Papirex
Nov 19, 2009, 8:33 PM
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I am not trying to throw cold water on your hopes, but you should face the reality of what you are up against down here.
It will be pretty tough to make a living for a foreigner in the construction trades in México. Mexican law says that a permission to work endorsement for a visa held by a foreigner will not be granted for any job that can be performed by a Mexican. That is a tough hurdle to get over and work legally. If you do get work illegally, many Mexicans will complain so you will be deported and they will have a chance to get your job.
Construction workers are generally held in very low esteem here. In México City there was a church where every day 1 or 200 construction workers were in the courtyard, many of them sitting on their toolboxes. They were there hoping to be hired by someone for a days work.
In spite of what the law says about hourly pay, if a task takes 10 or 11 hours, you will be expected to finish it in one day, and you will generally only receive 8 hours pay for the day. Working conditions are dangerous. Most of the ladders and homemade scaffolding used here would never pass any safety inspection NOB.
I spent 46 years working in the construction industry in The US. Up there, a skilled and educated person in the construction trades commands a higher than normal salary. I always earned 2 to 3 times the amount my contemporaries earned in most jobs and professions. That is generally reversed down here. A construction worker is at the bottom of the earnings heap here.
Good luck, Rex
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