$19 per hour

[jasonu]

Oh yeah, employers are falling over each other to snap up employees whatever they cost.

That's why there's 100% employment, eh?

Yeah and it is no wonder things are so expensive in NZ with, among other things, the high cost of labor. A high minimum wage, 4 weeks paid leave, a week of sickies, and nearly 2 weeks of stat holidays. I nearly fell of my chair when I heard the proposal to 'Mondayise' those dated days off if they landed on a weekend... I really don't see how smaller businesses survive. (BTW I am totally jealous of all the paid leave, I get just 3 weeks incl sickies and 5 stats a year).

[mashman]

Oh yeah, employers are falling over each other to snap up employees whatever they cost.

That's why there's 100% employment, eh?

Aren't you being productive if a profit is made?

[BoristheBiter]

Aren't you being productive if a profit is made?

with questions like that it is easy to see why you think they way you do.

[mashman]

with questions like that it is easy to see why you think they way you do.

If you understood the context of the question in the first place it'd be a fuckin miracle.

[BoristheBiter]

If you understood the context of the question in the first place it'd be a fuckin miracle.

Life, the universe and everything.

[mashman]

Life, the universe and everything.

See... this is what I have to deal with .

[BoristheBiter]

See... this is what I have to deal with .

Fi jyst yn hoffi dirwyn i chi i fyny.

[mashman]

Fi jyst yn hoffi dirwyn i chi i fyny.

Nid ydw i'n fod i wybod bod

[BoristheBiter]

Nid ydw i'n fod i wybod bod

dod ar, trolio amlwg yn amlwg.

[mashman]

dod ar, trolio amlwg yn amlwg.

ble mae'r hwyl wrth gydnabod y trolio

[BoristheBiter]

ble mae'r hwyl wrth gydnabod y trolio

Touche

[mashman]

Touche

Keep your hands to yourself.

[Smifffy]

Touche

Finger slipped from the D to the T eh?

[scumdog]

No job should be priced lower because of where you live, downside of employment contracts act.
In fact they should be higher to live in some backwater stuck in the 70's.

For sure - but try explaining the above to Nelson employers...'Sunshine Rate' they call it - as-if the cheap-arsed bosses paid for the bloody sun, sheesh!

[Padmei]

I used to knock tall poppies/ business owners / employers till I put my money on the line & went out on my own. I think a lot of people here should have a go at doing it themselves it certainly has changed my outlook. I would love to have a sickie knowing that my days wages are going into my bank.

I see a lot more people around me in Nelson living with pretty nice toys that work on wages. I would compare it to driving a V8 - it may seem expensive to other people but you know how good it is.

As for the construction in Chch - who the fuck wants to work in a house when it is being swayed around by earthquakes?