Soft......... I used to do 3 to 6 months months and 1 week off construction in the 70's Newman / Tom Price.
I was single at the time last gig I did out in the bush was a 3 and 1 (gold) I found it hard after so long but there were a large number of married guys for them it was really hard, when I got married I never went back.
So, which one was it?
I was doing 4 & 1 for a few years. I'll be honest, when doing 4 & 1, the 4th week is bloody hard (it's a killer with only having 1 day off in the whole month). Have done a few 5 week stints and your health is more important than money.
Well, here you have the divide between those who function in a union controlled environment and those who are able to negotiate their own conditions, I guess.As an aside, did anyone hear on the news the other day that every year in Australia it is estimated that 2 billion hours are worked but not paid for - overtime - I'm making the assumption that the great majority of them are workers who receive a salary. Poor buggers.
Well, here you have the divide between those who function in a union controlled environment and those who are able to negotiate their own conditions, I guess.
Unpaid overtime? Of course. Whatever it takes at times of pressure to get the job done properly. It's about believing in what you're doing and understanding that when you want some time for something personal there will be no hesitation in this being available. It's called 'give and take' and is the stuff on which productive and satisfying workplace relationships are forged. It's about mutual co-operation.
With tax free benefits and allowances, company car etc., those people who understand a mutually productive relationship will win every time.
Not to mention the greatly more pleasant working environment compared to one in which there's a constant squabble over pay and conditions.
Everybody wants to earn $120k+, not many want to work in 40deg+ for 60 hrs/wk while spending75% of your life living in a donga.
By the way you fly home in your own time. Rollup, rollup plenty of jobs.LOL
Well, here you have the divide between those who function in a union controlled environment and those who are able to negotiate their own conditions, I guess.
Unpaid overtime? Of course. Whatever it takes at times of pressure to get the job done properly. It's about believing in what you're doing and understanding that when you want some time for something personal there will be no hesitation in this being available. It's called 'give and take' and is the stuff on which productive and satisfying workplace relationships are forged. It's about mutual co-operation.
With tax free benefits and allowances, company car etc., those people who understand a mutually productive relationship will win every time.
Not to mention the greatly more pleasant working environment compared to one in which there's a constant squabble over pay and conditions.
As an aside, did anyone hear on the news the other day that every year in Australia it is estimated that 2 billion hours are worked but not paid for - overtime - I'm making the assumption that the great majority of them are workers who receive a salary. Poor buggers.
Back to the government: The Labor Party conference is up and running.
The world is facing financial chaos.
People here at home are becoming more and more stressed about the rising cost of living, the forthcoming carbon tax, various other real concerns.
But what is the Labor conference obsessed with? Gay Marriage!!!
Unbelievable.
Back to the government: The Labor Party conference is up and running.
The world is facing financial chaos.
People here at home are becoming more and more stressed about the rising cost of living, the forthcoming carbon tax, various other real concerns.
But what is the Labor conference obsessed with? Gay Marriage!!!
Unbelievable.
Back to the government: The Labor Party conference is up and running.
The world is facing financial chaos.
People here at home are becoming more and more stressed about the rising cost of living, the forthcoming carbon tax, various other real concerns.
But what is the Labor conference obsessed with? Gay Marriage!!!
Unbelievable.
There are many other important issues being discussed but the gay one is what the press is focusing on. Which is typical of the press in my view.
Typical of the political left is what I would have thought. Your leader Bob Brown is very keen on the idea.
Prime Minister who prefers to live in sin, .
800 kids enrolled in Karratha primary school next year,long way to go yetYes Dannyboy and Ifocus, I hear a lot of people bitching about the money being earned in the mines. I don't see a queue on St Georges Terrace trying to get up there. LOL
Everybody wants to earn $120k+, not many want to work in 40deg+ for 60 hrs/wk while spending75% of your life living in a donga.
By the way you fly home in your own time. Rollup, rollup plenty of jobs.LOL
At least Julian Grylls is trying to make it so families can stay together. He deserves a pat on the back.
I started in the late 70's you had to drive in those days as a contractor drugs and alcohol was a case of who was your dealer LOL, men were men etc , lived in the NW at various times then ended up doing gold fly in / out final trip 91.........
Dannyboy understand 4 /1 is hard average punter wouldn't get it.
Perhaps more biological than neurological?And so ?, he cannot help the way he was born.
Many do not have the intellect to realise, one it is neurological and two, we should be able to please ourselves in what we do, democracy.
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