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Old September-11th,2006, 12:20 AM
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By no means should you give up. At least you are doing your homework before moving to KW. Much of the help in the hotel industry is what is referred to as "contract labor" especially the housekeeping workforce. Its not a good thing IMHO. Basically it is legalized slavery but w/o it there would be no one to do those jobs. Its a complicated thing but basically the Contract Companies hire people from the Eastern block of the world, bring them over, and then the hotelier goes to them and tells them what they need, ie housekeepers, maintance. The hotel totals the hours worked for all "contract employees" and then writes one check to the company. It is the company that is responsible for paying its employees after taking out whatever expenses. As a result of this practice, Yes, many employees share apts. But those employees are here for a reason - To make as much money possible and send it home. So they work a ton of hours and as many as 3 jobs.
There is a very high cost of living in KW. It wasn't too long ago that I read somewhere that on the average, someone moving down here needs to have 5,000 in the bank to cover deposits. When you look at the apts for rent in KW you will get the idea. Rents are high no matter where in KW you look.
But with all that said, if you are a good employee and do not "burn any bridges" KW has all kinds of possiblities.
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