The Importance of Being a Lazy Worker

The two men signed contracts with an Auckland based company promising $25 an hour for a minimum of 30 hours work every week. They immediately began working on the billion dollar redevelopment of Waikadi at prison near Teowahmatu. After eight weeks they were out of a job. The subcontractor who'd sponsored the men's visa sent them text messages saying you do not need to come back to work tomorrow. You did not perform well. You were kind of lazy. How did it make you feel? I could not believe that because I believe I can handle all kinds of work I was assigned to and I was not a lazy worker, says one man.