Employment Are you passionate about your field of work?

[Hudu Gurusingha]

'Free' trade* with poorer countries with dirt wages (in Australia) is why industries are collapsing. Not because unions negotiate tea breaks and super contributions.

*too many clauses to call it genuine free trade

Unions are f**kheads. Its simple as that. They argue everything and its just too hard to keep doing business with these pricks on the employer's case 24/7 over menial s**t for the sake of just trying to drive memberships. Its gone beyond being their for the worker. The are just self-interested in getting memberships to feed their fat, greedy bogan, guts.

Take the CFMEU for example. They are absolute c**s. They are absolute wastes of w**k and pimples on the arse of humanity.

 

[CrazyDon]

I enjoy teaching, but am I passionate about it? Not necessarily. The amount of out of work hours that need to be done (marking, planning, professional development) is crazy. I would love a job that didn't require me to work outside of work hours. E.g start at 8 and finish at 4. Clock off, go home and that's that.

 

[Power Raid]

'Free' trade* with poorer countries with dirt wages (in Australia) is why industries are collapsing. Not because unions negotiate tea breaks and super contributions.

*too many clauses to call it genuine free trade

At the end of the day we want higher wages and so to do poorer countries. To deny foreigners the right to an improved standard of living is quite frankly racist.

So how can we have our cake and eat it? We can still compete despite having higher wages provided we are productive. We need to streamline our IR, tax, red tape and green tape (still having quality but cutting out the need for a Philadelphia lawyer for every decision) and disbanding the MUA and CFMUE. How can we have militant unions controlling our most vital infrastructure for trade and commerce?

 

[Power Raid]

I enjoy teaching, but am I passionate about it? Not necessarily. The amount of out of work hours that need to be done (marking, planning, professional development) is crazy. I would love a job that didn't require me to work outside of work hours. E.g start at 8 and finish at 4. Clock off, go home and that's that.

I wish we could attract more mature age professionals to the teaching profession. Rather than having teachers straight from school, to uni and back to school, it would be good to attract 55yo's professionals who are interested in passing on real life experience.

You would still need "real" teachers as our system currently produces but this idea would introduce the concept of "mentors".

 

[LanceRomance]

I wish we could attract more mature age professionals to the teaching profession. Rather than having teachers straight from school, to uni and back to school, it would be good to attract 55yo's professionals who are interested in passing on real life experience.

You would still need "real" teachers as our system currently produces but this idea would introduce the concept of "mentors".

I agree, otherwise they just start preaching ideals without seeing how the world works outside of academia.

 

[jaymasha]

I agree, otherwise they just start preaching ideals without seeing how the world works outside of academia.

most tafe and university teachers have/are still working in the an industry related to the classes they teach, it's great. Don't see why they shouldn't apply this to elective subjects in high school

 

[PumpyChowdown]

I currently loathe my job and the industry I'm in (financial services - financial planner mostly life insurance). I've been in it 10 years and hated every second. Currently going through a quandary as I refuse to work in financial services again, but all other jobs I'm applying for consider me over qualified.

I'd love to go to uni and do something that I'm more interested in a suited for, but to be honest I don't think I could live as a student for 3 or 4 years.

Seriously, I ******* HATE my job. It's giving me chronic anxiety too!

 

[Power Raid]

I currently loathe my job and the industry I'm in (financial services - financial planner mostly life insurance). I've been in it 10 years and hated every second. Currently going through a quandary as I refuse to work in financial services again, but all other jobs I'm applying for consider me over qualified.

I'd love to go to uni and do something that I'm more interested in a suited for, but to be honest I don't think I could live as a student for 3 or 4 years.

Seriously, I ******* HATE my job. It's giving me chronic anxiety too!

life is to short

find something that you do enjoy and don't be frightened to go backward to go forward.


When I switched from science to business, I had to take a ~$75k pay decrease ($100k to $33k) to become a chartered accountant. I never wanted to be an accountant but saw that as the stepping stone, a consolidation of knowledge and building relationships in industry.

I then took another pay decrease from around $65k to $50k to get into merchant banking but my first half year bonus made up for everything I had sacrificed over the years.

I semi retired in my late thirties but love my business so much I can't help but go into work more than I should.

 

[PumpyChowdown]

life is to short

find something that you do enjoy and don't be frightened to go backward to go forward.


When I switched from science to business, I had to take a ~$75k pay decrease ($100k to $33k) to become a chartered accountant. I never wanted to be an accountant but saw that as the stepping stone, a consolidation of knowledge and building relationships in industry.

I then took another pay decrease from around $65k to $50k to get into merchant banking but my first half year bonus made up for everything I had sacrificed over the years.

I semi retired in my late thirties but love my business so much I can't help but go into work more than I should.

That's easy to say when the path you want to follow is one such as yours where there is a lot of money to be had. Everything I'm passionate about is pointless to pursue due to not really being feasible. Stuff like ancient history and archaeology. And no, I wouldn't want to teach those subjects.

 

[Power Raid]

That's easy to say when the path you want to follow is one such as yours where there is a lot of money to be had. Everything I'm passionate about is pointless to pursue due to not really being feasible. Stuff like ancient history and archaeology. And no, I wouldn't want to teach those subjects.

Simple

Invent a time machine and you can have your ancient history at your front door. Then sell the IP to Sony.

Other than that, it looks tough.



On a serious note, would you be interested in a teaching "app" or other program that could be adopted by schools or as xmas presents for kids?


another his helping aboriginal groups understand the cultural sites. this type of service is usually paid for by mining companies and the surveys completed by the local indigenous group. the issue often is, the indigenous groups miss the importance of certain sites as they don't understand them.

 

[SwampCreature]

No, but I never was, really

 

[Piss Poor]

ok, let me give you guys some advice for finding that motivation your looking for in work life.
First thing is you need to understand that work is work and no matter how much you try you aren't really going to enjoy it.
you know what my dream job is. Its doing absolutely nothing and staying home and relaxing in the sun, bit of gym to keep fit, doing my own thing, maybe a bit of travel, bit of PlayStation, chilling out with friends and family if I feel like it. Sorry but that not going happen is it because its not a job.
Jobs are hard, that's why they are paying you money, no matter what you do your still going to have to get out of bed at times you don't like, do repetitive task you don't like, talk to annoying people you don't like, its in every job, every industry, the thing you need to find though is the least backbreaking job on you mind body and spirit, most of the time its the people you work with that makes work somewhat enjoyable. That's the key right there to finding passion in the workforce, you find a job with your type of people you can relate too and I bet you, you will have the career that will motivate you for the rest of your life.

 

[Chris_1493]

My job pays fairly well, so on the money front I'm not complaining. However, the work itself is extremely repetitive, especially working 12 hour shifts. It takes it's toll mentally after a while, and I've only been working there a bit over 3 years! It's definitely not a job I could do for 40+ years (operator in an industrial environment).
On top of that I despise the town I live in, and would really love a fresh start elsewhere. My problem is that I don't know where exactly I'd be willing to move to, and apart from prior working experience and finishing year 12, I don't really have any qualifications, so I feel a bit stuck at the moment.

 

[Engimal]

This sort of worries me. I'm about to head to uni to do IT and obviously I love computers. However I don't want to get to the stage where my work makes me hate them.

 

[Power Raid]

This sort of worries me. I'm about to head to uni to do IT and obviously I love computers. However I don't want to get to the stage where my work makes me hate them.

choose a career that you enjoy.

 

[CrazyDon]

There is ups and downs to any job

 

[blunt_tiger]

There is ups and downs to any job

I hate having to get up early to go to work, said no AFL player ever.

 

[Mningasimisonda]

Unions are f**kheads. Its simple as that. They argue everything and its just too hard to keep doing business with these pricks on the employer's case 24/7 over menial s**t for the sake of just trying to drive memberships. Its gone beyond being their for the worker. The are just self-interested in getting memberships to feed their fat, greedy bogan, guts.

Take the CFMEU for example. They are absolute c**s. They are absolute wastes of w**k and pimples on the arse of humanity.

Unions are empowered by poor employers.

Happy employees = productive, loyal and dedicated employees who don't need a union

 

[Mningasimisonda]

life is to short

find something that you do enjoy and don't be frightened to go backward to go forward.


When I switched from science to business, I had to take a ~$75k pay decrease ($100k to $33k) to become a chartered accountant. I never wanted to be an accountant but saw that as the stepping stone, a consolidation of knowledge and building relationships in industry.

I then took another pay decrease from around $65k to $50k to get into merchant banking but my first half year bonus made up for everything I had sacrificed over the years.

I semi retired in my late thirties but love my business so much I can't help but go into work more than I should.

Sounds like an interesting time.

What's day to day work like in merchant banking? I've met a few others who enjoy it.

In the long run I'm looking for something with creative problem solving, but with a lot of people interaction and strategy rather than talking to computers.

 

[RAPPA]

Sounds like an interesting time.

What's day to day work like in merchant banking? I've met a few others who enjoy it.

In the long run I'm looking for something with creative problem solving, but with a lot of people interaction and strategy rather than talking to computers.

Become the Federal Treasurer and fix the budget

 

[Power Raid]

Sounds like an interesting time.

What's day to day work like in merchant banking? I've met a few others who enjoy it.

In the long run I'm looking for something with creative problem solving, but with a lot of people interaction and strategy rather than talking to computers.

I never watched the screens......that would drive me crazy.

I was always more interested in restructuring businesses and started with cable sands (industrial minerals) dressing that up for sale, the commonwealth bank building on the mall which was heritage listed meaning cba had to flick it, pulling JDV (technology) out of hartleys and preparing that for an mbo and then pulling burswood casino apart and getting that ready for sale. I was a junior on each of these jobs.

My big break was working for the chairman of fortescue and watching what they were doing. I copied that and put $85m into supporting the conversion of Atlas Gold into altlas iron. The $4m company went to $2-4b from memory, but sadly it will likely implode.

Since that I have been involved in property, IT, manufacturing in Asia, agriculture and mining globally. My biggest focuses are nuclear power in Asia, mining and building industry in islamic states. Some see war as the answer to terrorism and conflict; I believe the answer is jobs, education and opportunity.


An ordinary day is clearing emails before I leave home, phone calls in the car, coffee meetings in the morning and talking to partners in the afternoon and home by 2-4pm. I am semi-retired, so I don't do much of the work these days, rather I identify the strategy, the people and line up the money. The early days I would effectively live and breathe the lifestyle and that's great for a few years.

I remember one week (9 days) where I presented in Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Zurich, London, Toronto, LA, Auckland and Sydney. I was like death warmed up after that many flights, hotels and plane food.

The best part of the job is creating employment, the worst is seeing something you stuck your neck out on fail.

 

[Power Raid]

Sounds like an interesting time.

What's day to day work like in merchant banking? I've met a few others who enjoy it.

In the long run I'm looking for something with creative problem solving, but with a lot of people interaction and strategy rather than talking to computers.

In regards to problem solving here is an example:

1) china wants to buy bauxite and convert it into alumina. The issue is they don't have enough power and the best bauxite is in guinea (the other side of the world). They already transport 4b tonnes of coal on rail and that is capacity.
2) guinea has the best bauxite but shallow ports meaning small ships that are inefficient over long distances. They also lack power.
3) libya and the middle east are close, have loads of cheap power and are looking for industry. Given they want industry and would love an alumina business they lack the supporting industry being PVC production which produces caustic as a by product (caustic is used in the alumina process). To have this industry they need salt.
4) The best place to produce salt is somalia.

So tying the needs together we are building one of the world's biggest bauxite mines in guinea (400 year mine life) and a massive salt mine in somalia (infinite mine life) with the support of chinese, western and commonwealth redevelopment funding. Then building the necessary infrastructure in the middle east with chinese and local money. In short rather than the bauxite coming to China, we are bringing China to the bauxite.

 

[Power Raid]

Unions are empowered by poor employers of 20 years ago.

Happy employees = productive, loyal and dedicated employees who don't need a union

EFA

The unions we have today are a reflection of bosses of a generation ago. They also exist to scab of society by holding key infrastructure such as ports and construction to ransom.

Why should one have to pay-off a union official $5m to not have troubles constructing a Perth CBD high rise? Extortion and racketeering is still live and well within some dirty union circles.

 

[Scotland]

You sound like an interesting bloke, Power Raid.

 

[RAPPA]

Theeeeey terk our jeeeeeerbs