The same survey showed that more than half of unemployed people were unwilling to take up available work because of low pay. This might be taken to mean that many people have inflated expectations, and have succumbed to a philosophy of wanting to find well-paid, cushy jobs close to home. But deeper analysis shows that the government's modified policy on importing foreign labor may also be to blame.
上述調查中，有一半以上的失業者因為「待遇太低」而不願屈居眼前可得的工作，這或許意味許多人眼高手低，服膺「錢多事少離家近」的求職哲學；然而深入分析，變調的外勞政策也可能是幫凶。