Originally posted by Lilith
According to the polls, it was the work choices that ultimately slaughtered them. But I care(d) about interest rates, when you buy your first home you'll probably understand how much they hurt.
I've worked in Real Estate for 10 years so I understand how hard it is. I also have friends who are really struggling. There are some though who are far worse off, glad they are getting some help.
Does this mean I can rip up my AWA??
Dec-03-2007 06:31
Lilith
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quote:
Originally posted by charlee
Does this mean I can rip up my AWA??
God I hope so soon...
Dec-03-2007 07:06
charlee
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Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Prahran
AWA's didnt really effect me, well not that I know of.
I over heard a guy asking about a waitressing position for his daughter on Saturday to find they get paid $7 an hour? No wonder kids are selling drugs!
I wonder if they charge for public holiday loading
Dec-03-2007 07:10
Lilith
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I got hired on a contract at the start of the year under an AWA, (to offset some interest rates on my mortgage- normally I work for myself in real estate) I didn't do too bad because I'm fairly belligerent and know what I'm worth to a business.
So I did 'ok'
A lot of people don't do ok though and its just sort of led to hiring a lot of people that don't really want to be there in the first place, then even more unhappy about what they're getting paid and as a result, not delivering expectations. Maybe you can sort of get away with that in an industry where customer service isn't an issue, but its not making it easy.
After January, I'm not signing back on for another 12 months...
Dec-03-2007 07:21
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I find it funny that so many people bitch about work choices and voted for Rudd because of it, when in reality, if you asked ten people on the street, probably just one would be able to give you an accurate account of work choices and how they actually affect a person's rights.
A lot of people viewed work choices as a way for employers to screw employees, which is not true.
As I've said before, my parents run a fairly large tourist operation employing 60 or so people, and were made to raise all hourly wages by $1 due to work choices, when they were already paying 16 and 17 year olds $17-18 an hour.
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Melbourne, Australia
quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
yeah. the SAS were used against a rag-tag bunch of the unwashed wanker.
...ahemm! You wouldn't know how to spell the abb. SAS even if I 'd hold a super-poster size print out right in front of your visual plane!
I'll give you one thing though,...you did a nice job with the copy/paste command (awesome shit)
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Dec-03-2007 10:24
DJ_Ballistic
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Location: Sydney, Australia
are you high?
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Dec-03-2007 10:57
Fledz
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Registered: Sep 2006
Location: London UK
quote:
Originally posted by charlee
Does this mean I can rip up my AWA??
I highly doubt it.
The Coalition holds the Senate and Labor won't just plain abolish it anyway. That was their election propaganda in overdrive. They will just try and 'trim the fat'.
wanker. 
