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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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 Posted - 09/07/2006 : 19:23:28
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| congrats benji! you are a rockstar! |
Edited by - Daisy Girl on 09/07/2006 19:23:58 |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3430 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2006 : 19:39:37
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thanks daisy,
yeah very nice to feel appreciated.
but the thing about the mining industry in western australia at present, there is such a shortage of labour that there are so many opportunities and almost always someone who's willing to pay you more than what you're earning at your current job. thats why salaries are just going stupid...
but also why i'm hear to reap the rewards....certainly wouldn't live in the desert for any other reason....
for eg - people are getting paid over 100k to just drive trucks in our mine.
and they only work less than half the year because of their roster...
it's amazing.
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 05:47:03
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Can I work with you please Benji?
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3430 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 06:42:58
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mike,
if you have an HR licence you'd be set.
start on 90-100k depending on where you work....
sure, you'd have to work 12 hour days, but just think of the money....
in the current environment, unskilled labour generally gets paid more then skilled...
so people who work under me get paid more than me....
sick, i know, but thats just the way it is...
and i'm now on 91k so to get more than me, i think is pretty damn good....
anyways, i've had too much sauvignon blanc so must stop....
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 10:22:42
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Those figures are making my head spin.
Seriously tempting.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 13:14:36
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benji, so since i can work in australia, i could come there and work in the desert driving a truck for 6mos and get paid 100,000 pounds a year??
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
876 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 16:20:44
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I believe that productive work is essential to having a full life and that trying different jobs and working hard gives you experience and builds character.
But-
I never want to work again. My job is ok, not my favorite of all the jobs I've had, but it's alright.
The thing is, I want a job that I can do at home, preferably in bed. And if I can't do that I'd like a job where I only have to go in when I want to. So, say it was snowing out I could just take a couple days off and come back when the snow has melted.
Really, I don't think that all people were meant to work. I think I was born into the wrong class. I think I was meant to live a life like Dorian Gray- where I just live off my family's money, produce some kind of artwork occasionally, and go out to dinner parties every night. |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3430 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 19:11:42
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well you'd work for a year, but at the mine where i work, the truck drivers work 2 day shifts and 2 night shifts then 4 days off, and with 5 weeks of annual leave, they work less than half the year...
other sites you work 2 weeks on, 1 week off.
our site is not the norm for the roster...
the package for truck drivers recruited through a recruitment firm to work at our site doing 2:1 is worth 107k, and all you need for that is to have an HR licence.....
and also, wages are more where i live in the northwest of western australia then down south more. i assume it's because it's a very harsh place to live and work....
tho most positions are fly in/fly out...
so that means you live in perth (western aus capital city) and you fly into your site to work and fly back to perth after your 2 weeks or however long your roster is....
i don't do that - i live in the town where i work...
but when we were on holiday a few months ago we went to this organic winery which made absolutely delicious wines and ciders and the owner was saying that he was going to change career to become a truck driver in a few months because he would make a lot more money being a truck driver than owning his own business...we were shocked...and saddened...
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 09/10/2006 : 09:14:42
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Yeah, nice one on the payrise benji. Hope the outback isn't being too rough on yah!
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work.. what is it to you??
