Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 4m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/10/15 12:51 AM Share Posted 05/10/15 12:51 AM So what's your issue then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kerb Warrior Donating Members 612 Member For: 12y 4m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 05/10/15 12:57 AM Share Posted 05/10/15 12:57 AM After everyone was talking about being on site, I was curious if there were many people that didn't work in the Mining Industry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 6m 12d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 05/10/15 01:09 AM Share Posted 05/10/15 01:09 AM Work on site a bit.Not in mining industry.Mining doesn't pay enough :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 4m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/10/15 01:16 AM Share Posted 05/10/15 01:16 AM It's not a pleasant time to be a Civil Engineer in the Mining/Construction Industry in WA. Market was flooded with so many they are almost a disposable commodity at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 6m 12d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 05/10/15 01:24 AM Share Posted 05/10/15 01:24 AM Yep. Same even in major construction mate. Fully qualified engineers are applying for drafting jobs just so they can keep an income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 4m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/10/15 01:26 AM Share Posted 05/10/15 01:26 AM We where recruiting a couple of long term maint planners earlier this year, we had laid off MD's and Similar applying. Far too many big fish in the small pond and nowhere near enough qualified people for core roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 11m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/10/15 01:28 AM Share Posted 05/10/15 01:28 AM It's legitimately a concerning time to be in the industry. I'm just grateful for having a job at the moment! Makes me wish I'd saved hard over the last 5 years instead of pissing money away on cars I no longer own... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 4m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/10/15 01:36 AM Share Posted 05/10/15 01:36 AM I genuinely feel for anyone that started during the boom and was lead to believe it was the norm. I see it a lot with Grads that can't understand they are not longer worth what they where 2yrs ago.Same with any support role (HSE/Enviro Etc Etc) if you're not directly influencing production or able to provide cost reduction you're not in a happy place at the moment.Having said that any industry driven by a commodity price and the global market will go up and down so you need to have a plan to ride it out when it does go down.O 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 11m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/10/15 02:24 AM Share Posted 05/10/15 02:24 AM ^yep. Hence I'm happy to hold onto my current job and ride it out until I either get made redundant or the market picks up again. My company pays pretty well, so I want to try make the most of that and save as much as I can while I'm here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 16y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/10/15 04:22 AM Share Posted 05/10/15 04:22 AM 12 hour swings for me, 1 hour commute to site/camp (2 hours total) per day.<br />so essentially 14 hour days ... actually affecting me quite a lot now - my sleeping pattern is screwed, health (physical and mental) is suffering, and general morale (for the small few still not at the camp 5 minutes away) is low / ZFG spec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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