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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Had a chat to some friends, got some recruiters details and have made a plan for how to proceed.

I’m safe for around 6 months and Im pretty sure I’ll be working well before then.

I’ll be honest. I don’t have a choice but to succeed. There is no safety net except some money. There is no home that I can live in rent free and bill free while I get back on my feet.

Which is why I can never really give up.

I guess it works out in a way.

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Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That really sucks what’s happened.

I know this doesn’t help but being told you’ve been the best manager for that person above I hope takes the edge slightly off the shitty situation.

I can’t think of 1 manager I would’ve sent that to lol. So that says a lot and the next place will be lucky to have you.

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- Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That’s really kind of you man, and it does take the sting out.
  
  I’ve got a plan, the steps figured out and a path ahead.
  
  I’ll get there in the end, even if it sucks ass for a while. As long as Fluffball and I have a place to live and bills paid (and the strays fed) then it’ll be OK :)
  
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- Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I agree.
  
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I am scared all the time.

It didn’t used to be like this.

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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The governments have been failing us for a very long time. The current state of things is scary
  
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  - Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    it’s not just that
    
    pay rates are 1/3 of what they were in the 1970s and yet society still has the same expectations
    
    if the changes society has endured happened in a few years we would say we are in an economic depression but since it’s been 50 years people pretend this is normal
    
    and yes, the BIG failure is letting big business take our natural resources for free
    
    we could be living like Norway
    
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    melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Exactly. The wealth disparity is growing
    
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melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m so fucking sorry. I really hope you’re into another job quickly.

No idea if it helps but I saw this as a safeguard if worst comes to worst (and I hope it doesn’t) unison.org.au/about-us/…/make-room-melbourne

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