marty_0001I am a fileand you put documents in meRegistered Userregular
Yeah but they have to live out in the desert if they want to keep earning that much. If they want to go back home to live closer to family then they can get their job as a mechanic or whatever.
I can't comment on their prospects for promotion while working out there.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
Yeah but they have to live out in the desert if they want to keep earning that much. If they want to go back home to live closer to family then they can get their job as a mechanic or whatever.
I can't comment on their prospects for promotion while working out there.
They also work in shit conditions, 12 hour shifts, and have more day to day risk to their life than you do.
The amount of people who find their job is a stress point in their relationship is significantly higher also.
marty_0001I am a fileand you put documents in meRegistered Userregular
My uncle drove a massive truck for a few years
The money was really good but it was so boring out there he literally drank it all away and came back with nothing. Now he drives trucks between cities and I expect he'll do that for the rest of his working life.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
The money was really good but it was so boring out there he literally drank it all away and came back with nothing. Now he drives trucks between cities and I expect he'll do that for the rest of his working life.
The money was really good but it was so boring out there he literally drank it all away and came back with nothing. Now he drives trucks between cities and I expect he'll do that for the rest of his working life.
That can be a real problem out on site. Bored senseless all day, and nothing to do after work but hang out in the wet mess sinking piss. Once you start spending hundreds of dollars a week at the bar, you may as well just go home and get a different job...
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KincaidYou're standing on my neckKuwaitRegistered Userregular
The money was really good but it was so boring out there he literally drank it all away and came back with nothing. Now he drives trucks between cities and I expect he'll do that for the rest of his working life.
That can be a real problem out on site. Bored senseless all day, and nothing to do after work but hang out in the wet mess sinking piss. Once you start spending hundreds of dollars a week at the bar, you may as well just go home and get a different job...
I see this everyday. It's really quite depressing!
I know we like to rag on Canberra, but they've got a good thing going down there I think.
No traffic. Big enough to have a few nice restaurants and bars, but not big enough to contain throngs of annoying douchebags. A surprisingly large number of bands and acts come through Canberra. Only a couple hours drive from the Snowy Mountains, making winter ski trips feasible. Clean air and skies for the most part.
But it depends on the type of lifestyle you find appealing I guess!
I know we like to rag on Canberra, but they've got a good thing going down there I think.
No traffic. Big enough to have a few nice restaurants and bars, but not big enough to contain throngs of annoying douchebags. A surprisingly large number of bands and acts come through Canberra. Only a couple hours drive from the Snowy Mountains, making winter ski trips feasible. Clean air and skies for the most part.
But it depends on the type of lifestyle you find appealing I guess!
If you want all that why don't you just move to Auckland instead
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The Black HunterThe key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple,unimpeachable reason to existRegistered Userregular
I know we like to rag on Canberra, but they've got a good thing going down there I think.
No traffic. Big enough to have a few nice restaurants and bars, but not big enough to contain throngs of annoying douchebags. A surprisingly large number of bands and acts come through Canberra. Only a couple hours drive from the Snowy Mountains, making winter ski trips feasible. Clean air and skies for the most part.
But it depends on the type of lifestyle you find appealing I guess!
If you want all that why don't you just move to Auckland instead
We have nicer weather and better beaches within an hour and a half drive.
The biggest downside to living in Canberra is the people who don't live here and whinge all the time :P
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
I am actually pretty alright right now.
This is fucking amazing.
I managed to pace my drinking since 3pm today.
Thanks for coming to meet my friends after we were pretty much done Tom and Teck.
The money was really good but it was so boring out there he literally drank it all away and came back with nothing. Now he drives trucks between cities and I expect he'll do that for the rest of his working life.
That can be a real problem out on site. Bored senseless all day, and nothing to do after work but hang out in the wet mess sinking piss. Once you start spending hundreds of dollars a week at the bar, you may as well just go home and get a different job...
I see this everyday. It's really quite depressing!
And now I'm sad the mining companies don't set up any rec facilities?
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
The money was really good but it was so boring out there he literally drank it all away and came back with nothing. Now he drives trucks between cities and I expect he'll do that for the rest of his working life.
That can be a real problem out on site. Bored senseless all day, and nothing to do after work but hang out in the wet mess sinking piss. Once you start spending hundreds of dollars a week at the bar, you may as well just go home and get a different job...
I see this everyday. It's really quite depressing!
And now I'm sad the mining companies don't set up any rec facilities?
There's a gym and a very well set up rec room.
But there's also a wet mess. And (as of a few weeks ago) unlimited drinks.
Whelp.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
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You have to get the workers drunk so they don't realise they're actually not being paid all that well for the amount of effort they put in...
"$80,000/year for just driving big trucks is pretty good, Chris" I hear some people thinking. Uh, how about that 84 hour working week, dude? "But you get 2 weeks on, 1 off..." Yep, it still all works out to being $27.20/hour. Council workers get paid more than that to hold stop-go lollipop signs at roadworks sites.
Having said that, I really really really want a mining job...
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KincaidYou're standing on my neckKuwaitRegistered Userregular
edited March 2012
A friend I was chatting with yesterday was shocked to hear that I do 12 hour days for 3 weeks straight (with one day off in the middle).
Mind you, I drive a desk and have an interesting job. No complaints!
There is no way in hell I could survive working a shovel in the heat for 12 hours straight. Massive props to those guys and gals.
Edit: Numbers, could you work on getting onto a site as a mechanic?
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The Black HunterThe key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple,unimpeachable reason to existRegistered Userregular
I didn't know you were in/near the mines Kinc
I hear the alcohol is more expensive as well, I guess to soak up all that excess cash
So just a quick question for anyone who's ordered from Play-asia, when putting in my address it doesn't ask for what state I'm in but still has a line for post code, city, and country. This should be fine, right?
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I can't comment on their prospects for promotion while working out there.
They also work in shit conditions, 12 hour shifts, and have more day to day risk to their life than you do.
The amount of people who find their job is a stress point in their relationship is significantly higher also.
But you know, dollar signs.
Satans..... hints.....
The money was really good but it was so boring out there he literally drank it all away and came back with nothing. Now he drives trucks between cities and I expect he'll do that for the rest of his working life.
So kinda like you and blunter in Canberra then?
Satans..... hints.....
That can be a real problem out on site. Bored senseless all day, and nothing to do after work but hang out in the wet mess sinking piss. Once you start spending hundreds of dollars a week at the bar, you may as well just go home and get a different job...
I see this everyday. It's really quite depressing!
No traffic. Big enough to have a few nice restaurants and bars, but not big enough to contain throngs of annoying douchebags. A surprisingly large number of bands and acts come through Canberra. Only a couple hours drive from the Snowy Mountains, making winter ski trips feasible. Clean air and skies for the most part.
But it depends on the type of lifestyle you find appealing I guess!
If you want all that why don't you just move to Auckland instead
We have nicer weather and better beaches within an hour and a half drive.
The biggest downside to living in Canberra is the people who don't live here and whinge all the time :P
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Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
And everybody I know
Which is basically half of the guests
Are 45 minutes late!
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
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*smooch*
Hi I'm Dave.
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Turn this into your "Comedy event of the year!" - Rolling Stones Magazine co-starring Zac Galifianakis and Jason Segel.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Have the person you kiss be your designated driver, obviously.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Raid the bar. Put it all in your car.
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Why yes I do have my finger on the pulse of the newest trends, why do you ask?
That's awesome. Tell tell tell.
Let me live vicariously 8->
This is fucking amazing.
I managed to pace my drinking since 3pm today.
Thanks for coming to meet my friends after we were pretty much done Tom and Teck.
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Man you don't need me to do that!
Have you done long distance before?
There's a gym and a very well set up rec room.
But there's also a wet mess. And (as of a few weeks ago) unlimited drinks.
Whelp.
"$80,000/year for just driving big trucks is pretty good, Chris" I hear some people thinking. Uh, how about that 84 hour working week, dude? "But you get 2 weeks on, 1 off..." Yep, it still all works out to being $27.20/hour. Council workers get paid more than that to hold stop-go lollipop signs at roadworks sites.
Having said that, I really really really want a mining job...
Mind you, I drive a desk and have an interesting job. No complaints!
There is no way in hell I could survive working a shovel in the heat for 12 hours straight. Massive props to those guys and gals.
Edit: Numbers, could you work on getting onto a site as a mechanic?
I hear the alcohol is more expensive as well, I guess to soak up all that excess cash