Thread: Out of work again

Originally Posted by CraigE

Well,
Here we go again. FQML are shutting down the Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine, so redundant again (no redundancy though as been there less than 12 months).
The search begins again, starting to be a little more than over it though.
Just got everything back up to a decent operational status after being run down and neglected for some time.

yeah, me too. Been out of work for two months and everything I look at seems to go to someone on a 457 visa who is not even in the country yet, and they are prepared to work for a fraction of the rate! They clearly dont have Aussie mortgages and credit cards to payoff. In some areas of the NSW gov (transport for example) almost 80% are 457's, same as many back-end departments at the big banks, Qantas etc.. Well that is before everything is outsourced and off-shored to the subcontinent...

No redundancy for me either as I have been forced to contract for the last 5+ years as no one seems to want to employ anyone over 50 full time.

In many respects corporate greed is killing the place (CBA???), what hope is there for this country? What ever happened to jobs for Australians? I know the 457 rules have changed but there are still 10's of thousands of them here for the next two years at least.

Rant over, normal service may resume..... :-)

Yeah,
Our current government keep saying there is a skills shortage so 457s necessary, what complete and utter rubbish. I agree I turn 50 in a couple of months. So many people highly skilled and out of work yet we can still bring in workers from OS.
Cheers
CRaigE

Originally Posted by travelrover

yeah, me too. Been out of work for two months and everything I look at seems to go to someone on a 457 visa who is not even in the country yet, and they are prepared to work for a fraction of the rate! They clearly dont have Aussie mortgages and credit cards to payoff. In some areas of the NSW gov (transport for example) almost 80% are 457's, same as many back-end departments at the big banks, Qantas etc.. Well that is before everything is outsourced and off-shored to the subcontinent...

No redundancy for me either as I have been forced to contract for the last 5+ years as no one seems to want to employ anyone over 50 full time.

In many respects corporate greed is killing the place (CBA???), what hope is there for this country? What ever happened to jobs for Australians? I know the 457 rules have changed but there are still 10's of thousands of them here for the next two years at least.

Rant over, normal service may resume..... :-)

Some times I think those of us with stable &/or long term employment forget how lucky we are.
I must remember this when working is ****ing me off.

I wish you both the best of luck in your job searches.
Jonesfam

Craig, travelrover, I understand where you are coming from. I'm in the same boat, however, I am working. I had to accept a job where 457s wouldn't go.
I hope you find work soon, Craig.

No different down here...

They have backpackers working on farms and in the packing sheds, yet there are dozens of young to mid age people trying to get work around here and there are a lot of farmers will only employ back packers and the packing sheds prefer back packers...

Some thing to do with being able to get away with paying less and kicking them out if they dont work hard...

My son is going back out into the wheatbelt for work, places he knows that employ people that work and live here in wa...

I keep hearing about a lack of employees but all I have seen is the number of un-employed... I know with my skills I would be employed but thats only because the industry I grew up in is always looking for skilled labour irrelevant of age...

Those with engineering skills, boilermakers, carpenters and the like are easily replaced with low skill foreigners and the company thinks they are better off...

I hope you all do find work soon, I wont be taking jobs from others so there is a position left in the work force...

Thanks all for the good wishes...

well statistically I am not unemployed, I am not on any list, government or otherwise.

I just dont have a job.

And I know of many people in the same boat. All with 30 + years experience in our various fields. And many of us lost most if not all of our Super or other investments in the GFC (when my problems started) so have nothing to retire on and are trying to rebuild our finances, pay mortgages and credit cards to get in a position where we can retire and not expect any handout, cos it wont be coming...despite having been a tax payer for more than 40 years.

You cant do that without a job, and what savings you have are now rapidly being eaten up just keeping your head above water until the next gig. At least I have time to work on my project 300 Tdi Defender, just cant buy any parts.

Cheers - Simon

Originally Posted by jonesfam

Some times I think those of us with stable &/or long term employment forget how lucky we are.
I must remember this when working is ****ing me off.

so true. this keeps me going.

Well Wednesday with out even having looked for another job i gave a weeks notice as i was sick of the BS i dealt with and work obliged and payed me out
Got home made 2 calls to customers and hopped straight on Seek.
Wednesday rang a customer i dealt with they are in the throws of expanding and have offered me a senior position yet to be created Thursday i had a job interview and was a offered the job to start monday, Friday another interview with a offer of a job as well as 2 more appointments for interviews next week .
Id say hang in there guys use your friends customers you dealt with or cold call and that old hag internet job sites.