BangWhizzClack wrote::lol: it'd really be great to be one of you guys that own your land :p. But as for us plebs, any others lost their jobs and looking at alternatives?
TassieTiger wrote:Xmas is coming up - ppl will buy anything as last minute gift ideas...those stalls that are in markets for last 4 weeks before Xmas make a fortune...but bulk items they are different...or print pics on tshirts or mugs...
Think outside the square a little...”find” some smaller pine trees that are growing as off shoots from diff area, pot and fert them and sell as advanced trees (these are $150 at Bunnings).
Can you cook - local food vans are making so much $$$ that they are towing their vans with audis!!!
Check out the site airtasker - its full of single mums who need help putting shot together, weeding, basic man stuff - lots $$$ and maybe side benefits in here lol
TassieTiger wrote:Average hourly cost for general handyman in Hobart $60-$150....according to airtasker
Shootermick wrote:TassieTiger wrote:Xmas is coming up - ppl will buy anything as last minute gift ideas...those stalls that are in markets for last 4 weeks before Xmas make a fortune...but bulk items they are different...or print pics on tshirts or mugs...
Think outside the square a little...”find” some smaller pine trees that are growing as off shoots from diff area, pot and fert them and sell as advanced trees (these are $150 at Bunnings).
Can you cook - local food vans are making so much $$$ that they are towing their vans with audis!!!
Check out the site airtasker - its full of single mums who need help putting shot together, weeding, basic man stuff - lots $$$ and maybe side benefits in here lol
I think the airtasker site will get a few visits tonight.
bladeracer wrote:BangWhizzClack wrote::lol: it'd really be great to be one of you guys that own your land :p. But as for us plebs, any others lost their jobs and looking at alternatives?
In the UK, the government pays lots of money to the unemployable by letting them set up Covid testing centers that nobody uses.
https://youtu.be/VEhJDmef6U4
Might be worth applying for a government grant to do the same here.
womble wrote:Fruit picking was your idea. No-one believes it will make them rich.
Some people find work. Some don’t.
The difference between them. Some want it badder than others.
If you don’t want that job as badly as the next guy, you lose.
Any job is better than no job.
It’s a dog eat dog world. I am grateful for people who don’t try hard. It gives me an edge.
If i get laid off i start work immediately.
Looking for work becomes my full time job. Long hours without pay. I break to eat and sleep. I will work for free if they give me a try out.
I will be registered with every employment agency.
What’s your edge ?
How can you beat me to get that job. You need to.
TassieTiger wrote:Eh, predatory employers ? Ok then...
womble wrote:Well then you’re very lucky. To be able to pick and choose.
Perhaps you can afford not to work.
I’m not in that position. Different worlds.
TassieTiger wrote:Sounds like you don’t want to go fruit picking...
Every employer is mandated by law to have worker’s compensation insurance etc...
From additional-
“Where any worker or fruit picker feels that the tasks they are performing are dangerous, or that their working conditions are unsafe, they shouldn't be afraid to formally raise this with their employer who has a non-delegable duty to ensure the worker’s safety.
Anyone currently working on a farm or thinking about entering into a labouring or fruit picking role should take the time to read up and educate themselves on Australian laws and their workplace rights. This knowledge will prove invaluable should they ever find themselves in a compromising situation.”
BangWhizzClack wrote:womble wrote:Well then you’re very lucky. To be able to pick and choose.
Perhaps you can afford not to work.
I’m not in that position. Different worlds.
That's on you and how you set yourself up. You may have set yourself up in a position where you are constantly desperate.
TassieTiger wrote:BangWhizzClack wrote:womble wrote:Well then you’re very lucky. To be able to pick and choose.
Perhaps you can afford not to work.
I’m not in that position. Different worlds.
That's on you and how you set yourself up. You may have set yourself up in a position where you are constantly desperate.
Or maybe - there wasn’t the hand outs about like there are today...
All I’m hearing is excuses mate. “Predator employers” is a made up concept based on the entitled not wanting to work. Sure there are unscrupulous employers, but with the regs in place now - they are few and far between. Picking fruit is not the easiest job - that’s why many sissies shy away...and then make up s**t about conditions...migrants don’t mind hard work...they don’t complain...they are valued because of it.
If you want a job, you’ll get one. If you don’t, then you’ll complain about it. The end.
BangWhizzClack wrote:TassieTiger wrote:Sounds like you don’t want to go fruit picking...
Every employer is mandated by law to have worker’s compensation insurance etc...
From additional-
“Where any worker or fruit picker feels that the tasks they are performing are dangerous, or that their working conditions are unsafe, they shouldn't be afraid to formally raise this with their employer who has a non-delegable duty to ensure the worker’s safety.
Anyone currently working on a farm or thinking about entering into a labouring or fruit picking role should take the time to read up and educate themselves on Australian laws and their workplace rights. This knowledge will prove invaluable should they ever find themselves in a compromising situation.”
Sounds like you've never experienced first-hand or second-hand employer abuse and exploitation...
It's all good to know you have rights, but God forbid you mention them, suddenly there's no more work and maybe your payment gets lost somewhere in the nether, they'll call you when they find it. Why do you think so many farms avoid hiring Aussies? Because the Aussie workers have been burned and they know their rights. If you're a lowly worker that's barely making bank, what are you going to do? Get a lawyer? Take them to court? They've got financial backing up the hoo-hah, the worker would be bankrupt and destitute by Friday.