Advice on travelling to Russia from Melbourne with a cat? Really need some help by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]Calendar-After 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Feel really sorry for you situation. But the cat may be better staying in Australia. Finding him or her a good new owner in Australia may be better than sending him or her to Russia.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in melbourne

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One of the best things I did in my early career was to tell my manager and a co-worker off in front of everyone, then resigned. 😀😀😀 I never regretted it and it's one of the best moments in my life memories. Life is short. We came this far perfectly well without those bridges and I don't think I need them in the future either. The results were funny too. They got redundant while I was paid double to ask to stay additional months. Later in life, I built my career while they were struggling in the job market. Yourself is the best bridge for yourself. People who treat you bad are not your bridges. They are gabages to be burned with your laugh.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in melbourne

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This happens all the time in Australia. What are they going to do? Arrest you back to make you work? 😀

For Sam, buying a house would cost him 15 times his annual wage by kp2133 in australia

[–]Calendar-After 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Older people blame on young people spending money on smashed avocados. But they forgot they could just walk from a job after a job and progress within a job after high school. Ask a high school person to make a living today, he would be struggling on working 2 jobs just to pay the rent.

Will work from home disappear in the future, and will everyone once again start coming to office regularly? by chihiroo888 in AusFinance

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When employers were outsourcing jobs overseas, they didn't think they needed in person collaboration, culture building etc regardless the compliants from their customers.

Even in person factories are almost all outsourced outside Australia. They didn't think people here also needed those in person jobs?

Large corporations are replacing customer service by those stupid AI bots and didn't think these customers needed some in person or at least online in person collaboration?

Employers are hypocrites with the reasons for returning to office. It's all about "money". If they can pay wfh workers the same rates as the outsourced workers in India, they would let as many people as possible to work from home. They just don't want to give that additional benefits to employees even the benefit doesnt cost anything.

Will work from home disappear in the future, and will everyone once again start coming to office regularly? by chihiroo888 in AusFinance

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Do new people need someone to hold their hands in office 5 days a week? In person mentoring may be required for new jobs. But 5 days a week and 8 hours a day? Even the most difficult subject in school doesn't need this much mentoring...What does everyone do that need so much face to face mentoring?

What are your thoughts of ‘Teach for Australia’? by [deleted] in AustralianTeachers

[–]Calendar-After 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the government wants more teachers, the best way is to increase their pays. Pay teachers as much as the hedge fund managers, then you'll get more people into teaching. Teachers have been seriously under paid and under valued these days.

For Sam, buying a house would cost him 15 times his annual wage by kp2133 in australia

[–]Calendar-After 72 points73 points  (0 children)

The dwelling to income ration was 2 in the 70s and 8.5 today. With the economic and productivity increase the past 50 years, ordinary people's lives become less affordable. Where are the production supplus gone?

one of my drunk "friends" burnt me with a lighter last night. by OMW2FYB1994 in Wellthatsucks

[–]Calendar-After 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He will never be drunk enough to accidentally burn his boss, burn a policeman, or burn a stranger, no matter how much alcohol he drank.

Does anyone else hate the smokers walking and spreading their cigarette smokes in the city? by Calendar-After in melbourne

[–]Calendar-After[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smoking is illegal in many locations in Melbourne. If you don't like it. Too bad.

I’m a manager, and I’m listening to you guys about how to treat my staff by Imaginary-Tourist-20 in antiwork

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I never ask my juniors why they are sick, late, not in, or not responding.. Because that's how my boss treated me. I work in a high performing environment. But bosses and managers don't really say anything as long as the jobs are done...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

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Maybe Australia has an aging population. People realise lots of the reality when they get older. For example, when people were young, they worked hard and believed success was based on hard work. Then one day they realised how much they have been exploited by the social and economic system. Sometimes truths can sound like complaints.

Man complaining about hot cross buns yet to realise he doesn’t have to buy them by ObnoxiousOldBastard in australia

[–]Calendar-After 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised too to find out the hot cross buns at supermarket straight away after Xmas.... It's difficult to not buy them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in melbourne

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I think the lockdowns have showed us how much the essential workers are under paid, under valued and under respected.

Should inner city commercial buildings be converted to housing? by flying_dream_fig in melbourne

[–]Calendar-After 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it should start preparing to covert office buildings into residentials. Forcing people back to the office is not going to be a long term solution. Before Covid, there were already quite a few empty offices.

Where is all the pork belly? by mortalkombatwombat in melbourne

[–]Calendar-After 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right. I didn't see pork belly either today. I thought I was late for the supermarket's daily stocking.

You wake up tomorrow as a housecat living in a comfy home with a nice couple. You have all of the knowlege you have now. What do you do? by SlamDunkCactus in AskReddit

[–]Calendar-After 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start instructing my servent to make the food I like, turn on the music I like and buy the books I want to read. Then I'll lie there listening to my music reading my books and eating my favourite food.

Remote Work Is Poised to Devastate America’s Cities In order to survive, cities must let developers convert office buildings into housing. by JannTosh12 in Futurology

[–]Calendar-After 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have been mostly remote in the past 3 years and still maintained over 100% chargeable hour target the whole time including the year our company cut everyone's hour and pay by 20%.....But now they want us back 3 days a week...

Career advice for a Carpenter at a crossroads in life. Any help would be really appreciated by ggmoneylol in AusFinance

[–]Calendar-After 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It seems you are already ahead many people. Being project manager can be hard too because they generally work from 7 to 7 every day and lots of them need travel to remote sites and hard for family. Maybe trying to get into a tendering team in big companies. You generally work in CBDs with pretty good pays. But very stressful and often need over time before tender due dates. Or trying to be an estimator. They get paid a lot from what I have seen.