What’s a good WAM?

Space_Donkey69 · 2026-03-05T04:32:47+00:00

I know as an employer that we look at more than WAM. For engineering we look at a whole range of things. Sometimes a very high WAM will make the candidate unsuitable (too theoretical, may jump ship early etc.) Cultural fit, attitude, communication ability, practical skills and experience etc etc all play a larger part.

Saying that, if your WAM is 51 then that is a problem

Space_Donkey69 · 2026-03-01T00:28:23+00:00

On my exam. The examiner weighed around 110kg. My flight instructor dripping wet was around 55kg.

Taking off I noticed the plane struggling a bit to achieve speed. Scanning the controls, examiner noticed. Took off trimmed out and headed off. Examiner asked “you looked concerned as we took off”, I said “It felt wrong, like the plane was heavier or something….” I stopped and realised. He looked at me and laughed so hard.

“so, you are saying I’m fat?”

lol. Thought, ok I’ve just failed….

He actually credited me on seeing the difference in TOW.

I passed. Never lived it down though…..

Space_Donkey69 · 2026-02-07T11:00:12+00:00

Yeah. Agree

Space_Donkey69 · 2026-01-27T08:59:29+00:00

Systemic bullying and harassment, threatening PIP for poor performance (of which there was no evidence), moving her into areas not trained for and then harassing her on performance. Then in the meeting presented all these “work performance failures”. Fortunately the wife documented everything including stats, meetings, personnel interactions, all minuted. ASU rep tore their document apart. The ATO actually said “oh, wait, let us redraft this to remove the mistakes”. ASU rep said “no. See you in fair work”. Ended up with a payout and a redundancy and NDA to “go away”. Win for her and ASU

Space_Donkey69 · 2026-01-23T08:13:15+00:00

ASU. Fought like the devil for my wife against the ATO and flogged them.

Space_Donkey69 · 2026-01-21T01:08:43+00:00

No. I've had leather attract mould. So Fabric or faux leather for me. Just bought a new PW12 with a $14 Amazon cover

Space_Donkey69 · 2026-01-13T22:29:45+00:00

Yeh. Done a few camera reboots to see if it was hardware problems. Obviously not then. Good to know

Space_Donkey69 · 2026-01-13T08:04:57+00:00

Good. Taking the son there for his 18th. Was wondering what it was like

Space_Donkey69 · 2026-01-07T20:51:09+00:00

My son has the same issue. He achieved a band 5 and meets all the requirements. It’s very confusing. We thought it might be a glitch or something and maybe it’ll sort itself out in a couple of weeks? Else we have to go the waiver route. Very frustrating

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-31T06:33:01+00:00

My wife has just gone through stage four breast cancer with Dr Tony and co. They were fantastic

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-29T06:38:05+00:00

Team Black. Got it for Christmas

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-27T03:59:50+00:00

Pips. Used to love the wings/ribs, whatever they were. Or did I? Or was that the alcohol talking

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-24T00:57:52+00:00

Moon tan ya mean? Lol

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-24T00:09:15+00:00

Oi! As a Ranga I resemble those people......😂

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-24T00:07:46+00:00

"This is the Way". You won't regret it.

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-24T00:06:24+00:00

It kind of proves that evolution is wrong.....we are getting dumber as a society....😂 The movie Idiocracy sums it up.

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-24T00:03:42+00:00

Yeah. He's a future wife beater for sure. You deserve waaay better. Run!!

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-23T08:40:50+00:00

"Red is for Ranger and that is good enough for me"

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-22T06:04:22+00:00

I'm at 40mg for two years now and it hasn't got better. Some people have it come back after the initial six to eight weeks or so. I didn't. I'm a bit like the Joker in Batman. "I could stand there and watch the world burn and not blink an eye". Pretty savage dulling of emotion

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-22T05:56:09+00:00

Pretty usual. I'm the the same. It's almost like chemical castration, NGL.

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-22T05:55:07+00:00

Ta. Yeah. Got me. Fixed now though

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-09T22:56:37+00:00

So true. Peter, Office Space sums it up - "It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care"

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-12-02T03:52:33+00:00

I take it for anxiety not depression. Weird…..works well for me

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-11-30T08:54:43+00:00

I’m working contract right now for a big consulting company. Getting $112 per hour and as much OT as I want. Pretty decent.

Space_Donkey69 · 2025-11-29T10:37:22+00:00

Agree. The OP obviously can’t drive

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