03-08-2008, 04:42 AM
Yeah, I was born and raised here in the US. I even served in the military - thought this was THE palce to be.
Then I started really looking at other places. Oz is starting to look more and more like what the US was when I was younger.
People talk to each other. That's VERY rare here. People are afraid to have a conversation, even while waiting in line to check out where there isn't much else to do. I've not spoken to more than two other familys where we live and the houses are close together... People are afraid to talk to their neighbors.
Work place ethics. You are constantly under the gun here, no matter where you work. I've not had one job in 20 years where I felt I could let my gaurd down and jsut do my job. Every manager is out to serve the company and employees are expendable at any time. Here in New York state they can fire you at any time without even giving reason.
The folks I've talked to in Oz? They love to converse! The art of conversation has not taken a back seat to television or text messenging - yet. <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I'm working a contract here for a company in Oz. The pay is what I'd expect to get paid for my level of expertise. They didn't even haggle over the rate! The initial consultation is for 10-20 hours and I finished that part right off in two days... They told me to get to it as I could so I could relax and get it done to my satisfaction... And if I had to use up the full 20, no worries.
They are treating me like a person instead of a cog in a machine.
Any wonder I want to move as soon as possible? I'd be able to make aliving without getting put back in the hospital for high blood presure and a near heart attack!
Then I started really looking at other places. Oz is starting to look more and more like what the US was when I was younger.
People talk to each other. That's VERY rare here. People are afraid to have a conversation, even while waiting in line to check out where there isn't much else to do. I've not spoken to more than two other familys where we live and the houses are close together... People are afraid to talk to their neighbors.
Work place ethics. You are constantly under the gun here, no matter where you work. I've not had one job in 20 years where I felt I could let my gaurd down and jsut do my job. Every manager is out to serve the company and employees are expendable at any time. Here in New York state they can fire you at any time without even giving reason.
The folks I've talked to in Oz? They love to converse! The art of conversation has not taken a back seat to television or text messenging - yet. <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />I'm working a contract here for a company in Oz. The pay is what I'd expect to get paid for my level of expertise. They didn't even haggle over the rate! The initial consultation is for 10-20 hours and I finished that part right off in two days... They told me to get to it as I could so I could relax and get it done to my satisfaction... And if I had to use up the full 20, no worries.
They are treating me like a person instead of a cog in a machine.
Any wonder I want to move as soon as possible? I'd be able to make aliving without getting put back in the hospital for high blood presure and a near heart attack!