biggles04
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My first job a few years back was at Crazy Clark's - It's a walk in-walk out job!
you cleared that up for me, we normally get 2 days off for christmas and boxing, but because they are both on weekends we get 2 more days off? i couldn't understand why mon and tue were holidaysbiggles04 said:Also, this year is great for Xmas pay.
Because Christmas day falls on a weekend, the following weekday becomes a holiday.
And Extra bonus! Because Boxing Day also falls on the weekend, there has to be another workday holiday for it, so both Monday and Tuesday are double time for me, and Boxing day at BiLo is Double Time and a Half!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...that last one is a rumour around work, but I have yet to ask a manager.
iambored said:you cleared that up for me, we normally get 2 days off for christmas and boxing, but because they are both on weekends we get 2 more days off? i couldn't understand why mon and tue were holidays
Dam, where do I look for such a job?!!beccabum said:You poor city people. At least there is one thing the country has that the city doesn't - farms. And that means more jobs going than people to fill them, so all the backpackers come here to work for a week or 2, earn $$$ then go off to the city again. Most of the picking is done by machines, so lots of the jobs are in sorting or packing fruit or making sure the wine bottles are labelled. its all easy stuff any backwards person could figure out. At the moment i'm at a factory sorting cherries. The job perks = $14.96/hour or $16.96 on saturdays, being in an air conditioned shed at a constant 23 degrees (for the cherries not workers, but we benefit too, its so nice), having a break at least every 3 hours, having heaps of time to think, being able to work in sexy tracky dacks. Bad bits = standing up all day, 8am start. I reckon its so much better than when i was working in a shop.
A guy i know is working in a winery, coz its harvest now, and because they operate 24/7, they need ppl for all hours. He's been working the 10pm-6am shift and gets OVER $30 AN HOUR!!!! Totally unskilled, no experience. How sweet is that?!