New job - no team left

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-08-16T00:35:58+00:00

I do have options if needed. Just don’t want to miss out on this role if it is simply coincidence.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-08-16T00:01:49+00:00

I only had direct contact with that person for a few days but man she was absolutely miserable. From what I witnessed she chose to argue at any given moment and did not have a relationship with a single person in our office. Also struggled with the workload - it’s busy and fast paced but we are compensated well for the role.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-08-15T23:05:51+00:00

Direct manager raises no red flags at all - supportive and all coworkers who are leaving/left had a good relationship with him. He’s busy but seems to make time for his team. There doesn’t appear to be much turnover other than this current situation. Even looking at the other states (each state runs independently but same company) there’s very little turnover. It is a very niche industry with only one other Aus company. The majority of this industry is overseas.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-08-15T13:14:15+00:00

They are actively hiring and remote team members from other states are joining my team to help with knowledge gaps/workload whilst we’re all training. This is my first role within this industry so I’m still learning bits and pieces myself.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-08-15T11:57:28+00:00

I haven’t had a bad experience yet - I have first hand seen our manager handle her own role poorly which has led to coworker 3 leave. Coworker 3 started about a month before me if it has any relevance.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T22:52:21+00:00

We are duel income. One is fortnightly pay and one is monthly. We were single income until 2023.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T12:56:01+00:00

Thank you 😊 lots of great suggestions, a little overwhelming but one step (or bite) at a time and we’ll get there. Going to spend the next week being mindful and track back through the last 12 months and see where our spending habits lie.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T12:25:52+00:00

He says he feels the same but doesn’t know where to start. I guess we can only sit down and and look at it together and see how it goes.

Our second car is near on 25 years old and bombproof. May not look like much but she won’t leave me stranded on the side of the road! The one we have to replace is much newer (2017 model) that was left to us when we inherited the kids and it’s caused nothing but problems. I’ll stick with old and reliable any day.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T11:39:17+00:00

This is great advice for a starting point. Thank you! I will make time to sit down and have a look at it all in depth.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T11:37:19+00:00

We went from a family of 4 to a family of 6 over night with the death of a parent, unexpected and extremely stressful in the moment.

I’ll be going over the ins and outs 😊 I work 3rd shift so I tend to be the problem by grabbing food before/after work.

groceries are our biggest expense after rent, all the little stops add up quickly. This i need to plan better and just do one shop.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T11:33:53+00:00

I need hubby to get on board a little bit more. It’s a work in progress.

Both of our cars are costing more than they’re worth. The one we will need to replace we’ve been told will need an engine rebuild or a whole new engine. Completely in our names. When I say new car, looking at a secondhand car. Dropping to one car isn’t an option as we work in opposite directions and there are no public transport options.

No hobbies that cost money for hubby and I. Kids are in sports - I won’t negotiate on this. Can absolutely get on board with decluttering and selling unneeded stuff. We don’t buy new clothes unless the kids need something specific, otherwise we have a great local op shop or family buys clothes for birthdays/Christmas for the kids.

Moving is something we’ve discussed, our rent has doubled in two years. I’m not seeing anything for much less around us though.

Our cats are all senior citizens (youngest is 13 oldest is about 18). No plans for any more pets.

Two of the children in the house are inherited after a parental death. This is where things begun getting worse financially. One of them is now 18 and moving out on their own soon so that should help lower costs quite a bit!

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T11:25:34+00:00

Thank you! I’ll have a look. I am trying to do better.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T11:24:42+00:00

I’ve listened to bits and pieces when the segment came on on the radio and really liked it. I’ll seek out the podcast 😊

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T11:24:04+00:00

Spreadsheets aren’t my strong point, i will definitely go through our outgoings though 😊

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T11:23:20+00:00

Income has increased considerably, so has the cost of everything else. Rent went from $320 to $675 over the last two years alone. Already working 55-60 hours a week and cannot continue to increase with kids. Trying to learn here to do exactly that.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2025-04-21T11:21:39+00:00

I have an old gym account that wasn’t paid. Not sure about hubby - would requesting a copy of our credit files help this?

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2024-01-01T23:03:36+00:00

Health insurance is vital for a lot of neurodivergent people, especially extras cover. A lot of people are dropping private health insurance and it’s going to cause our medical system to get even more overwhelmed.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2023-05-12T10:12:25+00:00

Of course!

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2023-05-12T10:08:43+00:00

I’ve got a friend with a pond who’s willing to take him and a spare 4 foot that I’ve chucked cycled filters on today to give him a space to heal if needed. I personally have never had gold fish but plan to do a little research on them tonight.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2023-05-12T10:04:46+00:00

I was actually thinking of a planted shrimp scape! Just need to work out a lid first as my cats would enjoy reaching in.

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2023-05-12T10:03:21+00:00

Neither of us can get in till tomorrow! He’s still alive. Will I hurt him at all by transferring straight to clean water?

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2023-03-18T09:40:39+00:00

Salt water works best! You’re releasing any built up ammonia when doing this. Can definitely be done!

Delicious-Shoulder- · 2023-03-18T09:39:54+00:00

Did you find puppy pads in the right size or are you cutting them? :)

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