Out of the so called 80 trainers there are now 3 expats in the department. Yes all 3 are senior staff. Agreed if there are Bahamians to fill those posts then by all means do so. However, at the position they hold there are few here in the Bahamas who can and even fewer in the department. Over 75% of the staff there presently began with no prior knowledge of the field and there are countless entry level positions being filled. So to bring up her past is not relevant. Where almost all of the current sea lion staff started off their training or basic training training dolphins. Let's not forget that those trainers were trained by trainers who were trained by trainers (all beginning with no experience period). There are persons trying to now sugar coat what happened to the trainer but sad to say the damage is done and they now have the attention of the entire world. The selfishness of this scheme to "get rid of the white people" was thought up by people who forget that they work without a college degree with a starting base salary some will never see with out a degree. The sea lion team is currently seeking staff inhouse but you will not see these persons offering their knowledge and years of experience which is equal to that of the female trainer to transfer from training dolphins to training sea lions. They instead bully the staff to not train sea lions, bad mouthing the senior staff and management. So by removing a seasoned senior sea lion staff you have now cut the team of the actual staff capable of performing interactions. Now as to her performing interactions...as a senior staff they are not required to participate in more than 1interaction a day. This allows for other responsibilies to be completed. There are a few who actually participate in multiple interactions daily. Then there are those who plan on " getting rid of the white people" who would not venture outside should they be allowed to do so. So once again this too is not relevant. Here is my question...if her permit was expired, and her service was not needed in the department, why was there an appeal made in her name? Let us not forget that we too have Bahamian trainers residing outside of this country for the exact same reason. For some this is all they know and to loose it over petty reason with this raid as a smoke screen will be heartbreaking to all employeed there, not just trainers.
c_h_e_e_k_i_e says...
Out of the so called 80 trainers there are now 3 expats in the department. Yes all 3 are senior staff. Agreed if there are Bahamians to fill those posts then by all means do so. However, at the position they hold there are few here in the Bahamas who can and even fewer in the department. Over 75% of the staff there presently began with no prior knowledge of the field and there are countless entry level positions being filled. So to bring up her past is not relevant. Where almost all of the current sea lion staff started off their training or basic training training dolphins. Let's not forget that those trainers were trained by trainers who were trained by trainers (all beginning with no experience period). There are persons trying to now sugar coat what happened to the trainer but sad to say the damage is done and they now have the attention of the entire world. The selfishness of this scheme to "get rid of the white people" was thought up by people who forget that they work without a college degree with a starting base salary some will never see with out a degree. The sea lion team is currently seeking staff inhouse but you will not see these persons offering their knowledge and years of experience which is equal to that of the female trainer to transfer from training dolphins to training sea lions. They instead bully the staff to not train sea lions, bad mouthing the senior staff and management. So by removing a seasoned senior sea lion staff you have now cut the team of the actual staff capable of performing interactions. Now as to her performing interactions...as a senior staff they are not required to participate in more than 1interaction a day. This allows for other responsibilies to be completed. There are a few who actually participate in multiple interactions daily. Then there are those who plan on " getting rid of the white people" who would not venture outside should they be allowed to do so. So once again this too is not relevant. Here is my question...if her permit was expired, and her service was not needed in the department, why was there an appeal made in her name? Let us not forget that we too have Bahamian trainers residing outside of this country for the exact same reason. For some this is all they know and to loose it over petty reason with this raid as a smoke screen will be heartbreaking to all employeed there, not just trainers.
On Shock over immigration staff swoop
Posted 26 April 2013, 11:22 p.m. Suggest removal