I’d probably agree with those contractors. The Mexicans are very hard workers. I’m from TX and have seen the same thing there. Even my kids, when they were very young, under 6, noticed how different it was shopping at a store with mostly black workers . . . slow lines, etc. Maybe racist, but it is true.
Problem is second generation are on welfare, in jail, etc. in similar proportion to blacks.
Big alcohol as well as we’re getting Indian/Native American immigrants, not European.
A few months back I was part of a 4 man plus a lead and a driver/material handler computer rollout for a state agency.
I was generally the first on site anywhere in the state, usually the first on the domain, first with my online documentation, and most done on any given day.
There was a hispanic guy who was very good but didn’t have my knowledge and experience but he was the only one who could ever match me. It might have happened a few times. He was generally right behind me in stats.
The other two were black. Rarely on time, produced the least, had the most problems even after months of doing the same simple routines, and had to socialize with every female around regardless. Another funny thing was that they would take the time to neatly pack and break down computers, monitors, laptop docking stations, etc. in each box only for the driver/handler to just pick them up, sort them by type and repack them in another box after being scanned for inventory.
I don’t applaud the thief who can jump through my rear window, clean out the house in record time and do the quarter - mile in ten seconds getting out my front door. A thief is a thief and Mexicans are stealing from us. I don’t give a crap how hard and fast they work. Truth is , I’ve seen Mexicans work and they can be as lazy as anyone else. And if they do work so great why is their country such a mess?