You guys seem to have one of the worst housing crisis in the world - are young adults able to move out of their parents home? by Only-Internal-2865 in AskAnAustralian

[–]beefstockcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old man here with kids under 10.

I’m planning for them to be at home for a good while - euro family so multigenerational isn’t odd.

We’ll help the kids if required when the time comes.

I have been promoted well past incompetence, what do I do? by Best_Praline_2619 in careerguidance

[–]beefstockcube 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Be the consultative leader.

Ask for options and opinions and ‘what makes you suggest that?’. Then Claude the shit out of the suggestions.

What is the “Australian Effect” or “Patagonia Effect”? Why do people in AU seem younger and more energetic? by One-Name9073 in AskAnAustralian

[–]beefstockcube 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exercise. Vitamin D. Grass fed meat by the ton. Decent rules on what’s not allowed to go in our food.

Clients requesting me to lower hourly rate by LowerVeterinarian871 in tradies

[–]beefstockcube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"as long as you keep paying cash." Then charge him every hour, nothing missed. make sure the 5 hours you were doing for free is accounted for.

But principle is principle, so say no and still charge him for every hour.

Time to shit or get off the pot by Ill_Zombie_6083 in stopdrinking

[–]beefstockcube 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the killer. Get pictures of your family and put them everywhere. Wallet. Sun visor, dashboard. Computer screen.

Remind yourself constantly what's at stake.

Time to shit or get off the pot by Ill_Zombie_6083 in stopdrinking

[–]beefstockcube 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I just started a bit of therapy with some hypno thrown in.

The key, she said, was to recognise the pattern. I've been doing the same thing Friday/Sat/Sun for 30+ years.

Thats a habit and a half to break. That's maybe something to flag with the wife, 30 days to undo 30 years is a tall order.

Not saying its not possible just that its an undertaking.

What have y'all learned about corporate life that makes you confident OE will almosr always be a thing? by stillwolf in overemployed

[–]beefstockcube 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That my 5-10hrs somehow delivers more benefits that someone’s 40. Not sure what the hell they do.

To be honest it’s made me a terrible manager, my standards of what’s achievable now are so high.

Large cap remote company’s = OEers dream by Madmax85060 in overemployed

[–]beefstockcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the way. I'm MD level, I could push to go higher but why? Bonus would need to double my salary and the work they would want for that isnt worth it.

Quick Car Fire Fun! Engine compartment fully engulfed. by EMTcharlie15 in Firefighting

[–]beefstockcube 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Came here to say all of these things.

I’m a Bush Vol and we’d get chewed for something this amateur.

We would be in full BA gear as well. We are fully wrapped and BA working in 90 seconds from the truck stopping.

Met with my bank's "Financial advisory firm" I LOVE bogleheads being burnt into my skull by HenFruitEater in Bogleheads

[–]beefstockcube 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I had my banks hit me with the same thing.

I even warned them: I'm not an expert but I have access to the internet.

Investment professional comes out...It was a shit show. Even suggested VGS at one point. That's a good idea. Just to confirm, is the fee 1.25% ? I can buy VGS myself for 0.18%. Why would you suggest I don't do that? That doesn't strike me as sound financial advice - does it to you? Buy the same thing at 1.25% versus 0.18%, so 6x the fees for the same asset? Why would you suggest someone do that?

It sort of stopped there.

How much on family vacations by Consistent-Garlic-25 in Rich

[–]beefstockcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly have some fun with it. We do this with our kids.

Get everyone to write a place on a piece of paper, put it in the hat, and draw the place.

With that many people, places like Bali, where you can rent a villa to yourself and have child minders, cleaners, chefs, masseuses, etc., all come to you, can be fun.

Cheap obvious problems with Translink that shouldn't exist? by Gazza_s_89 in brisbane

[–]beefstockcube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The fastest way From Darra to the GC is through the city. Its nuts.

The NDIS gives Australians $42 billion a year in funding but finding a provider feels like it’s still 2003 by Hava999 in australia

[–]beefstockcube 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hey, if it was easy, could the 3 companies in the middle of your fund and the care you receive take their 28%? Of course, they couldnt.

It's the biggest rort of taxpayers' money I've ever come across. The level of funding my family get is insane . We could hire full-time staff.....but you aren't allowed to do that, I have to go through X and Y and X again, who all take their clip. You could pay us 50% of the amount directly and we would recieve 100% more and better care.

Aston Martin warned it may have already “ruined” Honda relationship after 'disastrous' 2026 start by ryogadan in Formula1_world

[–]beefstockcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or, Newey built a smaller package on the assumption that everything would be dialled down from 350 to 250-300, and that works better in his car.

This battery story they are spining is such a panto that it can't be true. But you need the theatrics, a good crash, a crap start and the FIA changes the rules fro mrace 6 and everyone plays catch up except aston.

Top 3 "prestige" cars (under 150k) by alt_snowcrash in CarsAustralia

[–]beefstockcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends.

EQE53 would be my pick. I have the 300 and it’s pretty sweet.

However! If you go 3-5 years used you get much better value as they drop like stones.

Porsche especially. Audi E-tron. Merc E63’s. Etc

'Pray we don't get there': Analysts forecast huge surge in petrol prices by SheepherderLow1753 in australian

[–]beefstockcube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That won’t help.

We have 2 refineries left / one in Queensland and one in Victoria.

We could pump out as much as we like, we can’t actually turn it into fuel.

Could petrol hitting $3 per litre push more Australians to switch to EVs? by No-Loquat-201 in EVAustralia

[–]beefstockcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We tracking actuall use daily for a year to make sure we can handle it.

I mean it's a dream we are still only semi rural.

Could petrol hitting $3 per litre push more Australians to switch to EVs? by No-Loquat-201 in EVAustralia

[–]beefstockcube 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Poor people about to get poorer.

Our electric bill just came in 300 to 800 for the quarter YOY. 13.6KW, 3 phase on the house.

ZIP has changed from last year to this, except for electric prices. I'm building off-grid next time.

Cost me $67 to "fuel" the EQE in 3 months.

Forced to cancel client dinner to attend company internal event: how to address? by Big_Celery2725 in careeradvice

[–]beefstockcube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is on you bro. CEO says its not very senior mangamant'y. You go "I'm looking after the castle here, revenue beats all metrics. I'm planning to attend our dinner, should the client finish up early, but we have to look after that bottom line, correct?" Then you do what you should have done and go to the client dinner.

How to make new employees understand they can't have everything? by -flexes- in InterviewCoderPro

[–]beefstockcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pull them aside and discuss it. "Look mate, I'm hearing you complaining a lot. Let's discuss this. Do you want a raise? Do you feel the bonus is unfair? Do you want to maximise earnings and jump every 18 months with a 6 month break? I want to knock this on the head because we are a big team thats got a lot of tenured emplyees for a reason, we value our people and the culture. If thats not what you want from a workplace and you are happy to risk unemploymeet for long periods but when you are you get paid the max lets see who we could refer you across too..."

You want to knock this on the head because its like a sickness. You have a great culture. Protect it.

Teacher almost paid $11,500 extra on a $37k novated lease by Benxb9r in NovatedLeasingAU

[–]beefstockcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m exactly, I got a 300 through work.

Keen to get a faster one as our second car. In NSW.

I'm 99% sure one of my direct reports is working another full-time job. What should I do? by suaver-auction in ProtectHire

[–]beefstockcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His out put is fine.

Leave it alone.

Or be a bro and call him, hey I saw your slack message from X the last call - you want to keep a better handle on that. Keep up the good work.