sadly their identical twin brothers and sisters also work in private enterprise.
Paul1405,
No-one's denying that, but at least in private enterprise they can be gotten rid of at no great expense unlike bureaucrats in the public service.

....No-one's denying that, but at least in private enterprise they can be gotten rid of at no great expense unlike bureaucrats in the public service.

And there in lies the problem Indi, as these leaches set, or should i say, lower, the bench mark and, considering less productive workers get paid, usually the same, it is little wonder productivity decreases as many adopt the attitude of, why bother!

The likes of QGC, Leightons and even Origin to a lessor extent now tend to drop a lot of staff at the end of the year, only to re hire around Feb March.

They do this to one, get rid of the dead wood, and two, to avoid long term arrangements whereby they are subjected to what i consider ridiculous redundancy payments.

Of cause this damages loyalty, but i guess their hands are tied.

Speaking of obseen penalty rates, hows $1000 a day on a Sunday sound, holdinding a stop go sign, simply because its Sunday.

Now this is pure union thuggery at work, because they all live in camps, so Sundays are no different to any other day, as they work 21/7 rosters, commencing on Weddnsdays.

Dear rehctub
$1000 a day for lollie pop man no way base rate is $24 an hour and 50% penalty for Sunday so this guy worked 27 hours that day did he ? I appreciate your view points but stop telling straight out lies

Aussieboy, I don't work on a Sunday for anything less than $2 grand!
Yes at $41.66/hr for 24 hours = $1000, hummm, long day, sounds unbelievable for a person om wages. Butch can you tell us under which workplace agreement that 'lollipop' person was working. All those WA's are in the public domain. The only ones who would get that sort of money would be your "small business" types like a plumber on a Sunday and he'd want the mandatory "cash in hand."

Yes, they work for the likes of Leightons, on the APLNPG project, at Miles QLD.

Their base rate is $40 per hour + penalties.

their operators/truck drivers are on about $45 an hour.

So back to the stop go person, 11.5 hours at double time $80 = $920.Thats fact.

They usually net around $11,000 per month 3on 1 off, within that they get paid about a grand a week on their one week off, plus they receive full board (one person per donga) all meals, of very high standard.

So when comparing this with the average stop go worker, is it any wonder the calculation of the average wage is flawed.

This type of money and conditions is very standard for the industry, as i have a mate in the coal mines who works one on one off, he NETS $2300 one week, and $2000 for his week off. He does pay his own costs for his van accommodation.

Most safety officers work a two on one off roster and can earn unto $250K per year, for what amounts to less than six months work.

Can you just imagine the carnage when these people have to re enter main stream employment.

The sad part is that most of these people ar under 30 and have nothing to show for their efforts.

The pubs here are full every night, with many spending up to $150 per night, plus some.

This is why a house has gone from under $100K to over $500K in about seven years.

mainstream media tells senseless truths with great detail, but vital information is vague and covered in lies
http://www.naturalnews.com/044288_mainstream_media_vague_information_lies.html

The politics of war, Wall Street and Big Pharma all spill over into Big Food, so it's time to talk about it and point out why it's so important to understand politics in order to avoid politics. You have complete control over your choices as a consumer, and believe it or not, this can affect Big Food and Big Pharma in the long run. How will you step up your "game" and be a part of your own health solution, not your own problems? First of all, you have to identify the hoaxes, the lies and the staged drama that has the sole intent of influencing your "consumer" decisions in all the wrong ways. It plays out on televisions, on radio, in magazines and on the internet. It's all about perspective and interpretation. Here we go.
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