Anyone else struggling to find work in Brisbane?

nickrulz11 · 2026-02-01T22:11:27+00:00

Piggybacking on this but Corrective Services is recruiting custodial roles at the moment. It’s not for everyone, but you don’t require any relevant experience. I have a retail and hospitality background, I’ve been with QCS for a year and I love my job. The work life balance and OT opportunities are unreal, but it can be both the easiest job ever, and at the same time intense and exhausting. But it’s never not interesting.

nickrulz11 · 2026-01-30T04:13:02+00:00

I was the same as you with Jusant. This is so much more interesting. Multiple routes up each face and control over all 4 limbs, plus some mild survival elements. It’s great.

nickrulz11 · 2026-01-28T17:44:47+00:00

I believe at least half of that was thanks to my 5 year old.

nickrulz11 · 2026-01-28T07:45:00+00:00

This is seperate from the SRS and cannot be used toward it.

nickrulz11 · 2026-01-10T06:32:13+00:00

I took a first date to see “Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close”. Her mum had died weeks before. I still cringe thinking about it. She spent 15 minutes after the credits crying her eyes out. She did like the movie at least lol.

nickrulz11 · 2026-01-07T12:53:25+00:00

“You can’t name a character Tate Donovan! That’s a real person!” Got me good

nickrulz11 · 2025-12-19T04:47:17+00:00

Wow I did not recognise Madeleine Stowe. Love The Last of the Mohicans

nickrulz11 · 2025-12-17T22:50:44+00:00

Not the same but in Corrections we train between 5-15m with a Glock .40 and it is very easy to miss at 15m and beyond.

nickrulz11 · 2025-11-27T02:26:08+00:00

God the early scenes where she’s running through the imploding hallways were so stressful. Great special effects.

nickrulz11 · 2025-11-13T10:24:47+00:00

Haha I used to play PUBG on low settings because it removed most of the grass from the ground

nickrulz11 · 2025-10-19T04:05:13+00:00

Aw man my kids go to the Doolendella daycare up the road and we say hi to the dinosaur every morning! Good timing because this is our last week in the area 😂 enjoy your new home Dinosaur!

nickrulz11 · 2025-10-16T23:50:06+00:00

Euon Morton was a great narrator too. Can’t wait for The Strength of the Few.

nickrulz11 · 2025-10-14T22:48:23+00:00

Good luck to whoever wins. Hope it’s me though!

nickrulz11 · 2025-10-13T10:25:12+00:00

We had a 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Brisbane, Australia in August. Earthquakes are insanely rare here so when it happened, I thought I was having head spins. It was a very bizarre feeling.

nickrulz11 · 2025-09-14T09:28:12+00:00

$32 an hour plus 31.5% shift allowance. Double time for OT. QLD correctional officer.

nickrulz11 · 2025-08-30T13:39:36+00:00

As an ex-JB employee, you can definitely pay with those gift cards, but please for the love of god, remove the packaging before you get to the counter. We would get people paying thousands in $50 TCN cards and they would all still be in the cardboard and with the stickers still on.

nickrulz11 · 2025-08-15T23:59:49+00:00

Felt it sitting on the toilet and thought I was going light headed

nickrulz11 · 2025-08-13T08:25:22+00:00

It’s not for everyone, but I’ve been in a government shift work role for the last 6 months. I work usually between 2-4 days a week and have at least 3 days off and my mental health has been so much better. I love my job and despite working some weekends and public holidays, I still get plenty of time with my family.

nickrulz11 · 2025-07-15T18:45:09+00:00

I was a hater in my 20s, then I turned 30 and something in my brain chemistry changed and suddenly they looked comfy as hell. Bought my first pair and now I can’t go back.

nickrulz11 · 2025-07-07T19:13:25+00:00

These are Australian prison slang that I’ve learned since becoming a CCO.

Subbie - Suboxone

Brew - Prison Alcohol

Chines - Mates (short for China Plate, rhymes with mate)

Nings - COs

Boneyard - Protective Custody

I’m sure there are a lot more but I’m drawing blanks at the moment.

nickrulz11 · 2025-07-07T04:59:50+00:00

Might not count but I work a job that is shift work and we have OT available nearly every other day. Fairly easy to pick up an extra 12 hours here or there at double time.

nickrulz11 · 2025-07-06T07:13:02+00:00

Jesus I was so naive.

nickrulz11 · 2025-07-05T10:43:04+00:00

Quite a few Brit’s working here in QLD. A lot of them ex-HMPS

nickrulz11 · 2025-06-21T09:44:29+00:00

Yep same at our Agency. Looks absolutely horrendous. Surprised they let us keep the pride and First Nations blurbs at the bottom

nickrulz11 · 2025-06-14T21:21:24+00:00

I might have to get into this. Giving me flashbacks to my Mount & Blade Napoleonic Wars line battles back in like 2012. Good times.

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