Seems like not only are illegals getting the meanial jobs, they are getting some of the better jobs. Even when they have no experience.

So, I'm thinking of changing my name to spanish just to see if I get more calls back. I think this would be a great experiment and might even be able to make a case of discriimination and sue some of these bozo's. Seems like the illegals have no problem finding jobs. I go to any commercial construction site and see 60% of the workers are illegals and the ones with any experience are getting paid $12-$15-$18 an hour.

I have filled out dozens of applications and I am either over qualified or under qualified. Is that code for to old and to expensive or to white? I don't know if its the age discrimination or the racial discrimination. It used to be someone with many years experience was desired but now days it seems like the employers don't really care as long as you work cheap enough. I did have one company that told me right up front that I was over qualified and then insulted me by offering me $10 an hour. Can you believe it? This company hires only Americans but they pay the Americans like they are illegals. I know illegal laborers that make more money then that starting off knowing nothing. The company told me they could start me off at an insulting $10 an hour for 90 days and after that they felt sure with my qualifications, after proving myself during the 90 day trial period that they would give me a significant pay increase. I don't really hold back on words and I asked the guy "yeah, but if you hire me for $10 an hour then come time for that raise you'll want to give me $13 maybe $14 and I will still be paid way under what I am worth. Then the company will claim the raise is enormus while I'm still getting underpaid. I just told them I wouldn't accept less than $15 an hour and I would then be expecting at least a $2 an hour raise in 90 days. I know you usually don't want to go in telling the company what you'll take in pay but why not? I know they currently sub out my position which cost them a few thousand a week, my God would them saving fifteen hundred dollars a week be a good help? The guy interviewing me just said I was over qualified, well, pay me what I'm worth. Obviously I'm going to be making the company three times what they are going to be paying me. He said that he was sure I would be a good fit and they didn't have any people with the particular skills I brought in, he would talk to the owners and see what he could do. That was last week, haven't heard anything, I will call them tomorrow. The only reason I am willing to work for $15 an hour is because the company is small and therfore I could learn alot by doing many different aspects of the business I am not familiar with as opposed to a large company where you get stuck on large repetetive projects. Anyway... I'll bet they call back tomorrow and offer me less than the $15 an hour, I think they are just stalling to act as if they don't really need me but I will call their bluff. No $15, no work!

Anyone else noticing this discrimination?