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Topic: good casual paying jobs
Nitro
Posts: 1207
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
I recently finished up at my previous job to start something on the side. To pay the bills I'm gonna get a new job however, to take up any work in my field (web design) all the senior/lead positions are in Brisbane. Because I live on the Gold Coast, I really can't be arsed adding the travelling time to take on a job I really couldn't care less for regardless of pay and I'm not gonna put myself through the frustration of working some s*** kicker design job and totally turning me off everything I already do.

So, I was thinking of getting some casual work.. something different - could be anything, just something that pays well and requires no experience or some pissy 6 week course etc. We all hear stories of "my mate shovels s*** for $55/hr" so please, lets hear it out if any one has some suggestions - could be useful for other people on here too.
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JigZie
Posts: 2804
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Bottle-o work, i was getting nearly 19 doller/hour and ont he weekend it would boost to 24 on saturdays and nearly 26 or sundays. worth a shot :)
Zak
Posts: 1409
Location: UK
Wow...

You could get some work at the Rocklea Markets - early starts but the pay is pretty healthy. I know some guys who work there as well as uni and it's not uncommon for them to clear up to $1000/week
Le Cock
Posts: 4099
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
What exactly do they do at the rocklea markets, Zak?

Mr Hardware
Posts: 1571
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
be a cabbie
paveway
Posts: 4712
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
get stabbed, be a cabbie
Mr Hardware
Posts: 1572
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
lol
Tanaka Khan
Posts: 4004
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I did a brief stint at the Rocklea markets, getting up at 3am, dipping rockmelons all morning, packing them, then home by 10. Not to bad but I'm not a morning person.
mongie
Posts: 3922
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
he didn't want to go to Brisbane...

also, firefox 2's spell checking is awesome, but it doesn't know firefox.
reload!
Posts: 3632
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
debt collecting dude
there's several places in the city that pay ~$25/hr for casuals.
have a look around for collections officer positions. they'll hire pretty much anyone cos of the high turnover rate of staff and the work is dead easy, just repetitive as f***.

oic ur at the coast.. there might be some collections places there?

last edited by reload! at 11:54:33 21/Mar/07
Nitro
Posts: 1208
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
Yup all good suggestions... keep 'em coming!

I found a collections officer position looking into that. And cabbie work could be funny.

Who the f*** is pop princess? I don't even know you.. neglected attention whore much??
Saint
Cainer
Posts: 1820
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Nitro, you could impersonate Tony Barber .. you were always good at that
CHUB
Posts: 2035
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
If you can work for Australia Post Mail Centre's, you're set.

They treat you well, good pay, awesome penalties and simple work.

Got to love casual loading, 30% after midnight loading, double time for weekends, add on overtime (plus you get meal allowance :D)... I was getting close to $30/hr for regular time (never did overtime) for an 18year old standing around working massive mail sorting machines.

last edited by CHUB at 15:02:13 21/Mar/07
Suckah-Free
Posts: 7168
Location: Indonesia
I currently work at a mail house and we deal with alot of other big companies inlcuding Australia Post.

Pay isn't as good as AP, though i still get 25% casual loading and 20% shift allowance plus a time and half on weekends on top of all the penalties.

Easy work and good pay, though i can't see myself doing it for the rest of my life.

That reminds me.. off to work.


last edited by Suckah-Free at 16:19:13 21/Mar/07
Le Cock
Posts: 4103
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Sounds like casual at AP is the way to go. Full time rates blow, according to the site: # Salary range per annum

* $29,709 - $35,447 (Adult full time rates)
* $14,855 – 30,270 (Junior full time rates)


U sure they still have good casual rates since John Howards IR laws came in?
Le Cock
Posts: 4104
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
p.s debt collecting? like breaking kneecaps? what does debt collecting actually involve?
Jabroney
Posts: 535
Location: Queensland
i saw an add to be a nude model for $24 an hour at south bank. u dont have to do anything except sit their naked, fairly easy...
nat
Posts: 1612
Location:
i think they're talking about telephone debt collecting

dont do it for anymore than a few months tho or else you'll become suicidal ;)
reload!
Posts: 3633
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yeah it's ringing people who have missed repayments.
Some banks have their own debt collectors who attempt to collect on a debt up to x number of days and then charge off the debt to debt collecting firms like collections house.

I used to collect on consumer credit, people who had fallen one or more minimum monthly payments behind.

Easy job, but like nat said, after a few months it drives you crazy. I lasted 9 months and quit after having three formal meetings for not working, just sitting in wrap time after a call, f***ing around on the internet. heh.
They put up with a lot of s*** because it costs lots to train a new duder and even then ur collection skillz aint too hot til you've been doing it for a while.
infi
Posts: 5313
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I think you mean "Well paying casual jobs". Anywho construction industry hands down.
ctd
Posts: 5106
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I was hoping it was door to door with baseball bat debt collecting.
paveway
Posts: 4721
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Who the f*** is pop princess? I don't even know you.. neglected attention whore much??


f***ing werd

nitro, you could trying teaching people cs :p
spidz
Posts: 9923
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
progamer

failing that, what sort of hours you looking for?

night job? night fill, bar work etc
day job? bottleshop, call centre dude, help desk dude
Fubar
Posts: 7
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
if you are looking for good money and don't mind nights jump on seek they normally have heaps of jobs on there.
existence`
Posts: 6160
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
if youre not a lazy cnt, get a job as a concrete / brickey laborer with a good company

dont wanna go with a company too big, but then again not a company too small

thts where you will find awesome wages, but youv gotta work for it..

concreting is good because i loved the hours. most times youre on site by say 530 - 6 in the morning, and if youre not doing s***ty house slabs day in day out (never get into that) youll be home by 1-2pm latest of a day! still got the whole f***en day left to do whatever you wnat to!!!!

BigZub
Posts: 4610
Location: Brisbane, Queensland

now existence sucks cock for a living..
dafugg
Posts: 1368
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Here's an idea.. how about contract web development? You do what you want to do and you get paid for it.
Raider
Posts: 1830
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
take up w3 again and teach noobs how to play, i made a bit of cash off that

sif be a bricky exist.

bar work pays pretty well, i work at the paddo hotel and sit on about 25 an hr on weekends doing fukn easy work down in the comedy club

AP is good pay, generally all those early / late jobs have good pay, bottle-o is cakewalk s***.

but be a progaymer i would be if i didn't stop CS
kr0wb4r
Posts: 22
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
lol raider did you work with luten(mark)? he was a glassy down in the comedy club at the paddo.
Pharcyde
Kilos
Posts: 4315
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Call Centre work is very well paid for what you do in a lot of cases. It's honestly just a case of shopping around, so to speak, to find the best paying one. Some of them will advertise "OMG AWESOME PAYING JOB" - check those out. If they guarantee that you get a base wage, and not work off a commission, give it a go.

I used to work for Orange Mobile (Hutchison Telecoms). It was 38 hours a week, but casual pay, so you don't get holiday pay or anything. I got $20 per hour, and also a ~$2k commission every month on TOP of what I was getting paid hourly.

I quit because the place is run by a pack of retards, but if you can put up with stupidity (I can't), it was a phenominal place to work, pay-wise.
groydis
Posts: 1209
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
ive worked in call centres for 3.5 years and im completely over it, i started at ge in there new buisness department when i was 17, run by retards so i quit, then i worked in centrelinks call centre, it wasnt actually that bad, the generall attitude was pretty relaxed because of the amount of f***wits that called up people didnt take things to seriously, then i worked for axa and it was the gay.

most call centres are finance related and with finance comes f***wits beyond any other. the other call centres are sales or helpdesks of some discription and id imagine they are just as bad.

but yeah the money is fine and if you can tolarate the work then its your best bet, the turnover is huge so there are always jobs.
partyhat
Posts: 794
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Contract web design. My friend works for a small design company that is based on Madison Avenue, but lives in Indooroopilly. Big $ and clients like Shady/Interscope. But you gotta be pro :P
sLaps_Forehead
Posts: 2826
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Einy is making good $ with his new vagina
Spook
Posts: 18152
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
cant be that good, he couldnt afford a turbo
Crizane Tribal
Posts: 1575
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Market Research work isn't too bad. I get payed more than $20 an hour working in the call room. The only real down side is the inconsistency of hours. You might work 40+ hours one week, then get nothing the next. You also lose your weekends :(
gimpy
Posts: 1375
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
How do you get into the construction industry?
Mr Hardware
Posts: 1621
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
first step: lower iq considerably.
second step: total disregard for anything to do with your health
third step: profit (only slightly)
gimpy
Posts: 1376
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Doesn't seem to be any casual IT work around.. Any ideas where to find casual IT work?
Mr Hardware
Posts: 1622
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
paper. individual businesses websites. job websites. job agencies.
j E $ s Y
Posts: 24
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I work at a Nightclub in brisbane and the pay is pretty good, i'm a manager so i get a slightly higher pay rate, but with tips included the pay is pretty good... so i recommend trying to get into bar work, once you've got your foot in the door you can go anywhere in the world and work, and its just heaps of fun!!
(depending on the venue)
fpot
Posts: 14110
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
Are you a manager or are you one of those bartenders who the real managers get to do their dirty work for them for like a couple of extra bucks an hour?
Astroboy
Posts: 3992
Location: Germany
bouncer you mean?
Tepid
Posts: 504
Location:
I worked at the fringe bar for a while as glassie. let me say its very hard work (if you have a good work ethic). its easy if you are lazy.

i did bar work at the hammo also. easy as s*** but too boring and long shifts (10 hours).

joining army. will be better.

by the way... which nightclub, je$$y?
j E $ s Y
Posts: 27
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Lol, no i am an actual bar manager, and i do my own work for myself :D

I work at fams...
fpot
Posts: 14112
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
But you say you get tips. Since when does a real manager work behind the bar?
CHUB
Posts: 2038
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yeah, sounds like fpot is on the money.

j E $ s Y
Posts: 29
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I am a BAR MANAGER, i manage a bar, so i also serve ppl, and therefore make tips..
fpot
Posts: 14119
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
Do you wear a uniform? Are you allowed to drink on the job? Do you hire and fire people? When you come in on your night off, do you drink for free?

Or as I said before, are you one of those bartenders who the real managers get to do all the delegation for them, so they can get on the piss in peace?
Le Cock
Posts: 4111
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
fpot speaks the truth. Real bar "managers" do nothing. They just lounge around in casual clothes with an ear piece so they can hear when the bouncers spot a hottie etc.

Club/bar work is s***house. Working in a hot, sweaty, smokey (until recently) environment, dealing with drunks and drugged people, constant non-stop work on your feet. Working until 3am or later. f***ing terrible. Takes a huge toll on your health and most people only last a couple of years until they're completely run down from it.

And the pay is s***house for what it is. There's much easier, relaxed, and daytime jobs out there.
fpot
Posts: 14121
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
The pay isn't that bad. Some of my mates who are bartenders can clear $1000/wk on their good weeks. Once you are senior the payrate goes to about $15/hr but where I work the waitresses/barstaff make a s***load of tips. Plus it is really easy for them to have a few drinks on the job so it is pretty cruisy. Saturday mornings just about all of the bar staff are wasted :)
infi
Posts: 5346
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
drunk at work is so cool. what a dream job.
j E $ s Y
Posts: 31
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yes i wear a uniform, yes i hire people, no i dont drink alcohol (at all) and no one is "allowed" to drink on the job, no i dont get delegated tasks, i have a bar to run which i run, the venue manager sits in the office and runs the venue which is a lot more than 5 bars..

j E $ s Y
Posts: 32
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Oh, i forgot, not even the owners of the club drink for free so no no one does...
infi
Posts: 5347
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
what a load of bs. owner can do whatever they like.
fpot
Posts: 14125
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
Wearing a uniform = instant not real manager.

And if you say the owner can't drink for free then I get the feeling you have no f***ing idea what is going on where you work.

last edited by fpot at 11:47:08 27/Mar/07
j E $ s Y
Posts: 33
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yer cos you know everything, especially how to run a massive business, and that's what you do hey...

just take everything for free so u end up costing your business more

Dumb ass...
fpot
Posts: 14126
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
just take everything for free so u end up costing your business more
Yeh, because the owner drinking for free is going to put a massive hole in the companies revenue.
j E $ s Y
Posts: 34
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
or you've got no fukn idea fpot (cos clearly by all the knowledge you have on my workplace you've worked there b4 right??)

wtf is with you dicks thinking you know everything...
infi
Posts: 5349
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i am just saying that a business owner that doesn't feel they have the prerogative to do whatever, isn't really in control of his/her business.

ps the whole purpose of owning a business is to consume things you would normally otherwise consume, except instead having the ATO pay 30% of it for you. beware, dumbasses are everywhere.
fpot
Posts: 14128
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
I've worked in the industry for a year now, and if there is one thing I've learnt, it is that the owners and (proper) management of a club are never going to pay for a drink.

The notion that the club 'owner' comes in and plonks money down at the bar is laughable, it simply does not happen.

When the owner comes into my workplace, he has his own callsign on the radio (which I have forgotten, he rarely comes in :P) and instantly has a security guard assigned solely to watch him. If any of the bar staff asked for money when he bought a drink and had worked there longer than 2 weeks they'd probably get fired.
groydis
Posts: 1221
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
back in the day when my family owned and ran a restaurant together we bassically ate and drank out of the restaurant, we saved so much money on food that we would otherwise buy grocery shopping that the small dent in the buisness from our own consumption was hardly worth noticing in the grand scheme of things, as far as drinking alcohol the odd one never hurt but it was never something done excessively.

the truth is that it does effect the profits in the end, the shot of bourbon you had which costs you say 30cents which you would sell to a customer for $5 is actually costing you $4.70 . its all about how you look at it. sure its not a huge dent, but it all adds up.

also this is just an example the prices and cost are just for example purposes and do not reflect the actual cost or sale price of said items.

j E $ s Y
Posts: 35
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yes, i have also been in the industrie for a few yrs, and.. the 4 clubs that the owners own in the valley have a "black card system" which allows them a set amount each weekend, so theoretically they are still paying for every product they are buying...
fpot
Posts: 14129
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
I guess it is possible that the coast works differently to Brisbane.

How tight knit is the community up there. It's like a small country town down here ie. Everyone knows everyone and if something happens everyone knows sort of thing.
j E $ s Y
Posts: 36
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Most probably, i have worked in a few decent clubs/bars before working at family, and none have come anywhere near being run half as good as what it is run..
myWhiteWolf
Posts: 2583
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Once you are senior the payrate goes to about $15/hr


sorry, thats s*** pay.

i could earn that (only being 19, it to like $17/$18 when your 21) doing supermarket work. and i was never home later than 10:30 (damn stocktake).
Crizane Tribal
Posts: 1593
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Was that before or after you got kicked out of your house for not paying rent?
fpot
Posts: 14130
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
sorry, thats s*** pay.
At a supermarket do people pay you $80 tips a night and do you get to get on the piss at work etc etc?

The reason the pay is so low is because management knows the tips are so high... that is if you serve well enough to get the tips.

Got it yet?
Crizane Tribal
Posts: 1594
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Don't worry fpot, he'll get it when he can.
step
Posts: 1290
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Servo work pays pretty well, get just under $26/hr on weekends, $19 during the week.
j E $ s Y
Posts: 37
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
$15 is still really really low for bar work, esp if it's a nightclub... $15 would still be low for glassy rate..
Spook
Posts: 18184
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
At a supermarket do people pay you $80 tips a night and do you get to get on the piss at work etc etc?


tips? u mean short changing drunks, amirite?!
Hardball, Billy
Posts: 6163
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
You're still meant to claim tips as income and pay tax on them. So $80 would be more like 60 - 70... which is less than $10/hour (for an 8 hour shift). So, being liberal, 15+9 = $24 an hour, which still isn't great money to be working amongst that filth at all hours of the night.
Persay
Posts: 4448
Location: Other International
tips? u mean short changing drunks, amirite?!
i once paid $50 for a XXXX gold stubby when i was so drunk i could barely stand
Suckah-Free
Posts: 7195
Location: Indonesia
What eftpos is saying is that senior bartenders make most of their living off tips given from drunks, and by $80 a night he really means every 2 weeks.

But eftpos is a bouncer and he says they're going places so it must be right
Le Cock
Posts: 4113
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I doubt anywhere in australia you'd make $80 a night in tips. Who tips in australia? Only time i tip is if im at dinner with a bunch of mates who are all boozed and causing a rucous.
Suckah-Free
Posts: 7197
Location: Indonesia
I'd say a lot of tips would be given to cab drivers but even then $80 a night is still a stretch.

So tell him to turn it up.



Crizane Tribal
Posts: 1595
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I tip cabbies and pizza delivery guys, but I'd never tip somebody behind a bar.
j E $ s Y
Posts: 38
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
You'd be surprised the amount of tips a bar tender can make a night, $80 is min-average... But also depends how busy the place is you work at..

last edited by j E $ s Y at 15:02:54 27/Mar/07
Crizane Tribal
Posts: 1597
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
You'd be surprised the amount of tips a bar tender can make a night, $80 is min-average... But also depends how busy the place is you work athow big your boobies are and how good you are at scamming drunk people..

Fixed.
j E $ s Y
Posts: 39
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Nice....
Suckah-Free
Posts: 7199
Location: Indonesia
It all makes sense now, fpot has big boobies, i see how he could come up with that figure.
Hardball, Billy
Posts: 6165
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I've heard of some ridiculous tipping in the valley. I guess the sorts of tools who are willing to go there and get drunk at $7 a stubby have enough money to be tipping heaps too... especially if they're on happy drugs:D
j E $ s Y
Posts: 40
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
You just need to think, eg. Family on a sat night is very busy, imagine if every 2nd or 3rd customer u served tipped 50c, it all adds up, plus regulars, walk off's etc..
Le Cock
Posts: 4114
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I thought the bars at family were just there for decoration cos everyone is on drugs?
j E $ s Y
Posts: 41
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
lol.. nope choppas need water...
fpot
Posts: 14131
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
I doubt anywhere in australia you'd make $80 a night in tips
I've seen the tip sheet and the good bartenders are making that easy. The newbs average around $40. I've seen someone (a hot chick) make over a thousand in tips in one night.
infi
Posts: 5358
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
do they actually record their tips? i thought the whole point was being cash no one could ever know how much you made in tips.
fpot
Posts: 14132
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
They have to give like 20% or something back to the company so they have to record them for that.
Fubar
Posts: 31
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i use to get a min of 80 in tips a night and if it was a function it would be close the the 150 mark.

Crizane Tribal
Posts: 1603
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I'm not entirely against the concept of tipping, but I think it should only be due when you're received service that goes above and beyond the call of duty. If a cabby helps me load my s*** into the boot, gives me a good conversation on the ride, then helps me unload my cargo, he's gonna make a few extra bucks from me. The service in the US tends to far outshine the service in a lot of Australian industries due to tipping. The only problem is that in the US tips are expected, so people get ripped off in terms of wages. I think tipping should become common for cases of excellent service here, but kept off the record books so it doesn't result in people getting raped by employees.
stinky
Posts: 1893
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
but kept off the record books so it doesn't result in people getting raped by employees.


Yeah instead the ATO can rape them for undeclared income... GREAT IDEA!
paveway
Posts: 4762
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
haha as if the ato can do s*** about tips
sc00bs
Posts: 2326
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
You guys are f***ing cheap. I always tip bartenders, only take the notes from the change and they keep the rest.

$2 here and there isn't very much to me, but if everyone gave that to a bartender they would make like 100+ a night easy. Bartenders have to put up with drunk idiots all night long, at least if they are making tips they stay happy.
infi
Posts: 5368
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
how would the ATO prove it?

edit: and furthermore there is no way the ATO would give two s***s about it.

last edited by infi at 12:22:01 28/Mar/07
sc00bs
Posts: 2327
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yeah instead the ATO can rape them for undeclared income... GREAT IDEA!

how the f*** are the ato going to know
(a) if your making tips
(b) how much tips you make

theres no f***ing way in the world that the ATO can do s*** about it.
stinky
Posts: 1894
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Of course the ATO can do something about it. If they cared they could easily as part of an audit go to the restaurant and offer a tip of some sort ( or just watch for somebody else to tip ). If the person accepts the tip and the company doesn't get tips and the employee has never declared tips, then I guess they can. I would imagine they'd have a mathematical formula to determine roughly how much that person would have been tipped and rape them for that.
Crizane Tribal
Posts: 1604
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yeah instead the ATO can rape them for undeclared income... GREAT IDEA!

Yeha the income ATO will find out about HOW exactly? Just like the ATO raping all the thousands of people getting away with doing cash in hand work with no tax?
d[o_0]b
Posts: 1439
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i think they do casual positions in the telephone betting call center here at TAB, its something like $25/hr (not sure on that) to sit in aircon and takes ppl's bets no experience necessary.

or part time supervisor
http://jobs.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?JobID=8764976

otherwise just call the TAB and enquire about it if your interested its a large center and usually jobs going all the time.
Crizane Tribal
Posts: 1605
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
That sounds pretty cool doob. I've been interested in inbound call centre work for a while now, since it usually pays more or the same as outbound, is less difficult and the work comes in waves rather than a constant stream of dialing people.
JigZie
Posts: 2818
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
100
sc00bs
Posts: 2330
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
If the person accepts the tip and the company doesn't get tips and the employee has never declared tips, then I guess they can. I would imagine they'd have a mathematical formula to determine roughly how much that person would have been tipped and rape them for that.


that my friend, is a pile of steaming s***. There is no way in this world they can guesstimate how much tips u have by watching you. All the tips could be pooled and split between all the workers, they could keep all the tip themselves, they could share it with someone else.

Your living in a vary unrealistic world if u think the ATO have that much resources or would waste time sending ppl to restaurants/bars etc.
spidz
Posts: 9926
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I used to make about $5 in tips a week, but I worled in an old man bar. But I didn't have to wear a uniform so I must be cool.

What Jessy said about Family is right, same with a few of the other 'more professional' establishments. Owners don't just come in and drink for free if they are running a proper business, as it stuffs up all the stocktakes among other things.

In my bar 'career' I worked at Fridays, Alices, Criterion, Adrenalin, Port Office, Exchange and Hotel LA. All of them had different systems, likeat the Cri/Alices where I was a Duty Manager I could drink what I liked when I liked and not even ring it up in the till, and take kegs home for parties. At Friday's I drank for free, but not to the extend of Alices/Cri. At Hotel LA it was relaxed, but you didn't drink on the job and you paid for drinks 9 times out of 10. The managers did what they liked though. Port Office barstaff/glassies weren't allowed to drink there, whether you paid or not, owners never came in, and besides the entertainment dude who was paid to 'be cool' no senior staff got free drinks. Basically if you worked there, you were precluded from socialising there. Exhange was similr to PO, but more relaxed on the rules.

Adrenalin was like nazi germany, even the owners who were there most nights would ring up their post mix in the tills with their special code. Like all bars, staff got free softdrink, but everything had to go through the till unsder 'staff sofdrink' code.

So there you go, it varies a great deal from club to club.
Raider
Posts: 1831
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
ol raider did you work with luten(mark)? he was a glassy down in the comedy club at the paddo.


haven't checked it since page 2, i worked with a guy called mark depending on which 1 it is.. guy buggered his shoulder up had to take some time off work and left pretty soon after.. that the fella?

edit: tips are fkn rare, it's shot changing drunks.. own up u bastards... also if u are a bartender.. get in on the functions / off tables they always tip likes pros without you ripping em one.

last edited by Raider at 23:08:53 28/Mar/07
j E $ s Y
Posts: 42
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Whatever company that recorded the tips and took 20% of their tips that they earnt are soooo dodgy.. I've never heard of anywhere doing that, or recording ppls tips either..

Stinky, i'm sorry but it is a load off s*** what you said about the ATO, no way possible that they could find out.... Unless the place is dodgy like ^^..

last edited by j E $ s Y at 00:40:30 29/Mar/07
Fubar
Posts: 35
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
as doob said the tab is really good money just sit there on a phone and take orders. i have a mate who i use to work with at a resturant who does that now
Pogo
Posts: 4118
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
edit: tips are fkn rare, it's shot changing drunks..


QFT. One time I wasn't even drunk, handed a $20 over for a beer, turned my back, turned back around and the beer was there and the bitch didn't give me any change. When I asked for it she said I'd have to wait until the club closed and they counted all the tills. Bloody thief. I was mello at the time and let it go but I'd crack a massive s*** if someone tried to do that to me these days.
fpot
Posts: 14139
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
Whatever company that recorded the tips and took 20% of their tips that they earnt are soooo dodgy.
It goes into the xmas party fund and it's money well spent :)
sc00bs
Posts: 2332
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
It goes into the xmas party fund and it's money well spent :)

thats bs, making u pay for the xmas party...
infi
Posts: 5386
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
yeah totally f***ed. employer should always pay for christmas party. what tightasses.
fpot
Posts: 14141
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland

thats bs, making u pay for the xmas party...
I don't pay... the bartenders do.
groydis
Posts: 1226
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
tips are stupid, asif anyone who pours a drink deserves a tip, if they are getting tips then the glassys, cooks/chefs/ and the business itself should get a portion cause at the end of the day everyone did there little bit to "earn" that tip.

infi
Posts: 5391
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
it's a bit of a double standard that the staff with the face to face contact get to make the extra money, and all the behind the scene get squat.

i remember in an episode of Las Vegas (top show btw) that all the dealers had to pool their tips and then split it with everyone. in fact every table had a separate slot for tips. so i can see the philosophy that was mentioned of pooling the tips in bars.

alternatively, bartender's might already have their rates discounted taking into account an average amount of tips they should generate.

also keep in mind that the backroom people don't have to handle the drunks and a******s so that maybe offset by their extra tip income.

last edited by infi at 13:53:25 29/Mar/07
Persay
Posts: 4452
Location: Other International
yea it´s especially important to share tips in casino environment because the dealers getting the huge tips most likely are at a losing table and having a reasonably pleasant time, where the guys getting nothing are spanking the players and they´re swearing/abusing/etc
sc00bs
Posts: 2333
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
tips are stupid, asif anyone who pours a drink deserves a tip, if they are getting tips then the glassys, cooks/chefs/ and the business itself should get a portion cause at the end of the day everyone did there little bit to "earn" that tip.

im quite sure that management/chefs get payed more than bartenders do.. so their increased wage covers the tips and the glassies find money on the ground (which is their tips)
also keep in mind that the backroom people don't have to handle the drunks and a******s so that maybe offset by their extra tip income.

and yes, the back ppl sit in an air con office doing paper work or other s***.

i didnt use to tip bartenders either until i started working in the industry and realised how much they do appreciate it and how much $2 here and there does mean
groydis
Posts: 1227
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
im quite sure that management/chefs get payed more than bartenders do.. so their increased wage covers the tips and the glassies find money on the ground (which is their tips)


that would be a vailid argument if the award wage was a pos, which luckily in australia its not. at the end of the day everyone chips in to provide the service thats given, people get paid to deal with drunks, people get paid to not deal with drunks and collect glasses/ cook out the back. regardless if the pay between areas is different everyone is equally contributing to that persons whos job it is to be face to face with the customer, there for everyone is entitled to the tip.

the cooks make sure the meals come out in a timely fashion and are presentable, the waitress/waiter walks over with a smile on there face and puts it on the table, the glassy walks over and pics up the s*** with out being invasive. it all contributes to the customers experience, and there for everyone deserves there share of the tip.

when we had our family restaurant there was so much arguing from the staff about tips and tip systems that we ended up refusing all tips and telling customers to come back, in some cases offering the customer a discount for repeat business or suggesting to a friend to come along. if we thought that someone was providing exceptional service we provided them with a bonus wether it was cash free drinks or what ever.

however the system was flawed as the waitresses still took tips and kept them to themselves. in the end we fired everyone and ran it ourselves the way we wanted to. then i got to keep all the tips HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH!

but yeah tips are gay.
Raider
Posts: 1834
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
also keep in mind that the backroom people don't have to handle the drunks and a******s so that maybe offset by their extra tip income.


bull f***ing s***.

bar-tenders spot the drunks, then we got to deal with them fark dude the bartender people don't have to deal with s*** or lift a finger, if they want someone gone they just have to say it and let others do the dirty work.
sc00bs
Posts: 2336
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
but yeah tips are gay.

your gay
B.Hardball
Posts: 6175
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
yea it´s especially important to share tips in casino environment because the dealers getting the huge tips most likely are at a losing table and having a reasonably pleasant time, where the guys getting nothing are spanking the players and they´re swearing/abusing/etc


Pretty sure you can't accept tips at the casino...
paveway
Posts: 4767
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Port Office barstaff/glassies weren't allowed to drink there, whether you paid or not, owners never came in, and besides the entertainment dude who was paid to 'be cool' no senior staff got free drinks


are you talking about the DJ?

cause the old dj there, matt was his name

he got me a couple of free drinks from time to time
Astroboy
Posts: 4016
Location: Germany
He should try and get you a new bumper
paveway
Posts: 4768
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i got one today actually
gimpy
Posts: 1384
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Any other ideas for part-time / casual jobs?

I wouldn't be suited to work in hospitality or construction.

I have 7 years IT experience, but can't do it full-time anymore. I may be able to do it part-time / casual, depending on the conditions.
sc00bs
Posts: 2338
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
call centre would be your best bet then dude
mscactus
Posts: 57
Location: Queensland
Yeah call centre is good money.. just don't stay in it too long.. drives ya nuts.. I'm about to quit mine any day now.
taggs
Posts: 1155
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
if your gonna do call centre just dont work at GE. its horrible
Resonate
Posts: 253
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Maybe a dealer spot at treasury? They are absolutely desperate for new dealers now days to which you will be trained in pretty much all the games within a year, also theres gonna be a brand new section coming in filled with poker tables as they have lodged a application for no limit with qogr and plan to hold tournaments.

After 3 months starting wage is $24.83 and it goes up from there with the more games you learn, also free buffet, free uniforms and a 15 minute break every hour which is paid for. So in an 8 hour shift you actually only work 6 hours but get paid for the other 2. It's a stupidly cruisy, casual job. One saturday night i started at 8 but didn't actually start dealing till 12:30, then i applied for an early out so by 2am i was out the door. Got paid for 6 hours, only did 1.5 hours of actual "work" and managed to watch the rugby game while they figured out where to put me.
Persay
Posts: 4456
Location: Other International
omg who r u
smashingpumpkin
Posts: 503
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Do any of the call center jobs allow you to work only a few days a week? I'm only available Friday, Saturday, Sunday and most Mondays.

All the jobs for the call centers i see out on Seek.com or the like are full time or 30hrs+....

If anyone works in one that would allow for a 20hr/week could ya PM me a number? Cheers
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