^^^^^ Yep, this is why I quit my job of ten years in the same place everyday, same jobs over and over, plus a bad back getting sorer and sorer. Not to mention the factory was way too small for the business so ther was no room and it used to get to 50degrees in that place with no roof ventilation.....I actually FORCED them to buy us all big industrial fans so we could actually get work done in summer. Worst part is ther was a Fan factory 3 doors down the street but it took all my whinging and complaining to make them go buy some. Mind you they just spend 800k on rebuilding nice new offices and about 50k on fixing the workshop as little as possible!
No, the way I see it is if your a hot and bothered your work input will slow down and the job wont get done.......If you are cool and calm you will put more in and the job gets done......Not hard and not even expensive to buy a few fans for the workers actually doing the hardest part of the job compared to a full Air Conditoning system being installed like the unions would demand. It used to get so hot I used to take my overalls off and tie them around my waist and wear a singlet......The overalls were quite thick too.....We used to have spray bottles with water and stand in front of fan for a break......Like I said no ventilation to remove the heat from factory in the morning from overmight and the ceiling was quite low in the factory also so the heat stayed in. After a few days of continuos heat it was basically unbearable for a full 8 hrs.
The builders get to go home around 38 degrees which is fair enough but if you work in a stinking hot factory even at 50 dgerees (we had a thermometer stuck to wall) you gotta stay and make money. We did start at 6 am on the scorchers. My brother did 4 days of landscaping last week in Melbourne in 40+ but they couldn't do Friday, too hard........He had to tho cos he had no money after xmas. We used to laugh when the office staff/salesmen used to come out in the workshop asking questions about jobs etc and we'd say Oh hows the A/C is ther is it cool enough for you LOL! And now they got $800k worth of brand spankin new offices!
Ever actually been a tradie of any sort WrcMad? Yes I wouldn't mind an office job now that I hav a dis lodged verterbrae in my lower back that is constantly sore and sometimes can barely walk...AND after all the O.T I did for that company for 10 years while everyone else went home because they couldn't be bothered! Oh and then G.P sold me 30k of metals that were 'Apparently' goin to $5,000and beyond......Ye right!
I dont think it matters who sold it to you . Investment decisions are your own responsibility.Most of us have made bad calls & done some money ....live & learn .
Yes mate thanks I'm glad it was only 30k and not the 100k or more supposed to be making sometime this year I know realise it was the pressure on the system (GFC 1) that pushed Gold to 1,900........But now with QE to infinity that pressure has relieved massively and its really looking like The Fed have been playing us all along to keep the USD 'Numero Uno"!
Yeah right.... of course you did all that OT for the company.... and carried the rest of the workforce for 10 years! :lol:
If boss ask you if you want to work thers obviously work that needs to done.....The rest 'nah cant be bothered'.....7 to 6pm thru the week and 6.30 to 12 most saturdays for 10 yrs......I had 50k in the bank until last year! Oh and in that 10 years I witnessed the GFC and saw a few from offices get retrentched and also watched median house prices rise 100-200k so all I was doing was chasing my tail anyways. Thanks a lot Oz government!
The overpaid underworked guy who sits in the air-conditioned office surfing the internet, wasting 8 hours on stacker forums and watching youtube while telling tradies what to do. That's my job and I'm good at it.
Oh ye gotta loooooove the A/C........And all the new computers and seats that get updated every 3 years too! :lol:
Yep, generally after about 3 years my computer is absolutely riddled with porn and viruses so need a new one and I can't well surf the internet for 8 hours without a comfortable reclining leather back supported office chair. Now where's the work experience kid with my latte?
Yes I was and I learned from my father that hard work can sometimes pay off......He's 63 now and still starting working at 6.45am......I cant wait till he's 65 to retire but I think he's going to have to keep working because living expenses are so high these days.....His council rates are something like 2.4k a year!
Learn to make a living doing something that doesn't involve hurting your back. Improving your literacy skills would be a good start. If you are convinced you are going to be in pain and unable to work forever then that is what will happen.
