I was offered a job in the Melbourne region in a machine shop. CNC lathe and machining centres, manual lathes and mills, cnc plasma cutter, surface grinders, welders, etc.
The job was full time (38 hours) and I would have loved it, I took out a five year loan for all my manual machines, then I built a cnc plasma, etc. So let's just say my heart is in it.
I've been running my own business for 15 years now so had no idea about what people in a job come out with in their hand. Anyway all I would have got was $810 in my hand, and their's no way I could pay our basic outgoings with that. Mortgage, bills, fuel, food, car, you now how it all goes. Wife looks after our 2 lads and if she worked it would be negated by child care fees so that's not an option to top things up.
I was told the top guys in the machine shop earn very little more than what I was offered. Quite unbelievable considering the knowledge and skill in the industry.
Is this the state of our standard of living nowadays, or is this just machine shop pay rates. I've certainly learnt that unless you get the right job, the word JOB does mean JUST OVER BROKE (in my case it would have been well under broke LOL).
Both myself and the shop owner were extremely disappointed when things couldn't work out.
Keith.
The job was full time (38 hours) and I would have loved it, I took out a five year loan for all my manual machines, then I built a cnc plasma, etc. So let's just say my heart is in it.
I've been running my own business for 15 years now so had no idea about what people in a job come out with in their hand. Anyway all I would have got was $810 in my hand, and their's no way I could pay our basic outgoings with that. Mortgage, bills, fuel, food, car, you now how it all goes. Wife looks after our 2 lads and if she worked it would be negated by child care fees so that's not an option to top things up.
I was told the top guys in the machine shop earn very little more than what I was offered. Quite unbelievable considering the knowledge and skill in the industry.
Is this the state of our standard of living nowadays, or is this just machine shop pay rates. I've certainly learnt that unless you get the right job, the word JOB does mean JUST OVER BROKE (in my case it would have been well under broke LOL).
Both myself and the shop owner were extremely disappointed when things couldn't work out.
Keith.
0 commentaires:
Enregistrer un commentaire