tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post7865406658625648815..comments2023-11-05T18:46:32.295+11:00Comments on Baino's Banter: Bitter SweetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-67189029768917751022009-05-17T18:43:00.000+10:002009-05-17T18:43:00.000+10:00Hi Baino - Still here but, as you say, quiet for a...Hi Baino - Still here but, as you say, quiet for a while.....<br />I had to make this same decision last year when bullied into a breakdown by my manager I left my job of 21 years - I found a job I liked but at £10,000 less per annum. It just had to be done really and I have learned to cope - the upside is - I enjoy what i'm doing now and it gives me a chance to use my Spanish skills.<br />Mine is the income that matters in this house, where as I said my daughter's salary cannot help - but, for all that I wouldn't swap my independence to move a male wage earner in - oh no!!!<br />Elbow is still very sore but no pins and needles so i think I'm on the mend thank you!!!Katehttp://www.iramble.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-91370830933162641402009-05-17T06:34:00.000+10:002009-05-17T06:34:00.000+10:00Hi Kate, wondered where you'd been you've been qui...Hi Kate, wondered where you'd been you've been quiet on the blogosphere and welcome over to Bainos! You're daughter is very lucky indeed to have not just her salary matched but a job she loves, good luck to her. I wonder every day whether I did the right thing but current circumstances mean I have to chase something with at least a little more cash. Hope the elbow's healing nicely!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-6715038448333203942009-05-16T21:48:00.000+10:002009-05-16T21:48:00.000+10:00My daughter has just started her 'dream job' - a j...My daughter has just started her 'dream job' - a job I could never do but she has a vocation for it that is amazing.<br />She had been caring for the elderly and infirm in their own homes until she saw that Rainbows Childrens Hospice had a vacancy - she has all the training for this work but there had never been an opening before.<br /><br />At interview she was asked what she was currently earning (carers are poorly paid here) and she told them.<br /><br />24 hours later she was offered the job and started this week - they have matched her wage from the care agency and it will not change because this is a charity and they simply cannot afford to pay her more.<br />I wonder what would have happened had she lied about her current wage?<br />But no matter - this is the work she wants to do .... she wants 'to make a difference' and I can only applaud that!Katehttp://www.iramble.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-85960893296102030782009-05-14T17:01:00.000+10:002009-05-14T17:01:00.000+10:00Ah well who'd have thunk it River? I was going by ...Ah well who'd have thunk it River? I was going by the NSW award, maybe some pay a little higher. You do what you can I guess. I still think it's peanuts compared to what some people get for absolute bludgery but don't get me started on that one. Cheers:)<br /><br />Sorry Gaye, Baptist Community Services it is and thank you so much for the referral. They were a wonderful group, I've been singing their praises all week! You know if they'd offered another $10,000 I'd have jumped even tho that's still way below what I'm earning (erm hang on, I'm earning zip! *sigh*)Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-6954826022673086872009-05-14T16:38:00.000+10:002009-05-14T16:38:00.000+10:00It's Baptist Community Services by the way :P
Next...It's Baptist Community Services by the way :P<br />Next time, dear! <br />GxGayé Terziogluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429669176156091603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-23770396305121047162009-05-14T16:36:00.000+10:002009-05-14T16:36:00.000+10:00I am sorry that the salary offered was half of wha...I am sorry that the salary offered was half of what you were getting. I hope you find something that is more financially viable to you Hels.<br />I am glad though that it was a great experience to go through the interview process and being offered a position, many years after not being in the job-seeker market. Big kudoz, I knew you'd get it but I had no idea about the $$$ side of things. <br />Good luck, hope you find something that meets your needs.<br /><br />GxoxGayé Terziogluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429669176156091603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-35051992042060311442009-05-14T16:35:00.000+10:002009-05-14T16:35:00.000+10:00Baino, our part time and casual rates are a little...Baino, our part time and casual rates are a little higher, $17.48 part time and $20.97 casual, but I only work between 17-21 hours per week, because of varying physical problems. I look on it as good practice for when I'm ancient and surviving on a pension.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-72392980161628448262009-05-14T07:11:00.000+10:002009-05-14T07:11:00.000+10:00Thanks Steph. I would like to work in some philant...Thanks Steph. I would like to work in some philanthropic field if at all possible. I've had a job before that was really satisfying in that area and did pay well so who knows.<br /><br />Ribbon I think Sydneysiders are paid above other major cities due to the cost of living. Perhaps I should consider moving! Thanks for the support, it's been wonderful really.<br /><br />River I don't know how you do it although if you have no debts, it's manageable I guess. We have lots of retirees living on around $20,000 a year and a little help from Centrelink. Again, I think our wage scales are a little higher here. The casual retail award in NSW is $18.30 an hour, $15.95 for Part time or $606 a week full time.<br /><br />Wuffa it's a weird scheme but they're starting to do it with nurses as well. The commonwealth gives money to the states for health then the states run the health system in each state. If they were to offer higher wages, the tax goes back to the commonwealth so they've got round it by offering a higher tax free threshold in the form of a credit card.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-32026323934374370522009-05-14T00:13:00.000+10:002009-05-14T00:13:00.000+10:00sounds like MORE government 'logic' :(sounds like MORE government 'logic' :(laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-87097391123085862172009-05-13T20:44:00.000+10:002009-05-13T20:44:00.000+10:00Baino, last financial year I earned $18,504. We're...Baino, last financial year I earned $18,504. We're living a little close to the edge here. I'm so very glad I don't have a mortgage, no credit cards,(well, I have them, just don't use them), the kids don't live with me.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-91959810915399511932009-05-13T19:08:00.000+10:002009-05-13T19:08:00.000+10:00G'day Baino...
Yep unfotunately anything to do wit...G'day Baino...<br />Yep unfotunately anything to do with caring for others pays buggar all. <br />Unfortunately it's almost impossible to survive on that scale wage in Sydney. <br />Good luck with the hunt.<br />As you can read we're all cheering for you :-)<br /><br />x Ribbonxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600470311819511684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-54898580618131785352009-05-13T17:31:00.000+10:002009-05-13T17:31:00.000+10:00Baino
Well done! for getting so far in the interv...Baino<br /><br />Well done! for getting so far in the interview process but you know, I heaved a sigh of relief when I heard that this job wasn't for you for salary reasons.<br /><br />With your big heart, I'd be afraid that you'd end up giving TOO MUCH of yourself to a charity for far TOO LITTLE in return. Thank heavens money did the talking.<br /><br />Once you get yourself sorted with a job that pays you what you're really worth, you might consider going back to that charity to see how you could help out as a volunteer. They sound wonderful and I think you'd revel in that sphere when not financially dependent on it. <br /><br />I'll be thinking of you on Friday as you wave goodbye and start your new and exciting journey! xoxstephhttp://biopsy.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-89233920280121996012009-05-13T15:37:00.000+10:002009-05-13T15:37:00.000+10:00Thanks everyone. I won't comment individually cos ...Thanks everyone. I won't comment individually cos I'd just say the same thing. Onward and upward indeed. <br /><br />I don't want to sound like I'm ungrateful, I'm not but that is not a commensurate salary for the work required. Actually $55,000 pa is considered the 'average' wage here in Australia. So that offering was well below average. Some of you mentioned that you're on much less. .River? Even at retail rates, you'd earn about $30,000 (shifts and public holidays not withstanding). <br /><br />Perhaps it seems a lot to the American contingent but remember our cost of living and taxes are much, much higher here than in the US.<br /><br />I doubt I'll replace my existing salary straight away but to take a job that pays half of it just isn't on the cards at the moment.<br /><br />I just didn't want to sound greedy, I'm not but I know what I need to earn in order to service my debt and I also know what I'm 'worth'. Remember, I'm a single. If I had an 'earning' partner, I may have been tempted!<br /><br />The use of a 'credit' card is a way for the State Government to avoid tax going back to the Feds who fund Health in the first place. In the case of health providers and support services, the first $16,000 of the salary is tax free so they give it to you on a credit card, rather than as cash which would be taxable. Complicated I know. So basically I would have been paid about 30% in credit and the balance in cash. <br /><br />Confused . . me too . .off to fill in more applications!<br /><br />Big hugzBainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-49528539760103672582009-05-13T15:00:00.000+10:002009-05-13T15:00:00.000+10:00Reached for my calculator and worked out that if I...Reached for my calculator and worked out that if I was physically fit enough to work full time, I still would earn only about half of what you were offered. Still, seeing as how it's only half of what you'd been getting, I'd say keep looking a while longer. The job did sound perfect though.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-68418581016860496482009-05-13T13:37:00.000+10:002009-05-13T13:37:00.000+10:00I'll take it!!!!!I'll take it!!!!!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-68512711205543275242009-05-13T10:22:00.000+10:002009-05-13T10:22:00.000+10:00Fingers, toes and wrists crossed that you get a jo...Fingers, toes and wrists crossed that you get a job you can live on. When I saw the salary, my eyes grew wide. But everyone's needs are different. Best of luck!ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-21384125612554976592009-05-13T09:04:00.000+10:002009-05-13T09:04:00.000+10:00Sorry about the job Baino.
Fingers crossed for yo...Sorry about the job Baino.<br /><br />Fingers crossed for you.<br /><br />xxxPaddy Bloggithttp://www.paddybloggit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-63882598510693319482009-05-13T08:23:00.000+10:002009-05-13T08:23:00.000+10:00you were their # 1 choice. first run out the gate....you were their # 1 choice. first run out the gate. don't forget this my sweet marshmellow friend: and if you decide you want to work for a non-profit/service organization, don't give up that pursuit. afterall, you could run anybody's business. don't forget that either. <br /><br />i'm raising my cup and toasting your job offer: yippee!!!<br /><br />xoxox!!!!kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-46253706386154386282009-05-13T08:12:00.000+10:002009-05-13T08:12:00.000+10:00That's a real shame, Baino. I have friends who als...That's a real shame, Baino. I have friends who also got paid around that amount but somehow had a much lower mortgage rate (and some tax benefits) that meant that they *could* take on the job because their mortgage had reduced by 50%. However, that was back in 1997.<br /><br />Clearly though, you *are* marketable and have the skills and personality that employers want. It won't be long until there's a perfect fit for you.Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-32573359365003180972009-05-13T07:46:00.000+10:002009-05-13T07:46:00.000+10:00A shame you got on with them so well and it was a ...A shame you got on with them so well and it was a good cause, but the pay stymied it. As Grannymar said, at least it was a good chance to sharpen your interview skills and gain some confidence. Hopefully it won't be too long before another, better-paid offer comes along.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-9643616427226742552009-05-13T05:33:00.000+10:002009-05-13T05:33:00.000+10:00Oh, that's a shame. I know people moan about char...Oh, that's a shame. I know people moan about charities spending the money that has been donated on admin and not on the cause that the money was donated <I>for</I>, but the fact of the matter is that people have to be able to earn enough money to live.<br /><br />Vocations are all very well, but most people DO need to pay the bills. :(jayhttp://www.thedeppeffect.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-76976387644521471012009-05-13T05:09:00.000+10:002009-05-13T05:09:00.000+10:00This end of the globe Charities are well known for...This end of the globe Charities are well known for paying a lower rate. It was a great opportunity to hone the interview skills.<br /><br />Chin up, tomorrow may be your day!Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-47540366755646210372009-05-13T04:24:00.000+10:002009-05-13T04:24:00.000+10:00Onward and upward! Maybe someday you will be in a ...Onward and upward! Maybe someday you will be in a position to help that organization. Best of luck.Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-74101731855540520652009-05-13T02:57:00.000+10:002009-05-13T02:57:00.000+10:00Congratulations on finding such a wonderful place ...Congratulations on finding such a wonderful place and being wanted and succeeding so well... BUMMER that it couldn't pay enough.<br /><br />I hope it's a sign that the right job will come along, and with a salary you can live (comfortably) with. <br /><br />(Meanwhile here I was feeling quite smug about earning 16K euros last year...maybe *I* should go out and get a real job??)Susan at Stony Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385202649291774852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-67993292724790617642009-05-13T01:58:00.000+10:002009-05-13T01:58:00.000+10:00Baino, I know too well the care of a disabled pare...Baino, I know too well the care of a disabled parent( tho' I'm quite a bit older, of course ). The cause sounds worthy and if that's the pay in( I'm assuming )Aussie $$$, 'tis still a heck of a lot more than I'm bringing in! Then again, to lose 1/2 your salary( if you had chose to accept it )...ouch! I ended up with a 1/3 less when I came back to work, so have had to economise and make a lot of sacrifices( 'tis why it took me <I>14 years</I> to save for that trip )!!!<br /><br />I dearly sympathise with your plight, as I've been there many times. It doesn't get easier tho' does it? But wishing you much luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com