Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

I don;t know who you 2 been talking to.

I don't classify myself as doing SFA when there work to be done I get it done.

And get paid to match that.

The only hit to my social life is when I have to travel for work.

and in reality that only impacts my AU social life.

hell worked paid for me to hit, Nurburgring, ocktoberfest, goodwood fest of speed, Mustang convertible thought the desert,

oh and paid for me to get to this but I had to pay for the rental of this little toy.

Italy2_2010%2520050.jpg

it's up to the person to set their work life balance. and just cos you hit some magical number do not mean you ahve to give up other things.

hell when I was earning 42K early on was prob the biggest impact on my social life.

shift work, and at one point 7 days a week for 3 months 15-16 hours a day.

I meant fk all comparatively. Doubt there's many jobs where you can do nothing and earn six figures for it. But you said yourself that you're quite lucky to have what you have...most people I know earning those dollars are working lots of hours or have been with the company for many years and many pay revisions. Not impossible, but difficult to achieve at Alex + my age without sacrificing a shitload of time and well being.

oh and lambos are cool

and yes I am a bit older and been with the company for 12 years.

But just saying never knock back a job jsut as you think x amount of $$ means social life will be bad.

that said I have a asked for a payrise for the first time atm, and finding it interesting..

Oh I'd never knock back that kind of pay without trying the job first, never know what you might get. It was just a generalization Alex and I made about that bracket and what you can usually expect.

How they reacting to your request?

Oh I'd never knock back that kind of pay without trying the job first, never know what you might get. It was just a generalization Alex and I made about that bracket and what you can usually expect.

How they reacting to your request?

surprisingly well, but I did come to them very well organized.

biggest + was to move to the job level/cash I want you need a few skill set.

and my manager had rated me high in them all for my last performance review.

been told there no budget this 1/4 but next one should be ok, and as that starts next month here's hoping.

but really only thing caring about now is getting car ready for HH and heading up to Bathurst for shits and giggles.

I'm talking personal experience from 21 onwards 6-7 days long hours there really is no day off stuf always needs doing and all my mates in many fields experience the same, for me it's probably easier now in some ways then before but if I take foot off the accelerator it slides FAST

I'm not saying its not fair either as a boss your not gonna shell out six figures willy nilly

And I'd say your circumstance is rare not the norm.

I'm talking personal experience from 21 onwards 6-7 days long hours there really is no day off stuf always needs doing and all my mates in many fields experience the same, for me it's probably easier now in some ways then before but if I take foot off the accelerator it slides FAST

I'm not saying its not fair either as a boss your not gonna shell out six figures willy nilly

And I'd say your circumstance is rare not the norm.

of a team of 15 ppl AFAIK i'm the lowest paid..

but you make a good point.

I recon that employees put much more pressure on younger employees.

I know I had much more pressure to prove myself 6-10 years ago.

seems once you've "paid your dues" they jsut let you get on with your job.

my big issue now is as far as being hands on and technical I've gone as high as I can.

I've avoided management as much as possible but think there is where I am stuck heading next. or I can just stay where I am and travel the world??

Depends what your looking for both would have perks management is great for opening more doors

agree with you 100%

I just thought I still had more to learn b4 I did management.

Don't see the point of doing something if I'm not going to do it properly

but I also love what I do, so that makes it harder.

think I'll do what I'm doing till kids come along, then look some something I can spend more time at home with.

then again the travel might be good to get some sleep!

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • You just need to remove the compressor housing, not the entire turbo. I would not be drilling and tapping anything with the housing still on anyways. 
    • So, I put my boat on a boat. First of all, I'm going to come out and say it. Why is Tasmania not considered a holy goal, an apex that all road-legal modified cars go to, to experience? This place is an absolute wonderland of titanic proportions. If people are already getting club runs for once in a lifetime 30 person cruises to Tassy then I've never seemed to see it. It is like someone replaced the entire place with an idyllic wonderland for cars, and all of the people living there with paid actors who are kind, humble, and friendly. Dear god. After doing a lap of almost all of the place I've found that it's a great way to find out all of the little things that the car isn't doing quite right and a great way to figure it all out. All in all, I drove for 4 hours a day for a week and nothing broke. I didn't even need to open the engine bay. This is by all means a great success, but it has left me with a list of things to potentially address. I also now have a 3D printed wheel fitment tool which annoyingly hasn't got any threads in it to actually assemble it. I might be able to tape it together to check the sizing I actually want to use, but it'll likely involving pulling the shocks out to properly measure travel at least at the front, and probably raise the car while I'm at it, at least in the rear. I scraped on quite a few things and I'm not sure how else to go about it. I was taking anything with a bump at what felt like 89 degree angles. And address those 10 other tasks. And wash the car. God damn it is dirty. And somehow, the weather was perfect the entire time - And because I was on the top of Mt Wellington it turns out it was very much about to freeze up there. I did something I typically never do and took some photos up there in what must have been -10 and the foggy felt like suspended ice, rather than mere fog. If you own a car in Australia, you owe it to yourself to do it.
    • Damn that was hilarious, and a bit embarrassing for skylines in general 😂 vintage car life ey. That R33 really stomped. Pretty entertaining stuff
    • Hi, I have a r32 gtr transmission. Does any of you guys have an idea how much power it will hold with the billet center plate and stock gearset? At what power level and use did yours brake with or without billet plate? Thanks, Oystein Lovik
    • Saw this replica police car based on a Mitsubishi Starion XX parked next to a 'police box' (it's literally a box) in Hirohata, Himeji City in Hyogo prefecture the other day. It's owned by Morii-san who is a local Mitsubishi Starion enthusiast. According to a local radio station blog post, he always wanted to make a police car himself based on ones he saw in his favourite Manga comics.  As it's illegal to modify a car to look like a police car and drive on the road, Morii-san tried many times to get permission from Aboshi police station headquarters nearby. They refused initially by after they got tired of that they granted him permission. However, the car can only be displayed on private property and obviously can't be registered as long as the police livery is present. The car was completed at a cost of 1.5 million yen (US$ 10,000) in addition to the car cost. A location was chosen outside Hirohata Police box where the car can easily been seen from the street. Morii-san has two other Starion road cars, both widebody GSR-VRs.
×
×
  • Create New...