Under-Pants Member 2,103 Member For: 16y 4m 18d Gender: Not Telling Posted 03/03/09 08:13 PM Share Posted 03/03/09 08:13 PM (edited) Don't forget how hard tax bites when you start earning above certain amounts...Back when I was still in school and working part/semi-full time, doing nights/weekends I could earn $1450 in a fortnight & keep about $1320. Looking at my last pay slip, I earned $4868.04 but only kept $3545.64 with $279.60 in tax free allowances paid to my net, meaning I was taxed $1602 in a single fortnight To get ya $3k/week clear you normally are on an hourly rate of low-mid $30's/hour with a $5+/hour site allowance & a generous camp allowance for every day in camp.So yeah to be on $5k clear you would need to be earning somewhere over $8k, so more than $1,000 per day. Not going to happen... Imagine seeing an ad in the paper saying "Track slaves wanted; $400,000 p.a starting wage"Sorry to go O/T Work you're arse off & you will do well IMO Edited 03/03/09 08:14 PM by Man-Pants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 04/03/09 12:09 AM Share Posted 04/03/09 12:09 AM Somewhere deep in Russia or Northern Africa would be great experience Looks like fun...might come with you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosti NOT THERE!... THERE! Member 852 Member For: 16y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 04/03/09 12:23 AM Share Posted 04/03/09 12:23 AM (edited) Work to live, don't live to work.But if you find a job/career that supports your desired lifestyle comfortably AND you enjoy it, then you're laughing. Edited 04/03/09 12:25 AM by Ghosti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRPete Member 673 Member For: 17y 2m 5d Gender: Male Location: Here Posted 04/03/09 08:40 AM Share Posted 04/03/09 08:40 AM Work to live, don't live to work.that's where its at for me.38 hours a week. 60k a year. Enough to pay my mortage and time to enjoy my Xr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboknapp Donating Members 783 Member For: 17y 7m 23d Gender: Male Location: perth w.a Posted 04/03/09 09:10 AM Share Posted 04/03/09 09:10 AM Well finished high school with a T.E.R of 92% which got me into uni studying mech engineering, after the first year of not having money and to many contact hours I was politely asked to leave the establishment.I started my first apprenticeship at 18 as a fitter and turner for a luxery ship company based in the south of W.A, I enjoyed it but the placed seemed a little in the unstable market with lay offs being almost a yearly thing. So I transfered my job over to a mining equipment company even though it ment that I had to re-start it was the best move I made.So I started doing heavy duty mechanics and farming gear, the company was so large that I was able to travel all around the state doing the job. I have basically worked the mines for the last 7 years as a sh*t kicker apprentice to a leading hand on the floor. Last year I was offered a job at head office to work in the training department with the company, I was a little sick of the long hours and the time away from home so I took it.I took a big pay cut coming back to perth but I only do 38 hours a wk but I am in the $70k+ bracket and I'm home normally every night except for the odd site job that I do. I guess what I'm saying is pick something that you enjoy, sure its good to bust your ass for a few years to make the coin but everything else with suffer eg family, sport or relationships. Not always but you sacrifice one for the other.I enjoy my job as it is good to try and part some of the kowledge onto other people what I have learned over the years.Only other thing I can suggest is find a company that you enjoy working for, I have been at the same company for 8 years cause of the way they look after their employees Aidan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldraven The guy from that other colony Member 157 Member For: 19y 10d Gender: Male Location: Goshen, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada Posted 05/03/09 07:09 PM Share Posted 05/03/09 07:09 PM I'm a drafter. It's a great profession, because it's so adaptable. Going on 9 years now and I've had many different jobs in different fields. Electrical (AM/FM Technician) for AT&T/Lucent (Nortel, hah!), converted retrofitting manuals for F-18 Hornets to 2D CAD at SPAR Aerospace, drew load permit drawings for a heavy hauler (trucking), designed hydraulic cylinders for a supplier to the oil sands, and now I'm detailing concrete reinforcement (rebar) for medium to large construction projects all over the US and Canada. My wife and I also have an Architectural Drafting and Design company that we run from our home.It's good work, because there will always be a need for drafters in pretty much every field imaginable. The pay started with $11/hr ($13 AUD) straight out of college, and at the Hydraulics place I was making $23/hr ($28 AUD). That was an awesome job, but we had to get the hell out of Alberta and move home. That place is a cesspool. You can also advance from there later into the Mechanical/Architectural Technologist trade, and from there you can move on to Engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang3 12" member Donating Members 2,107 Member For: 19y 4m 22d Location: Perth WA Posted 05/03/09 11:08 PM Share Posted 05/03/09 11:08 PM But in all honesty, that's not really a lot of money given how many hours are you working (well supposed to be). For a 4/1 roster I'd expect a minimum of 5K a week clear. If many of us worked similiar hours (ie 12-14hours a day) by the time you throw in meal allowances, overtime etc etc we'd take home more than 3k!That said, I'd like some paid 4/1 style work in some random, half dangerous overseas area. Somewhere deep in Russia or Northern Africa would be great experience a mate of mine is working in Mali in NW Africa and loves it !! right out in the middle of nowhere, almost no roads except in the main part of the local town.. the local market sells shrunken baboon heads and gun's are easy to come by hahaa..He's even got himself a surprisingly nice local girl who he brought over last year - she was amazed at places like maccas where you can go buy food anytime of day hahahha..he gave her parents a goat named chuck norris so he now pretty much owns her as well hahaha..although he does have either Malaria or Dengue fever at the moment hahahttp://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2...592815_9421.jpghttp://photos-d.pe.facebook.com/photos-pe-...194811_3291.jpghttp://photos-c.pe.facebook.com/photos-pe-...194818_5872.jpghttp://photos-d.pe.facebook.com/photos-pe-...194819_6176.jpgmonkey heads etchttp://photos-g.pe.facebook.com/photos-pe-...194822_7086.jpghttp://photos-a.pe.facebook.com/photos-pe-...194824_7717.jpghttp://photos-a.pe.facebook.com/photos-pe-...194808_2350.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1234 Donating Members 364 Member For: 16y 9m 7d Gender: Male Posted 06/03/09 04:22 AM Share Posted 06/03/09 04:22 AM Dude look like Dave Chappelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Member 14 Member For: 16y 2m 11d Posted 11/03/09 09:56 AM Author Share Posted 11/03/09 09:56 AM Thanks for all the advice guys Didn't mean to bump this topic back up, but I had to say thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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