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Actually I've managed to find a fantastic job, the best so far in all the years I've lived here. Not in monetary terms but in people management terms. But then it's a multi national with a completely different way of managing people to how all my other companies here in Aus have operated![Sunglasses](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/sunglasses.gif)
Whilst my current place is a great place to work, my experience overall is Aus has shite working practices and Aus management is not that smart, in fact mediocre management is less of a threat and normally par for the course. Aussie businesses need to learn to manage their human resources better and work smarter. IMHO
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Whilst my current place is a great place to work, my experience overall is Aus has shite working practices and Aus management is not that smart, in fact mediocre management is less of a threat and normally par for the course. Aussie businesses need to learn to manage their human resources better and work smarter. IMHO
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Hi there,
Been looking at this thread with great interest, as we are in the position of considering a move to Aus from the UK. At moment either Darwin or Brisbane area.
We would be coming with about Au$ 100k. Initially I would be the sole earner on Au$ 80k a year base, + super, and company car provided.
Would be nice to use our 100k as a deposit and not have to use it to live on.
Houses we have looked at on the net are about Au$ 420k - 450k.
With 3 kids a 4 bedroom house is a must, in an area with good schools etc.
In the UK a rough guide is 3 x salary in relation to an affordable mortgage, is this the same in Australia?
We are not leaving UK to chase any sort of "dream", we just want to live in a country that awards those who get of their arse and work, unlike the UK.
I know there are so many factors, but a general opinion as to whether we can afford to live in Australia would be appreciated.
Been looking at this thread with great interest, as we are in the position of considering a move to Aus from the UK. At moment either Darwin or Brisbane area.
We would be coming with about Au$ 100k. Initially I would be the sole earner on Au$ 80k a year base, + super, and company car provided.
Would be nice to use our 100k as a deposit and not have to use it to live on.
Houses we have looked at on the net are about Au$ 420k - 450k.
With 3 kids a 4 bedroom house is a must, in an area with good schools etc.
In the UK a rough guide is 3 x salary in relation to an affordable mortgage, is this the same in Australia?
We are not leaving UK to chase any sort of "dream", we just want to live in a country that awards those who get of their arse and work, unlike the UK.
I know there are so many factors, but a general opinion as to whether we can afford to live in Australia would be appreciated.
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Whilst my current place is a great place to work, my experience overall is Aus has shite working practices and Aus management is not that smart, in fact mediocre management is less of a threat and normally par for the course. Aussie businesses need to learn to manage their human resources better and work smarter. IMHO![Stick Out Tongue](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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My experience of working in IT in Australia was that the management are far more interested in your ability to follow a procedure even if it leads to failure rather than allow people to use their intelligence to solve problems that come up. It's part of why I'm still turning down opportunities to return to Sydney and work in banking. Funnily enough my team in London are mostly Australian and they are very good so it leads me to believe the best Australia has move to other countries to work and the dross are left at home.
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Banking, procedures, arse-covering matrix, endless meetings, stakeholders <shudder>.
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My ex employers were even in the Australian IT section yesterday for how bad their systems and IT moral are. It made me laugh my ex colleagues still email me weekly complaining about the place.
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Whilst my current place is a great place to work, my experience overall is Aus has shite working practices and Aus management is not that smart, in fact mediocre management is less of a threat and normally par for the course. Aussie businesses need to learn to manage their human resources better and work smarter. IMHO![Stick Out Tongue](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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There are very few good managers about. The modern way is good education=good management, and it's fundamentally wrong. A good manager actually has to do very little to manage effectively, a bad manger has to try too hard - and it shows.
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Then don't even bother looking at the mining industry. The amount of self-imposed red tape is insane. I often wonder how they ever manage to make money.
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I did some work with BHP, most of their IT seems to be in India ... the teleconferences were from the very pit of hell.
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I did 9 months public sector prior to moving to Australia and there was less red tape than in a typical Aussie bank.
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I wasn't in the IT section, I was doing some dodgy 'off network' stuff for our department, it was great fun not being bound to the procedures and standards ... the server was in the photocopier room and the one thing to grab during a fire drill was the external back-up drive ... it was madness ...
All of this happened because the IT section wanted more money to quote for the system then it cost us to build it from scratch
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Hmmm, interesting, I actually enjoyed my first year or so at Suncorp but then the bottom fell out of the stock market and things got a bit dicey.
I wasn't in the IT section, I was doing some dodgy 'off network' stuff for our department, it was great fun not being bound to the procedures and standards ... the server was in the photocopier room and the one thing to grab during a fire drill was the external back-up drive ... it was madness ...
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I wasn't in the IT section, I was doing some dodgy 'off network' stuff for our department, it was great fun not being bound to the procedures and standards ... the server was in the photocopier room and the one thing to grab during a fire drill was the external back-up drive ... it was madness ...
All of this happened because the IT section wanted more money to quote for the system then it cost us to build it from scratch
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I agree, especially about where I am working at the moment, but I don't think it's much better in other countries. In my field it's certainly no better in the UK (Network Rail - if only the UK public knew how much they are subsidising the sheer incompetence and waste of that shower of shit......).
There are very few good managers about. The modern way is good education=good management, and it's fundamentally wrong. A good manager actually has to do very little to manage effectively, a bad manger has to try too hard - and it shows.
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I couldn't agree more. Having worked in Australia and UK numberous times over the years, managers in Australia do tend to pride themselves on the process of delivery rather than actually delivering.
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