What kind of work does OTL do?!

[rek]

Australia.

pay in McDonalds is pretty good here

[Key-J]

I'm a Social Media manager for two positions on our campus. "International Students, & Campus Life". I also work as a Mentor to a group of First Year students.

so basically you manage the facebook/twitter of those two positions?

Amongst other things.

But yeah, that's one of the main parts of my job, it's not bad for 15 and hour

[/Pi]

Lab Tech doing ELISAs and PCRs. Recently found out I have a $10 headhunter's fee from my $15/hr pay. >.>

[[SD]Twysta]

Lab Tech doing ELISAs and PCRs. Recently found out I have a $10 headhunter's fee from my $15/hr pay. >.>

What's that exactly?

[only_me]

lool
in my country, romania, if we get 5$/h we're damn happy.. that's like 800$ per month..

i think at mcdonalds u'll get like 300$ per month.. that's 1,875$/h

most of my friends have gone to work in italy, spain or germany then came home after 1 or 2 years with luxury cars and a lot of money..

[MrTwilliger]

Are the pay rates really as bad as you guys are saying? $7 p/h? $10 p/h? That's crazy! Sure, it's all relative to the price of living and the value of currency, but here in Australia the minimum wage for someone who's 18+ and working full time (38 hours per week) is around $530 per week, or rough $15 p/h. Most generic labour jobs will net you around $20 p/h and you really don't have to work too hard for it, either. Seeing people on $7 is crazy, I wouldn't even get out of bed for such a low amount of money.

[woutR]

Australia 570.00 Australian dollars (€417) per week; set federally by the Fair Work Australia[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mi ... by_country


"340 Kyrgyzstani som (€5.17) per month, nominally; used for administrative purpose[9]"
Things can be worse

oh lawd they can be
6,000 Ugandan shillings (€1.77) per month;[9] Uganda's minimum wage was last changed in 1984.

[Dimethyltryptamine]

I model and am a photographer, and when i need extra money i tag along and paint houses. good to keep busy, oh and the amount of free clothes you get is good too.

[William-CL]

I'm a waitress.

Waiter.

Pretty sure he had it right



I'm Overloaded at school like a moron yay So no job until one on campus opens up.
Actually, I have to take a ton of pre-reqs since I didn't do them in high school as I didn't decide on a major till after..

[cpinney]

For this summer i work at a Desktop Support position at my university, fix staffs problems with computer/printers and the like. Get paid 8$/h very depressing considering i got $8.50 last summer doing a lower level job.

[Skyve]

Oh forgot to specify it's 9.50$ CAD. Just sayin', because you know... it's worth something now.

[EvGa]

Err, don't have a job but friends, family, and clients recommend me to other people all the time for pc repair/tech consulting/etc. In the past 2 weeks I've built 3 full desktop systems for people and worked on another. At the moment I'm working on a remote monitoring system for a large boat (58 foot Hatteras, basically a yacht) that will involve a central PC that monitors all the boats "vital signs", DC/AC voltages, bilges, blowers, etc. It will also have remotely and locally viewable cameras that the owner can access remotely by phone or a browser. Really cool gig for now.

No "real" job, but I do make decent money. Student loans cover what remains for tuition/living/etc :/

[Aventuris]

I'm a Social Media manager for two positions on our campus. "International Students, & Campus Life". I also work as a Mentor to a group of First Year students.

Kinda offtopic, but I was wondering if you've completed your final year at UBCO or do you still go there after the summer? I'll be going there starting September, got accepted to General Sciences So we'll probably get to meet then

Ontopic: Being a student was my job until now but this summer I got into a scholarship with the Canadian 'Air Cadets' to get my Power Pilot License. Get paid 10$/day for getting a 30,000$ scholarship and tons of fun. Thank you taxpayers, I guess

[Key-J]

I'm a Social Media manager for two positions on our campus. "International Students, & Campus Life". I also work as a Mentor to a group of First Year students.

Kinda offtopic, but I was wondering if you've completed your final year at UBCO or do you still go there after the summer? I'll be going there starting September, got accepted to General Sciences So we'll probably get to meet then

Ontopic: Being a student was my job until now but this summer I got into a scholarship with the Canadian 'Air Cadets' to get my Power Pilot License. Get paid 10$/day for getting a 30,000$ scholarship and tons of fun. Thank you taxpayers, I guess

I'll still be there come September. That would be awesome, for sure i'd meet up with you. Congrats on getting in man!

I'll shoot you a PM in the morning, when im a little less tired, and a little more sober, and we will go from there.

[Zanti]

doing a full time master study.. on the side i run a small scaled design agency with three fellow students, and i am a freelance sales agent for the largest internship recruitment company of our country.

busy busy =,=

[Sovereign]

Currently working at the IT department of Marlboro as a network manager. £17 (roughly $27) per hour, not counting overtime increases.

[KillAndChill]

EE Co-Op with DoD. Pay could be better.

[wootpops]

glaizer.

[EvGa]

EE Co-Op with DoD. Pay could be better.

Sounds like an interesting job.

[M3K0S]

Mechanic for Nissan, 30 dlls/hr

[KillAndChill]

EE Co-Op with DoD. Pay could be better.

Sounds like an interesting job.

It is when they aren't busy with something and can give you something worth doing.

[Mark.]

No work at the moment as I'm about to finish school (oral exam in five days and then I'm done).
In the university I applied for (and got accepted as well) there is this thing that if you're good enough they can help you get into some business companies such as Unicredit, Ferrari, Vodafone, some other random banks and such straight from your second year.

Are the pay rates really as bad as you guys are saying? $7 p/h? $10 p/h? That's crazy! Sure, it's all relative to the price of living and the value of currency, but here in Australia the minimum wage for someone who's 18+ and working full time (38 hours per week) is around $530 per week, or rough $15 p/h. Most generic labour jobs will net you around $20 p/h and you really don't have to work too hard for it, either. Seeing people on $7 is crazy, I wouldn't even get out of bed for such a low amount of money.

This really astonished me. I don't know Australia and its economy, but seriously..417$ (USD) per week is like 1.3k € per month as minimum wage. That's quite a lot and you know it. A lot of people here who don't have a steady job can only make 400-500 € per month and hardly make it to the end of the month. Apparently, as you've described it, for every job you get you know you're gonna earn at least 417$ per week.
Let me just tell you that my high school English teacher has been teaching for forty (forty!) years and just this one last year she cashed 2k €. I really don't know what it was like at her starting, but gosh..for sure it wasn't as easy as for you kids in Australia.

Then I checked the tab of minimum wages woutR posted and what do I find? Italy, apparently has got no minimum wage in its policy. How messed are we? /sigh

[Doron]

damn. even when I whip out my currency converter I feel underpaid....

[.curve]

damn. even when I whip out my currency converter I feel underpaid....

I'm right there with you honestly. At $8.10 an hour I'm barely making enough to pay bills and have a bit of fun.

[Skyve]

Lolbills

[William-CL]

damn. even when I whip out my currency converter I feel underpaid....

I'm right there with you honestly. At $8.10 an hour I'm barely making enough to pay bills and have a bit of fun.

$8.10 isn't even Minimum wage in Oregon o.O We get $8.50 Minimum. The Starting wage at a few places in my town is even $10+ with no educational requirements.

[woutR]

Clearly the owners don't have any educational background their self then ;\

[M3K0S]

you cant get by with minimum wage anywhere... you need 2 jobs... or to go to school

[.curve]

damn. even when I whip out my currency converter I feel underpaid....

I'm right there with you honestly. At $8.10 an hour I'm barely making enough to pay bills and have a bit of fun.

$8.10 isn't even Minimum wage in Oregon o.O We get $8.50 Minimum. The Starting wage at a few places in my town is even $10+ with no educational requirements.

$8.00 is minimum wage in California. That $.10 was actually a pay raise after I had been at my job for 6 months.

[MrTwilliger]

A bit of a bump here, but I got a call back from a job I applied for on Sunday and I have an interview planned for tomorrow. It's an entry level IT Technician job and I'm absolutely ecstatic about it. Hopefully with a bit of luck it will go well =D

Also, in regards to the minimum wage question you can live on minimum wage in Australia. $570 p/w is quite manageable, you can rent a small 1 bedroom apartment in the right area for around $150-200 per week, in between basic bills and costs you'd have money left over to live. You'd have to limit your spending and you could only support yourself, but it's possible.

This really astonished me. I don't know Australia and its economy, but seriously..417$ (USD) per week is like 1.3k € per month as minimum wage. That's quite a lot and you know it. A lot of people here who don't have a steady job can only make 400-500 € per month and hardly make it to the end of the month. Apparently, as you've described it, for every job you get you know you're gonna earn at least 417$ per week.
Let me just tell you that my high school English teacher has been teaching for forty (forty!) years and just this one last year she cashed 2k €. I really don't know what it was like at her starting, but gosh..for sure it wasn't as easy as for you kids in Australia.

Honestly, it's pretty easy here. Right now I work a generic Labour job (unless I get this job I have an interview for :p) and I'm earning $650 per week, or $2600 per month. And that is considered very low. The "average wage" for a full time worker is $64,641 Per year (http://www.emigratetoaustralia.org/aver ... ralia.html) so my wage of $40,000 (before tax) is well below average. Our living standards are really high and even the laziest of people can support themselves without too much difficulty. A lot of people complain about how expensive it is to live here but I completely disagree. With a bit of decent budgeting anyone should be able to support themselves on the minimum wage. Budgeting is the key though obviously, but none the less we are very lucky here.

Oh, and if we are are doing the whole "look how much money I can earn" thing, consider this for a second. I have been offered a position in a coal mine near where I live by my father. The starting wage for an underground miner is $90,000 per year (before tax). My brother works in the mines as a supervisor and, well, take a look at his pay slip for this week. Please note, this is just one weeks wages, he gets a similar wage each week.

Spoiler!

So yeah, in conclusion, if you want money come to Australia and be a coal miner.