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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostBollo**s the Australians are bone idle. The people who work hard are the immigrants from Asia. If Australia is such a great place why dont Australians stay at home?
1) Better work opportunities in the UK/US/Asia
2) Make more money, pay less tax in the UK/US/Asia
3) Adventure, see the world - hard to do that from Australia
Having said that, the lifestyle is slower paced, more open space, the people friendlier and it's warm and sunny most of the year. Ideal place to be when you've had enough of life in the fast lane and/or have a young family.
Believe it or not Australians are more property mad than the British and rates have gone up from 5 - 8% in the last few years so people are working harder and longer to pay off all the debt.Don't ask Beaker. He's just another muppet.Comment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostBollo**s the Australians are bone idle. The people who work hard are the immigrants from Asia. If Australia is such a great place why dont Australians stay at home?Comment
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A longer hours culture definitely prevails for IT professionals in Australia. Whether they are actually more productive is debatable.Comment
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Originally posted by Devlin View PostA longer hours culture definitely prevails for IT professionals in Australia. Whether they are actually more productive is debatable.
I disagree, I never did the hours there I do here, and neither did anyone else. Less time in meetings and in seeking approval from a thousand others though. Definitely more productive.Comment
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Originally posted by Devlin View PostA longer hours culture definitely prevails for IT professionals in Australia. Whether they are actually more productive is debatable.
That is because they have no life outside of workLet us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by Lucy View PostI disagree, I never did the hours there I do here, and neither did anyone else. Less time in meetings and in seeking approval from a thousand others though. Definitely more productive.
I would agree with you if you are talking about 15 years ago, the work ethic (or lack of) was very different in Oz back then!Comment
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Funny you should say that. Missus wants to call the baby Winston, named after our Jamaican window cleaner.Comment
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Gotta agree with the hours comment people talk about - normal working day in Sydney in my experience was 9-6, not 9-5 like here. People worked harder and do longer hours. I worked in banking in four countries and Oz was easily the hardest working place (Though US wasn't far off, and I guess it depends slightly on the firm you work for).
Then again they see sickies the way we see holidays - took me ages to get my head round the concept that when you asked how many holidays people had they actually meant it when they said four weeks holiays and two weeks sick.Hang on - there is actually a place called Cheddar?? - cailin maith
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