Guest Working to fish Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 :GEEK:Just thought i would ask the question does any one find it hard work ,working for an australian boss ,how have you found it ,easy going or hard work. eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fatpom Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 :GEEK:Just thought i would ask the question does any one find it hard work ,working for an australian boss ,how have you found it ,easy going or hard work. eddie No different (in a few different firms). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sjs Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 hi there my husbands the worker so far and he said that it is easy going working for an ozzie. and he works in a small family run place which you could think might make it harder. i collected him from work one day and they were keen to meet me so i went in with the kids and we all sat down and had a drink together and we have even been to a bbq with them as well. so easy going - so far so good ! :cool: sjs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Emmap Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 :GEEK:Just thought i would ask the question does any one find it hard work ,working for an australian boss ,how have you found it ,easy going or hard work. eddie My boss is like a pit bull.....shes an Ozzy, but i like a challenge.....even though she means bussiness, theres no bull **** like there is in uk, she says it as it is....again, i like!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JoanneHattersley Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 thats what I like with work.....no crap! Do it or dont do it! LOL I work for an aussie and a welsh woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongrel Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Not too bad bit like a headless chicken nowt like the meglamaniac we had in the uk. Boos did my review " you have a strong accent slow down " so printed off a Yorkshire phrase and dictionary book and gave it him , hr tried it out on me laugh FFS Mally all in for pr watin, waitin,waitin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PommyPaul Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 i've actually found it pretty good, i know all bosses are different, sometimes you get a good'un sometimes not. My boss and supervisors are ace (touches wood) asked the boss today when i should stop for lunch as usually we work in groups but today i was on my tod so didn't get the usual smoko call and he just said 'whenever you feel like it'. I do need to get used to the fact that when i'm told that i 'should probably do X task' they don't actually mean probably, they mean do it... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongrel Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Not too bad bit like a headless chicken nowt like the meglamaniac we had in the uk. Boos did my review " you have a strong accent slow down " so printed off a Yorkshire phrase and dictionary book and gave it him , hr tried it out on me laugh FFS Mally all in for pr watin, waitin,waitin Addition to above post after havin a dig at my strong accent (yorkshire best bit is I`m trying to calm it down ) a guy came in for some steel he was a pom ,not been here 4 weeks , he was from Wolverhampton with the strongest black country accent I have heard. The gaffer went to see to him I was behind them , in a nutshell he was flummoxed turned to me and said Mally you better take this one and walked off shakin his head. Me an the other guy were posl . Made my day Mally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Emmap Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 thats what I like with work.....no crap! Do it or dont do it! LOL I work for an aussie and a welsh woman! Tempers must fly there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest acbh2 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Have worked for 3 different companies and got frustrated with them all. There is just NO urgency in anything and NO guildelines. There was no management structure either as all the managers mingle and socialise with the workers so when someone needs to be pulled up over something they are doing wrong it just doesn't happen. Working as a youth worker with kids and seeing NO boundaries in place for the kids was a joke. The other workers used to take the kids in our care to their homes and their own kids school concerts because they could get paid for 'looking' after the kids whilst carrying on with their own lifes. People used to come to work in their PJ's (Honestly WTF:shocked:) then get changed when they felt like it. One of the kids put in a serious (but full of ****) claim against me said I had called her a prostitute!! the company refused to do anything as they 'knew she was lying & I was a good sort:huh:' I phoned child safety myself as I was scared if they didn't investigate claims that were made then in the future something real and serious could go undetected. Its so scary as the emphasis seems to be on keeping ones social life going and keeping on track with colleagues, which in some industries could work well, however I find it totaly shocking. Just my 2 cents worth, obviously it DOES depend on the type of job u have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anne Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Worked for a number of Aussie bosses (I'm temping at the mo) and they've all been excellent. So much nicer than brit bosses (really laid back). You also get treated like equals by most (well I have, so far) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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