The problem with American workers?

8 Jun 2024 · 0 min

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This content was created by Eric Siu. This content was uploaded by Eric Siu. This is a YouTube video titled "The problem with American workers?" (uploaded June 8, 2024). The excerpt is an English monologue by a single speaker (labelled SPEAKER A) discussing hiring practices—claiming some founders avoid hiring U.S. workers because of perceived poor work output and litigiousness, specifically avoiding hires from California, Colorado, and New York, and preferring to hire from countries like Uruguay where candidates are described as grateful for work.

It's becoming more and more difficult and more and more of my founder friends, they don't want to hire from America anymore because it's like the work isn't getting done. Also, America is a very litigious place, right? And so one of my friends has a rule. He will not hire people from California, Colorado, or New York. I'm like, why? He's like, because all they know how to do is sue, right? It's like, I'd rather just not deal with that. It's like, that's the state's fault, right? He's like, yeah, I just hire more from Uruguay. I'm hiring more from like, you know, other countries and it's working out perfectly because people are grateful to have a job there.