people, would rightly object. I assume, by the way, that most will realise that this is not my view of the Irish. But is no more bigoted than carraig's. Please respect national culture, social and political sensibilities, and understand that we Brits use irony.

No-one thinks Ireland is part of the UK. The British Isles is an expression I haven't seen for 30 years, either. For god's sake, try and fill in the chip on your shoulder.

Hasn't someone gone off the point here? Maroonwill was only enquiring about working in a supermarket in Ireland!

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Cogito i don't think you should be making stupid comments like that. How many people in Britain ACTUALLY know that Ireland is not part of the UK? I would say maybe 50% of the English (now i'm referring to, because normally Scots and Welsh know what they're talking about, because they're sick of being called english as well!) people i meet when travelling refer to me as being British or of Ireland being part of the UK. It's ridiculous....

And of course it's about respecting national culture, social and political sensibilities!!!

Do Canadians like to be called Americans??? NO

Do New Zealanders like to be called Australians??? NO

Do Irish/Scottish/Welsh like to be called English??? NOOOOO

well, I teach in England and have lived here most of my life, and have a large acquaintance, and I have honestly never heard this misconception in anyone over the age of 10. The odd foreigner (okay, many of them) calls all Britons English, but I've never heard a Briton do it. You've produced not one scintilla of evidence to back up what you say, except some supposed straw poll among travellers, and I'll be frank, I don't believe you. To be honest, it's pretty much inconceivable post 1998 that the average Brit is not aware of Ireland having a prime minister of its own; indeed many years of being bombed by separatists has made a lot of us painfully aware of the issue. And most of us would be glad to be rid of the Northern Irish too.

I don't like being called "English". I'm not; my mother is Scots, my father half English and half Cornish. My children are, through their father, half Irish. If I'm anything I am British, or European.

well i think you're one of a very small minority of British people who would rather call themselves "european" - seriously!! And i have met countless people on my travels...my last trip in spain, there were a couple of english people in the hostel and they kept calling me english as well, i kept having to explain that i was not english, but irish. they just looked at me like i was some sort of psychotic nationalist type...there was no point in explaining, they were thick as planks....and that's definitely not the only time that's happened to me!!

there are soooo many people i have met with the same reactions. you will never really understand, unless you were irish! i once met an english girl (studied politics at uni might i add), we were living together for a couple months. EVERY TIME she got drunk she'd bring up northern ireland and how did it affect me when i was growing up in a warzone (i'm from the republic) and it must have been terrifing blah blah blah. she would then go on to say how great the english were, how they have so many colonies blah blah - i know that the other english people we were living with were ashamed to claim her, but like come on, how can you have university students not knowing what's going on around them, that's just plain stupid. ESPECIALLY when you've got politics students ranting on about politics that they obviously know nothing about! i know this really is irrelevant to the conversation, but i'm sure that there are hundreds of Irish in here, that would back up my argument, that they are constantly referred to as english!

Cogito, to roast that old chestnut again:

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My comment is not racist, it's political. It is about the American establishment not the ordinary American as such.
Racism is a completely different cup of tea.