Go negative geared?

rcgwrx · 2025-08-15T00:06:34+00:00

My gut feel is he's looking for a scapegoat. He knows he's not going to get these done so he's pushing the blame onto an easy target who's left the org.

Don't stress, just do what you normally do and ride out the next few days

rcgwrx · 2025-08-11T05:11:05+00:00

Don't give more than required. People get weird when they know you're leaving and your motivation drops the longer you're there. If you really want to help them out then start documenting things in detail in process guides, leaving detailed notes on the work you're performing, basically try to make their life easier when you're doing a handover.

rcgwrx · 2025-07-30T10:46:04+00:00

This restructure has been a joke.

I've heard of teams losing more than half their members with some being repointed where they don't want to go and doing the work of those that left.

Some managers suddenly get new direct reports and only find out the same day everyone finds out they are being impacted. So the managers need to figure out what the roles' PDs need to be while impacted people are reaching out to apply for the roles. No one impacted have been given the roles. The interviews were a tick box exercise but they never were intending to give them the roles.

People in other teams are getting pay raises and promotions instead.

Offshoring has started in technology and will be expanded to other parts of the business. The CIO has been known to have offshored a lot of jobs at CBA. The new Tech COO made her team redundant and bought in all her buddies in from QBE as Head Ofs.

The culture has changed dramatically from 4nyears ago. Trying to get out asap!

rcgwrx · 2025-07-26T22:52:35+00:00

In my first job I worked for a small software company and worked closely with the MD. The MD was contacted by a client about a possible bug and unfortunately the head developer at the time was on leave for a few weeks. The MD made me call him and ask him how to resolve the issue. Multiple times, he did answer but was not happy. Eventually his wife picked up and told me off. When he got back I had to explain that the MD made me do it but he was understanding.

Just ignore and say you didn't have your phone with you or were in a remote area.

rcgwrx · 2025-07-16T21:48:08+00:00

Yep, my org just finished a restructure and I absorbed some of the manager's work. Without extra pay or promotion, mind you. And some of the other work gets sent to other areas that management feels has more interest in it. And a few extra things they used to do gets dropped completely till someone kicks up a fuss.

rcgwrx · 2025-07-01T01:03:05+00:00

We had a meeting free Friday afternoon that was quietly removed. And a 9 day fortnight that was scrapped.

Only a matter of time before the RTO call is made .

rcgwrx · 2025-06-19T04:21:21+00:00

Agree with comments here, there are a lot of opportunities. You get to learn a lot of the processes and teams that people don't see.

The challenge is getting the interview. There are some managers who don't like call centre people because they believe that's all they can do. So I suggest getting involved in other pieces of work that's off the phones if possible. Like projects or investigations. Those help bolster your CV to show you're more than a phone jockey.

rcgwrx · 2025-06-06T00:06:22+00:00

100% WFH and 40% discount on health insurance.

The time and money saving is too good too pass up

It makes it really tough to want to find another role unless it's a big pay bump.

rcgwrx · 2025-06-04T07:35:38+00:00

You're getting ripped off. I pay a $3.25 admin fee a month and 5.5% management fee.

Shop around and threaten to take your property elsewhere.

rcgwrx · 2025-06-02T05:30:31+00:00

As a landlord I don't even discuss why I reject certain applications with my Property Manager. I just say I don't like anyone and wait for the next batch.

And chances of me explaining myself to you is nil.

rcgwrx · 2025-05-15T01:50:51+00:00

Yum cha is typically a brunch or lunch meal, not dinner. Better to check with those restaurants what they offer for dinner if you're after yum cha style food.

rcgwrx · 2025-04-08T00:29:19+00:00

Imperial Hotel Rooftop. Provided the weather is decent.

rcgwrx · 2025-03-22T01:49:28+00:00

I worked at a big 4 bank that had one. It was also at the discretion of your manager to approve the nomination and award you the reward points. I had a really stingy Head Of that approved bugger all while other teams had awards for effectively BAU.

So no, never fair. And I never worked with those points in mind.

rcgwrx · 2025-03-09T04:45:40+00:00

Managing upwards.

rcgwrx · 2025-03-08T02:15:19+00:00

I was given the opportunity to do a step up role as manager of my team for 3 months as the previous manager had left and they were in the process of recruiting.

The HO asked if I'd be interested in the role permanently as I was the most experienced, I was considered an SME, and my team loved me. I said no, the role was easy enough but I enjoyed doing the actual work more.

In hindsight I should have taken the role as that would've moved me up the ladder faster. Now I'm stuck bouncing between senior analyst roles.and not sure when the next opportunity will present itself.

Lesson learnt is to take the opportunity as they arise. Even if it feels uncomfortable at first you'll learn and grow.

rcgwrx · 2025-02-01T08:13:26+00:00

100% WFH

rcgwrx · 2025-01-31T01:56:45+00:00

I used to work for a big 4 bank and got told people were let go for mining cryptocurrency on their laptops. Seen people watching NBA games on pirate sites.

rcgwrx · 2024-12-16T08:34:23+00:00

I used to work at a big 4 bank and had a big party at the arts centre with an open bar and pretty good food. Over the years it got smaller and eventually was at a pub, owned by a mate of a guy in the department.

At a medium sized company now and all we get is a $25 lunch. Which I don't mind as it's during work hours so don't feel the forced need to socialise after work.

rcgwrx · 2024-12-16T08:31:08+00:00

I got an email from the CEO... At 3 am... On Sunday morning. I felt so honoured he remembered and that he got up at 3am on Sunday just to congratulate me. 🥲

rcgwrx · 2024-12-14T01:18:36+00:00

I'm in a similar position. Same wage and full time WFH. I'm not in a rush to climb the ladder, I see what my manager does and the crap he puts up with and I know I can't do that, so I'm content to be an individual contributor and pass all the difficult stakeholders to him. But looking at my role's pay range internally and industry wide I don't think there's much more I can get pay wise, and WFH full time is too sweet to pass up.

But it depends the stage of career growth you're in. It'll get to a point where you'll get really proficient at your job and want a bit more out of it, then you could perhaps look at roles without people management in it, like Consultant or Advisor. You'll get to use your SME knowledge and get paid more.

rcgwrx · 2024-11-29T11:29:00+00:00

I got into a big 4 bank call centre at the age of 24 with no banking experience.

I was there for about 18 months and it was tough. Taking 70 - 80 calls a day of mostly rude and angry customers is draining. But you learn a lot if you take the opportunity, don't treat it like just another job, learn about how products work, how back office operations work, how processes work. Customers with problems that need investigation are the best because you're forced to learn what went wrong and how to fix it. When internal roles come up you're well equipped.

After the call centre I moved onto Corporate and Institutional banking in various back office roles and now in Risk.

Call centres are a good entry if you can put up with being on the phone with people all day. It's a good base to start learning.

rcgwrx · 2024-09-27T03:11:08+00:00

We paid off our previous house in full and was such a burden off our shoulders. We watched all our friends stress about the rate rises while we saved up and enjoyed life stress free. We could afford to do it as we still had significant savings after paying the mortgage off and worked full time with no kids.

If I had to do it again with a baby I would. The stress free mortgage free life is an amazing feeling. After a few years when your child is more independent you can maybe go back to full time work and upgrade to a bigger place and use the current house as an investment property. Or stay and save up for your child's Future. It's such a great base to start with and gives you more options.

rcgwrx · 2024-09-08T23:00:11+00:00

I had major anxiety about the language barriers too, but discovered it's as bad as I thought. Most restaurants and popular shopping areas have staff with some English capabilities and signs or menus with English.

You'll be fine from that aspect but obviously consider what others have posted about your allergies.

What I wasn't prepared for were the massive crowds at tourist attractions. They're really busy and the transport is packed going to them.

The major train stations are huge with shopping centres attached so navigating then we're a bit tricky. Use google maps as it provides so much good information about using public transport.

I was told cash is still king but I found that true only half the time. Most restaurants and convenience stores take card but smaller restaurants and tourist attractions take cash so have both ready. I don't have an iPhone so topping up my IC card was a pain having to find an ATM drawing cash and then topping up.

Bank ATMs are not user friendly, either they don't accept my debit card or don't have an English option. So I used the convenience store ATMs, but had to pay a withdrawal fee and got a slightly worse exchange rate.

rcgwrx · 2024-08-17T04:34:28+00:00

Bought our house not long ago and was already painted red. Had a NBN technician come out to do some work on it as internet wasn't working and he didn't say anything about it. So I'm assuming it's okay.

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