How much do you earn?

As per the Systo board...

I started the thread then wasn't able to see any of the answers when the board got cut.


Just fufilling my curiosity as to what sort of mix of poor bums and rich cunts we have on board!

Votes remain anonymous...so you don't need to post a message unless ya feel you have to...

Last I knew we were at on the old board we were discussing how crap traineeship wages are?

here's a tip kids... DON'T work for your family. You get fucked more than an alter boy in a confessional booth.

Traineeship wages do suck major fat cock... un/fortunatley my traineeship only lasted a month before the company pulled a shonkey!

Pay was utter shite though, guess it was better at the time than being a doley though.

As I said previously I do contract work - so I do as little or as much as I like. Its a good mix of working hard one week if you need the money, but then also being able to have time instead the next week if thats what you want.
Then only down side is that if you get sick, there is no sick pay and no holiday pay.

Also you've got to be reasonably motivated to make sure you have enough work, and quiet good at budgeting..... so there you go thats me.

Im on a traineeship and yes, the money sucks ass!!

I get $500 a fortnight after tax and thats including about 5 hours overtime...

tres boo!

As previously stated, i'm only a casual and don't have time for many hours as i'm studying as well..........

only a few more weeks now though.... then hopefully i'll be moving on to bigger and better things :thumbsup:

am sending off a job application this week actually ..... scary

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here's a tip kids... DON'T work for your family. You get fucked more than an alter boy in a confessional booth.

Respect, responsibility, loyalty....
I get $500 a week after tax... not enough for my EXPENSIVE vinyl addiction which I cannot & will not break. Hence why clothes are a very rare purchase.
Normally work 50+ hours a week...... I work for my family and yes you do put in shitloads of extra hours etc. but you've got to owe something to your oldies for giving you life. RESPECT.

QUOTE (Bongo @ Nov 2 2003, 07:44 PM)

QUOTE here's a tip kids... DON'T work for your family. You get fucked more than an alter boy in a confessional booth. Respect, responsibility, loyalty.... I get $500 a week after tax... not enough for my EXPENSIVE vinyl addiction which I cannot & will not break. Hence why clothes are a very rare purchase. Normally work 50+ hours a week...... I work for my family and yes you do put in shitloads of extra hours etc. but you've got to owe something to your oldies for giving you life. RESPECT.

I'd respect it a whole lot more if the 25 hours a week I did earned more that $80 a week!

hell yer LC, thats worse than a job i had once that paid me 25 clams for 10 hrs a week!

atm im getting around 200 a week, i work at a italian pizza bar for 4 nights

so its alright, but i also do some other work for them to get more money. thats where i like working there ;)

QUOTE (Luci @ Nov 2 2003, 06:59 PM)

Im on a traineeship and yes, the money sucks ass!! I get $500 a fortnight after tax and thats including about 5 hours overtime... tres boo!

At least you get paid for working overtime, I work 3 hours extra a day and get zippo

Shouldn't complain....I do earn commission on top of a normal salary

QUOTE (PhÜnKii @ Nov 3 2003, 07:57 PM)

At least you get paid for working overtime, I work 3 hours extra a day and get zippo

Exactly!!! I do close to 55-60 hour weeks and get paid for 45 at the MOST!
CARNTS! :sneaky: >:| :wgaf:

before uni - $7.20 hr
after uni - x4
fucking huge never ending HECS debt though.

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As previously stated, i'm only a casual and don't have time for many hours as i'm studying as well..........

thats pretty soft - i've worked at least 20-25 hrs a week during my enitre undergrad degree and he first year of my postgrad

:troop:

QUOTE (BuzsteR @ Nov 3 2003, 03:27 AM)

atm im getting around 200 a week, i work at a italian pizza bar for 4 nights so its alright, but i also do some other work for them to get more money. thats where i like working there ;)

'other work'?

"Hey Buzster, wanna go downtown and rub out louie..."
:P

the other work involes me working for the boss in my spare time ... happy ? ;)

..........not enough >:|

gives going downtown for the boss a whole new meaning eh busterz - must say i've never heard a guy call his fella louie before, fred maybe

QUOTE (Jamie_h @ Nov 2 2003, 11:12 PM)

hell yer LC, thats worse than a job i had once that paid me 25 clams for 10 hrs a week!

CLAMS....they paid your in CLAMS..... I don't even know what clams are! But surely being paid in clams can't be good :|)

QUOTE (Grouse @ Nov 3 2003, 09:38 PM)

QUOTE As previously stated, i'm only a casual and don't have time for many hours as i'm studying as well.......... thats pretty soft - i've worked at least 20-25 hrs a week during my enitre undergrad degree and he first year of my postgrad :troop:

not when you are doing honours and are at uni 9-5 (at least) every weekday

that's 40 hours of uni a week + whatever I do at work + study time = not a lot of time for much else

I'm doing an Administration Traineeship - do 40 hours a week - $12.00 an hour. I end up with $423.00 after tax.. soo not to bad but still not enough to pay all my debts and rent and shit, so i also work at a club friday and saturday nights I get $19.00 an hour plus tips which is wicked money..
but just don't really have a life at the moment..
Can't wait until i finish in March then i can have weekends back again...

QUOTE (PhÜnKii @ Nov 3 2003, 06:57 PM)

Shouldn't complain....I do earn commission on top of a normal salary

My base wage is Ok, but I can and do earn silly amounts of commission.

It's just that after the taxman takes a big wet sloppy 47% bonus tax bite out of my arse that I'm not left with much, plus the fact that my second job is taxed at 50%.

It seems the harder I work the less money I make! :(

im workin at an IT Help Desk doing Sales/ Tech Support/ Accounts etc
pay is about $400 per week after tax for a 38 hour week.
not brilliant but when ya livin with ya folks and all your food board and expenses cost a measly 100 bucks its PLENTY :) :)

I'm a pharmacist.

I chose to earn fuck all this year but work a cool job. I could always choose to sell my soul and earn big bucks but nah, fuck that.

Hopefully I should be offered an AWA soon with a higher base rate and bonuses

although my base rate now isn't too shabby - I get about $600 per week after tax....I could always use more!

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not appropriate

My pay sounds attractive until you have to pay of a $15k Visa debt and your rent is $1200/mth.

i get about 500 b4 tax.

fuckall really isnt it.

:(

:troop:

QUOTE (Mayday @ Nov 5 2003, 05:08 PM)

pay of a $15k Visa debt

Nasty! :0

QUOTE (sakvee @ Nov 5 2003, 07:10 PM)

QUOTE (Mayday @ Nov 5 2003, 05:08 PM) pay of a $15k Visa debt Nasty! :0

You betchya.. That what being unemployed for so long and failing CCIE exams does to you :(

Man.. I thought my $2k debt was bad!! :erm:

*bows down to the debt god* :blink:

QUOTE (selfmaderival @ Nov 5 2003, 08:02 PM)

Man.. I thought my $2k debt was bad!! :erm:

Yeah me too... mines permanently overdrawn :P

i clicked yer aus study, but im not on it.. im on youth allowance.. but im not on that yet either, but i will be, in a few short days-week

big ups to personal cash flow, no matter how small

I make $10,000 a movie. But have a large drug habit and my moustache needs constant attention.

I get Aus Study + Slave labour courtesy of COLES Marion -woot!

$8.55 an hour... mmm i can smelll the cash :huh:

i make about 800 a week after tax but half of that goes on my debts mostly for my car but it's still not all bad really is it. problem is i get paid fortnightly so one weekend of lotsa cash and one weekend with just enough which just sucks when a good rave is on the off pay week. >:|

For all the people that wonder why I earn my living from playing the commercial gigs every weekend, here's why...

Four hours straight on friday nights and six hours straight on Saturday nights = 10 hours each weekend earning me $670.00.

The term DJing though is used in a slightly different way than alot of you would be used to. I'm not mixing that whole time, but also taking on the role as an MC at the same time and in some of the nights constructing competitions, games, giveaways etc... Its all entertainment. The longest night I ever did was 11 hours straight (no break :( )

But it comes at a price...

I miss EVERY big interstate / international DJ or act that comes through Adelaide on a Friday or Saturday night. I never get to attend much of friend's birthdays if they are having a big party and sometimes you really can't get much motivation to be going out at all (rather would grab a movie), but you've got a job to do.

Also, try DJing a whole night from start to finish where you've got to get ppl on the floor, keep em there, make sure as many of them have fun for quite a few hours at a time and then finish the night off well.

I've held one of my residencies for 6 years (in 2 weeks time :) ) and I wouldn't have been there that long if I didn't somewhat enjoy it. I do. At the end of the day, I don't care what music as long as there's a packed room of people having a good time to what I'm doing.

After my recent payrise im on $570 a week after tax working at mitsubishi, mon - to friday, with every second friday off as an RTO + im granted a lease vehicle which is a new magna vrx for a discount price a weekly

To be honest thou i was hoping that my plant would shut down as i hate factory work and could start production full time. I would of also recieved an 8 grand pay out which would of payed of 2 little loans and i could chill......didnt happen oh well

At the moment I'm getting about $14/hr doing a 6 hr shift on Friday nights in a pizza bar. I hate it. It bores me to death. It's good money for the job it is, but grrr I think I can only chop up so many mushrooms before losing it :wacko:

I also tutor first year Computer Science students at uni for $25/hr. I love the job - would do it for free if I didn't need the money :) It's only 2 hrs per week though so I'm not getting rich from it...

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DJ Ben said:

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I miss EVERY big interstate / international DJ or act that comes through Adelaide on a Friday or Saturday night. I never get to attend much of friend's birthdays if they are having a big party and sometimes you really can't get much motivation to be going out at all (rather would grab a movie), but you've got a job to do.

I kinda know what you mean Ben, I'm a barman at fortnightly ($18.2/h before tax) or so raves and usually to barwork on friday and saturday nights too. I miss out on every saturday night, International DJs, going out with the girlfriend and her friends, and other special events that my friends or girlfriend invites me to, and working at raves till 9AM or so, almost 12 hours straight sometimes SUCKS!! Not only does it stuffup your sleeping times but it also stuffs up your eating, e.g. you go home and have a huge dinner meal at 9AM, then go to sleep till 5pm or so, wakeup, and its almost time for dinner then time for sleep again and you're not hungry and not sleepy!!! This sometimes stuffs up my hunger and sleeping patterns for 4 days or so.

This is all for the cause of saving up to go to Thailand, Brazil and London for the parties of a lifetime: Garage Clubs in London, Carnaval in Brazil, Full Moon Party in Thailand, and several women per night.

QUOTE (sugeshotcha @ Jun 2 2004, 02:52 AM)

Not only does it stuffup your sleeping times but it also stuffs up your eating, e.g. you go home and have a huge dinner meal at 9AM, then go to sleep till 5pm or so, wakeup, and its almost time for dinner then time for sleep again and you're not hungry and not sleepy!!! This sometimes stuffs up my hunger and sleeping patterns for 4 days or so.

Fucken hate those drawbacks! >:|

Been dealing wid them for a few years

i also work in the hospitality industry.. i can understand.. also screws up ur social life coz ur free when your freinds are working and working when they are free... but.. i kinda like it too.. as with everything it has its pros and cons i spose.. meh!

Im lucky enuff to be earning really good money but I work bloody hard for it. Although, Im supporting a wife, 2.8 kids (thats a lot of nappies about to become even more), a mortgage, private health, car & home insurance and lots of bills. Also, running a business from home plus having 4 people constantly here uses up plenty of electricity as the house is practically running 24 hours a day!!!

I need to find over $8-900.00 a week just to cover costs, let alone trying to save a put money away for quieter times.

QUOTE (Noddy @ Jun 2 2004, 03:26 AM)

Im supporting a wife, 2.8 kids (thats a lot of nappies about to become even more), a mortgage, private health, car & home insurance and lots of bills.

...not to mention as well for us Deejays and our vinyl addictions... :angel:

I earn sweet fuckall thanks to the government, $380 a fortnight for studying, still somehow managed to get smashed tonight tho' :)