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14-05-2009, 01:48pm
A couple of months ago I was getting desperate I needed to find 30 labourers to work in Queensland, I asked a few people and no one was interested. The jobs were for a day shift crew and a night shift crew on a power station outage, 72 hours a week with pay ranging from $3,700.00 to $4,800.00 per week (before tax) depending on shift worked.
This was for a 8 week shut with all meals, accomodation, flights everything provided and no one wanted the work. All had good reasons to turn the jobs down but it basically came down to they didnt want work.
In the end an Irish mate put me onto a group of his Irish backpacker mates. I hired 30 of them both single guys and couples. These people showed enough initative to save money to travel to Australia in the first place so I took the risk.
Without exeption they have proven to be hard workers and totally reliable. There has not been one sick day taken and not one Irish drunk to be seen. I have never seen such a good crew in 24 years of doing this job.
Makes you wonder about the Aussie work ethic doesnt it.
This was for a 8 week shut with all meals, accomodation, flights everything provided and no one wanted the work. All had good reasons to turn the jobs down but it basically came down to they didnt want work.
In the end an Irish mate put me onto a group of his Irish backpacker mates. I hired 30 of them both single guys and couples. These people showed enough initative to save money to travel to Australia in the first place so I took the risk.
Without exeption they have proven to be hard workers and totally reliable. There has not been one sick day taken and not one Irish drunk to be seen. I have never seen such a good crew in 24 years of doing this job.
Makes you wonder about the Aussie work ethic doesnt it.