If you read the thread I have stated my work is in social care - NHS.
What I do is not menial. The majority do not do it, because they do not have the skill set.
In the care sector wage compression caused by immigration is no myth. You are displaying a form of snobbery that thinks it is ok that skilled carers, who are often highly educated and qualified should accept low pay and poor working conditions because there is migrant labour to do the role for less.
It is exploitation.
Exploitation that is leading to poorer services for the vulnerable within society. Sadly it is an example of how skewed the national moral compass has become that this is considered to be a consequence that is the acceptable face of free movement of labour = **** em we can get somebody to do it for less.
Of 1360 posts on this subject, No; I have not read your personal circumstances.
From what you say, it would appear that your profession may be the victim of market forces; too many people qualified to do too few jobs. So you may be peeved that you feel that you are underpaid for the skillset necessary to do your job. In addition, allocation of budgets don't always reflect what is needed to fulfill the requirement in a fair way.
I do know from personal experience that care workers are not high earners. Of course, if they are exploited because they receive less than the legal wage and terms and conditions of employment, then the employer should be brought to book and fined appropriately. I certainly would not put the job in the category of menial employment.
Nor for example, would I include the plethora of lovely girls and boys who come from the EU and top up the NHS cause as doctors and nurses etc.
My reference to relatively menial tasks referred to the immigrants who work in the fields picking fruit and vegetables; serve in your local restaurant, pubs and hotels with extraordinary unsociable hours etc. Ask them what their background and qualifications are and you may be very surprised. They are doing jobs which the agricultural and service sector cannot fill with UK workers.
For example, my grandson's partner is a qualified Polish solicitor. Her qualification is not recognised in the UK and she is currently employed as a receptionist.