This is a great article that shows what life is like for immigrants, even the educated and successful. This guy gave up a VP position in Saudi Arabia to, eventually, direct pedestrians to subway cars in Toronto. He scrapes by after investing his Saudi wealth into Toronto real estate, because he can't find a job.
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-i-gave-up-a-comfortable-life-to-come-to-canada-and-my-immigrant-story/
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I'm a pudgy white guy with a US uni degree and I had a hard time landing my first job in Canada. It was a year of waiting and then a year of contracts, part time side hustles etc.
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One more thing, we keep whining about productivity in Canada. Here is a really successful guy that is basically sitting around his house. Get this guy a job and I bet he'll make his 50 direct reports more productive.
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