If you have followed my posts you would know that I am currently experiencing cut-backs at my job. Despite the fact I am a casual worker, I am fortunate to still have a job. Infact, it looks like I will still have this job going into 2015, and that makes me feel good about ending this year on a positive and beginning next year in much the same fashion. I work as a pick/packer in a large mining warehouse; if I'm not packing parts than I'm driving forklifts. I must admit that I really like the

I have been travelling this path for the majority of my life. By choice? Of course! Every decision that I have made through my life has lead me to where I am today. Every easy choice that was placed before me I leapt at it. As a child I was provided with everything that I needed to be the very best person I could possibly be; but, if that required work, then forget it, it wasn't for me. Now, fast foward to the person I have grown into, I am by definition an 'unskilled worker'. When I measure my

More often than not we are asked if we'd like to stay behind for an hour or so and do a bit of overtime during the week; and when 'blessed' Friday rolls around without fail my leading hand will ask if we'd like to work a bit of overtime on Saturday or Sunday. I must admit, there was a time when I would jump at all the overtime I could get my hands on. Earning a little bit extra per week seemed like a good idea to me. It always meant more spending money. Traditionally I had always budgeted my no

For those who are familiar working menial jobs you'll know exactly what I mean by "using your body to earn an income doesn't always mean you're an athlete". Infact, for unskilled workers it can be quite the opposite. For many factory workers, the work you perform day in and day out can take its toll on your body. You can feel older than what you really are, and getting up in the morning can be a real 'task'. I can recall the worst my body has felt whilst working. I worked nightshift, I wa

About a month ago we started hearing whispers through the grapevine about suspected cut-backs and redundancies at my job. I am a casual worker at a mining distribution warehouse in Western Australia. As you can guess, as a casual worker when you hear rumours like this it can send shock waves through your veins. You start thinking it's only a matter of time and then I'll be down the road. Just two weeks ago, all staff were called in for an emergency meeting, all staff were to attend, including u