I have my 20 year service anniversary in September. Wtf. How did this happen?
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From memory nearly all IT workers are pretty much excluded from awards and stuff, too.
Such a dogshit industry.
Been to 2 work events in 2 years.
Both times Iâve ended up a âclose contactâ and had to either isolate or watch for symptoms.
Sure, get back to the office, but itâs still the place Iâm
Most likely to catch covid.
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Thereâs lots of IT where the pay is well above award wage.
What sort of IT jobs are paying under it?
Historically, some QA/testing jobs, plus tech-adjacent jobs like tech support call centres of course. But not much on the technical side these days. Skill shortages are serious and lots of money is being thrown around.
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Thinking about testers makes me twitch.
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Iâm a developer. Thinking about me makes testers twitch.
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âIt was working fine yesterdayâŚâ
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Pay is one thing, awards also cover conditions.
Plenty of BS hours, entitlements etc.
If your paid well itâs because of bullshit hours and entitlements etc thought right?
I mean if you know a well paid job with great hours and entitlements, sign me up!
(Itâs probably down our wharves)
Mind you if you wanna own a house these days nothing pays really well anymore. (Cept the usual jobs for the very few)
iâm one of the rare type for who salary isnât everything. iâve been working from home before it was cool.
with my skillset and experience i could easily be earning double what iâm currently earning, but then iâd probably have to have an office, a commute, set hours, useless meetings and slide decks, and a whole bunch of other garbage i donât want to deal with.
if i were to be headhunted away iâd be demanding way more âflexibilityâ in exchange for a lower salary, but it would probably do some heads in. ânooooooooo you have to be online 9-5!!!â
but again, iâm an outlier.
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You mean you donât want to be in an environment youâre not suited to and chase the dollars an literally be so out of your depth youâre ruining other peopleâs lives?
Barnz youâre so bitter you havenât been promoted to middle management yet.
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Sounded like a very experienced comment. Mirrors my experience anyway. In fact the more out of my depth I am the more accolades I get. Currently Iâm an unlicenced Balinese tour operator, itâs going very well.
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Sometimes itâs not a matter of being out of your depth but simply that despite the money the job might not interest you. I could easily get the same money Iâm on now but for half the hours to switch to a executive job at my work either here or interstate but the office work and constant meetings just doesnât interest me in the slightest. Iâd rather stay in hands on management and work the extra hours as I actually enjoy it.
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Iâve seen way too many people in mnagent or leadership roles that are completely out of their depth and their inability to manage people WFH has lead to forcing them into the office for most of the week and mass attrition of staff.
But on a personal note i ran a team for 6 months and we performed quite well but it was absolutely not for me. I lost any semblance of a work/ life balance so decided to find a new role in the org. Much happier now. Absolutely miss the extra dollars but being able to do my time as needed then clock out unless I want to do some ot is absolutely my go.
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My motivation at work is continuously learning enough new skills to maintain a decent wage, not get bored with what Iâm doing but also to ensure I am employable until I choose to retire.
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WFH isnât an acronym, itâs an initialisation.
Acronyms are things like NATO, scuba, laser. Even LOL is an acronym.
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