tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12231828.post4497863802715064..comments2023-10-31T01:25:35.870+11:00Comments on Welcome to the Enny-Pen: Work smirkEnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613379734506337694noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12231828.post-40155441729141807312008-03-09T13:50:00.000+11:002008-03-09T13:50:00.000+11:00Mr B'b'rry - like as part of an annual thing? Are ...Mr B'b'rry - like as part of an annual thing? Are you a pube or a non-pube? I'm sure it's something you're entitled to - it's the involuntary ripping off that I'm totally against! :o)Ennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613379734506337694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12231828.post-74175255885675817002008-03-08T22:25:00.000+11:002008-03-08T22:25:00.000+11:00Gawd, makes me feel a bit guerilla - I'm about to ...Gawd, makes me feel a bit guerilla - I'm about to ask for a 5-10% payrise just for the company to keep me :(Boysenberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885757182576294587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12231828.post-64461665328672985022008-03-08T12:12:00.000+11:002008-03-08T12:12:00.000+11:00trish - I know! I have no idea how they can possib...trish - I know! I have no idea how they can possibly feel good about that sort of decision... so I hope this new company recognises what a hard worker he is and brings him in.Ennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613379734506337694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12231828.post-31292434152872345882008-03-06T23:44:00.000+11:002008-03-06T23:44:00.000+11:00That is absolutely appalling. They should back-pa...That is absolutely appalling. They should back-pay him for those three years! His boss is probably patting himself on the back for getting away with it for so long. Bastards.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with the job interview. I have worked in recruitment in Canberra, in the private and the public sector, for the last ten years and good staff are very hard to find. Shame on employers who don't properly reward their staff! There's no excuse for it, especially if your staff are the ones holding your company together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12231828.post-16071025893521522392008-03-06T18:11:00.000+11:002008-03-06T18:11:00.000+11:00amanda - that's true - there would be a big differ...amanda - that's true - there would be a big difference between different private firms, and there is just as much red tape for the pubes, I guarantee!Ennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613379734506337694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12231828.post-85791062841522620832008-03-05T18:07:00.000+11:002008-03-05T18:07:00.000+11:00I think the thing with pubes vs private is that wh...I think the thing with pubes vs private is that while public service leads to pretty similar conditions across the whole range of departments (barring of course individual annoying/ difficult people), private can vary a <I>huge</I> amount depending on the individual company. I'm in the private sector, but the conditions are much like the public sector- job security in particular, pay gets automatically assessed each year for inflation. In the time I've been here, I had an 8% pay rise just for inflation (which varies between pay scales), and an 8% payrise which was based on merit (but I did ask for that). However, the red tape and bureacracy is appalling- I'm technically doing two jobs, with no hope of that being reduced to one, but I'm being paid not only for one job- but at the level of the lower job. Equal pay for equal work seems to be a joke. Perhaps I should ask for back pay again, for the last few months, before I leave... hmmm.<BR/><BR/>So, I've had some movement, and I've only been here 18 months. The Hun has been there 3 years with nothing, so there's huge differences between different companies... I don't know how you guarantee that the company you're going to work for is one with good treatment/ conditions though. I don't know about Canberra, but here employers are so desperate for staff that they will do practically anything to pull them in.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346910208449972256noreply@blogger.com