Mantas 3 Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 It's not so much the job or the working conditions that is so crap. It's the lifestyle. My mate works 21 days straight, 11 hours a day. Then he travels 14 hours on three different flights to get back home for 6 days. He misses kids birthdays, kids grand finals, kids concerts, anniversaries, parties.... The mining 'town' where he works is really a glorified work camp in the desert thousands of kilometers from the nearest city and hundreds to the nearest town. It's very hot. Usually 30-40 deg. sometimes higher. There's enough reasons there to put me off signing up. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Good for them working like that. I know I wouldn't. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Good for them working like that. I know I wouldn't. Yeah, screw that for a living. Living in Australia? No thanks. Living smack dab in the arse end of nowhere? No way. Living miles way from my family? God, no thank you. There are more things to life than just money. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Yeah, I'm not fussed about becoming mega rich and all the pressures that come with it. Comfortably well off and enjoying life is the best balance --- if you can get that balance of course! Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Tried to never get in debt. I come from a time when you could graduate from Uni without huge debts. Must be crippling now some of the stories you hear about how much students owe before they even start work. Link to post Share on other sites
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