However, many found their access restricted to jobs the local population considered undesirable, such as general labouring, or to jobs that demanded anti-social hours. Over half the men from the Caribbean initially accepted jobs with a lower status than their skills and experience qualified them for.
However, many people faced limitations on their access to employment in jobs considered undesirable by local residents, such as manual labor or roles requiring non-traditional hours. More than half of the men from the Caribbean initially agreed to take up positions that did not match their skills and experience.