00:00Every major scheme in Birmingham now comes with a jobs promise.
00:04Lidywood, Paradise, Smithfield, Peddymore all climbing thousands of opportunities.
00:09But what kind of work are we talking about?
00:12The Paradise offices host accountants and tech firms.
00:15Peddymore runs on warehouse shifts and tight deadlines.
00:19Both count as jobs created, yet they offer completely different futures.
00:24Out here people aren't quoting press releases, they're talking about whether regeneration
00:28means a proper wage, stable hours and a chance to move up, or just another spin of the same
00:34low-paste cycle.
00:35It depends on what kind of stuff obviously has been put into place for the jobs.
00:41I mean the way this country is going now, there's not a lot of backing for the normal
00:47working class and we are literally moving to Australia in three weeks because of that
00:51because the opportunities are better over there, the kinds of people that trade jobs and stuff.
00:55I'm hoping they can sort of get the jobs out of stuff, get some people some jobs because
00:59the work employment is terrible isn't it?
01:01I think it would create long-term jobs to be honest.
01:04There's a lot of things to do around here and I think it's really nice.
01:07Looking at all the shops and everything, all the things to do, I think it's already getting there.
01:12Well, I'd like to think it's going to be good work, high quality, but I'm really difficult
01:19to say.
01:21Paying Birmingham still trowels the national average by around £70 a week.
01:26That gap tells you plenty.
01:28Developers like to talk about inclusive growth, yet many residents say the higher end jobs
01:32go to graduates from elsewhere, while locals get what's left.
01:36Pedimore Amazon's expansion brought thousands of roles, but they're not careers that build
01:41roots.
01:42People here are asking whether big employers and the council should guarantee apprenticeships
01:47and upskilling, so homegrown talent fills those glass towers instead of watching from
01:52the bus stop.
01:53No, I think you've only got to look at the way the government's running.
01:56There needs a lot more training for young people.
01:59It seems there's no direction in most young kids these days, so, you know, and you're right,
02:04I mean, it looks to me like, or us, it's low-skilled work that they're looking at, not proper
02:10skills.
02:11And that's what we're losing.
02:12Most of the places have closed down anyway.
02:14We're quite shocked today to come and half of the shops are closed.
02:18I think it's a lot to do with the funding and the backing of, obviously, the government
02:23and the townships, what people are putting into it.
02:29Outsiders.
02:34With this country history backings and the way things are going on, I can't see many people
02:39getting jobs.
02:40Like, not locally.
02:41I mean, there was a place here the other week, it was advertised on TikTok.
02:48She came in, and at the door she was told, oh, we're not opening anymore, we're shut down.
02:53They didn't give her no notice, and she came into work, so she's literally out of a job.
02:57And she didn't even know.
02:59Mad.
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