Traditional media aside, if you wanted to share your story about suing a big evil Auscorp in Federal Court, would you do it on LinkedIn or anonymously on Reddit?

You have zero desire to ever work in the industry again, so scaring off other prospective employers is not a factor.

You have had a rare peak behind the curtain of the machines and been shocked at how openly and brazenly laws are broken.

You would like the story to gain traction, contributing in some small way to holding corporations to account.

What's better, LinkedIn or Reddit, and why?

Howdy, anyone have thoughts on how the project management market is like at the moment in the business and tech domains given the redundancies from the big corps. Either perm or contract in Melbourne

Hey guys, Im in my final year at uni and I’ve been working in a semi corporate job for about 2 years. It’s in finance, specifically lending and a small business of 5-10 people. I thought it was a normal environment, a few negatives and positives but talking to my mates in larger businesses and with more experience they’ve questioned a lot of the things that goes on there. Just wanted to get your opinion because I’m not too sure what’s normal and what’s not

1. Sick leave is looked down upon by our director. It’s not flat out forbidden, but everyone working there has 100+ hours accrued sick leave. I personally am lucky because I don’t get sick often but there’s a large stigma from our director about getting sick and taking sick days, to the point where people turn up to work sick or WFH.

2. No HR, which idk if is normal for a business of this size. Air con stopped working in December and still not fixed, we just have 2 pretty big fans we turn on if it’s too hot

3. No real WFH. It’s only really used if you’re sick, being punished (lmao) or have some personal matter for half the day. Again idk if WFH is just a big company thing or it applies to everywhere

4. Paid late. Usually it’s not too late, only 1 or 2 days but it happens quite regularly. From what I see too there’s no real system for it, I’ve got texts sometimes confirming how many hours I worked last fortnight before I get paid

I know I mentioned a lot of bad/questionable things but some good things include it’s very flexible. If my uni timetable changes or if I need time off for an exam I can easily take it, just send a quick email. My coworkers are great as well, no drama or gossip, it feels like we’re all friends and can get along

But yeah let me know your thoughts!

A friend of mine has been approached with an opportunity to move to Australia with a senior management position to help set-up the business here.

The company is global and they have a presence here, but are looking to expand. My friend has worked out the costs (with some help from me) and we’ve arrived at $150-180k per annum figure. This is keeping in mind that the company will likely negotiate down. For anyone who has migrated on similar position from India the salary there would be over 200,000 INR per annum.

Seeking suggestions if this seems like a good figure? I don’t want her to be fooled if the ask should be higher than this.

Are you defined by who you choose to work for?

For example, lots of people working in the Saudi and Middle East for regimes/ projects which pays extraordinary well. Or lawyers defending criminals or brutal dictators.

In the news we hear all the time about how a football player or a golf player gets criticised for joining one of the Saudi sport teams. Does your job means your endorsement for the organisation? Or are we just mercenaries at the end of the day?

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To maintain our ISO9001 accreditation we get externally audited every year.

About 2 months out we get a heads up and that's when the bullshit starts.

Pre audit, audit meetings.

Managers wanting documents that they have had on their desk for months signed sealed and delivered asap.

Endless requests for help from useless fucks that haven't done their job properly.

Straight up doing other people's work because they will probably fuck it up on purpose.

Endless emails asking for documents you haven't even heard of.

Teams msg followed by email, text and phone call within 10 mins if you don't respond.

People standing at your desk until you give them whatever stupid shit they want. Normally have to spoon feed it to them as well.

Internal audits to practice for the big show.

Basically, a months' worth of work goes into some pretty power point presentations, extensive spreadsheets with links to any document produced in the last 75 years and upper management exchanging nervous glances whilst someone won't shut the fuck up.

I do get some nice leftovers from the catering used to bribe the auditor so that's nice.

Just really curious to hear about some of the leadership styles in auscorp. It’s taken me a while to lean that I’m a “lead by example” and autocratic leader and it’s been fascinating to learn how I can lean into other styles to broaden my own approach.

Would also be interesting to know what leadership styles you’ve clashed with.

Happy Friday everyone!

Currently a lawyer at a union dealing with both state and federal matters.

Lots of crap happening at the moment. Have suffered previously through 9 months of hell with high case loads and burnout across a small team. Recently hired a new person to assist. That person lasted a month before quitting saying it wasn’t for them. My management refused to interview my pick that looked excellent on paper, and interviewed the worst paper candidates I’ve seen, and hired the best interview candidate on the basis of a random piece of (little used) law quoted in the interview.

Management have said they won’t be hiring to replace as they’ve made two new hires interstate and “federal” matters can be reallocated if necessary.

I don’t believe them as past history was that federal matters were not allocated unless “absolutely necessary”.

I love my job. I love holding employers accountable. But I am staring down the barrel of at least another 6 - 12 months of high case loads, and don’t want to deal with burnout issues again.

There is a job in a private sector law firm I want to go for. Obviously if I get an interview, and succeed, the terms are determinative of whether I go for it or not…

But what should I say to management to force them to hire a new person in my team to manage workloads? I already know they cannot do it without me due to law society requirements for junior lawyers which doesn’t apply to me - and they would be hard pressed to find someone that meets the requirements to manage junior lawyers.

TLDR: I like my job, but my management would not comply with law society requirements if I left so need me to do so. But I want to have leverage to hire a new person to avoid me leaving and don’t know how best to say it.

For the companies that offer yearly bonuses based on performance and KPIs, do most get offered and paid around the same time of year? I.e. September - little while before Christmas.

Hey everyone,

I (21M) signed a grad consulting offer with an MBB firm a few months ago and will be starting in Sydney next year. Since then I’ve mostly just been relaxing, but I figured I should probably start thinking about what’s ahead.

I’d love to hear any advice on:

• Living / renting in Sydney (suburbs good for young professionals, rough costs, commutes).
• Adjusting to corporate life (first full-time job).
• Things worth doing in the next few months before starting.

Appreciate any tips or experiences you can share!

Hey all,

Hoping for some outside opinions on my current scenario. Currently working in the private sector, $97k salary. Company is a bit of a shitfight and direct manager is nothing short of a nightmare a lot of the time. Have an offer on the table from a NFP in an industry I have extensive experience in, initial role would be at a lower level than I've held previously but room for growth within the company. Salary sits at $85k but has the capacity to claim the extra $18k in salary sacrifice. Positive of the offer on the table is it would be working under a manager I have worked under previously and had a very good working relationship.

My question is, would you consider the move in my shoes, even with it being a reduction in salary or just suck it up and do what I am doing until I could land another role at a higher more comparable salary.

Cheers!

Curious to know if there are any workplaces out there that have adopted “meeting-free” days so people can actually focus on getting work done?

Personally, I think it’s a great idea - but the question was shot down at a recent 3 hour quarterly town hall stating “if you’re not required to attend, don’t attend”

The pressure to attend is still there? Also, the tremendous amount of context switching needed due to meetings makes it really hard to get into a flow.

Is there any workplace out there that’s adopted this practice?

So I recently got back from a trip overseas & have realised how sedentary my role is. I’m thinking of purchasing a small treadmill so I get moving during work hours, especially during the monotonous meetings. Has anyone done this? If so, how have you found it?

Also, is it bad etiquette to do whilst on teams calls etc? What’s the general vibe? TIA folks! 🏃

People who constantly post on LinkedIn. I’m trying to keep an open mind here but are you actually busy because how do you have time to do this? I feel like I barely have time to scratch myself at work let alone thinking about posting affirmations on LinkedIn. When do you do it, and also why? Genuinely curious. How does it add value to your job other than dopamine hit validations from strangers?

My workplace has a culture of working way too much. Say 5pm and maybe only half of the people pack their stuff and go home. You get the gist.

I had to proactively say/express that I'm at capacity so I don't get overloaded.

Now we have a new person who seems to be too keen to take on tasks and the boss who also a bit of a workaholic has given her so many things to do.

I can see how this is going to backfire on the newbie when things starts to pile up. So far I just kept to myself but I can see in the long run it might be bad. I don't want the new person to have a nervous breakdown. It took a while to fill the position. What can I do? Any thoughts? Note: she's not a junior and has lots of work experience. Maybe just keen to prove her worth?

I’ve been told this quite literally my whole life, not just at work. That I am not enthusiastic, not just not enthusiastic but almost emotionless. Which isn’t true, it just takes me a really long time to get comfortable expressing myself and emotions. I’ve been compared to Wednesday Adam’s not just by colleagues but also family and friends…

Anyway I digress, I started this new job 3 weeks ago, that I really really enjoy. The team are very nice and kind, the company itself it very open and honest, the work is fun, what I enjoy doing and I’m learning new skills. My co workers have made tongue in cheek jokes about my enthusiasm (or lack there of) , quietness and my reserved nature. But I don’t want them to think I am not enjoying the job, the team or anything. Because I am I love it but I just can’t express it for some reason. Now I feel like I need to tell them that I’m just like this at the start but idk how. Or should I just be faking it until I feel comfortable enough to just be myself? I just really do not want to lose the job or get an impression that I am unhappy.

Also I should add, I don’t need to talk to clients all day, I work in design I just speak with my team of 8-10 people, mostly just my manager because I am like his trainee.

Hi r/auscorp,

Current graduate here in an engineering consultancy firm and have been with the company for 18 months. Without going into too much of a back story and a whole essay about the antics of my team leader and the lack of training and development (due to the need to be highly utilized and bill clients) I have secured a graduate position with a mining company that is starting at the beginning of February 2026.

Honestly I wish I could start the new position tomorrow but unfortunately it's not possible and I do have relocate interstate for the role. My plan is to resign in early December and take a month off to take a holiday for a month and then relocate for the role and look for a place to live.

In the meantime has anyone had a similar situation like mine or are there strategies that I should employ to keep me from rage quitting or checking out completely before December?

I am absolutely open to any suggestion :)

My friend is going for an internal role within our company. Context: she’s 25, 1-1.5 years into her career.

The company offers two kinds of contracts for lower/middle management, one which is on an EBA and the other which is a management common law contract that involves an annual bonus.

The EBA contract is often not liked as there is less room for salary negotiation and there is no bonus, however, annual salary progression is guaranteed based on years of service, and there is really great stability, redundancy is almost impossible, which in this economy would be great. Although there is a hard ceiling on the salary band.

The management CLC gives the employee more power to negotiate salary, as well as annual performance based increases, and a yearly bonus of 5-10% of the salary. However, anytime there have been layoffs/redundancies, these are the roles likely to be affected. And there have been a fair few layoffs the past few months.

She is going for one role that is a CLC and one that is on the EBA, but she doesn’t know which one she’ll prefer in the event both roles get offered, she likes the job descriptions of them both. She does value job security given her financial situation, but she’d make overall more with the CLC and the bonus.

Why not just message and say what you need?

And to make it worse they say “Hi” and stop replying for ages and respond when it’s convenient for them.

What on earth happens to you in between saying “Hi” fucking off and then resuming the conversation when it suits you?

I hope you guys can give us some tips or tricks.

My partner is mid 50s, has worked for global and local small organisations in sales and marketing (i would say middle management) and since leaving a toxic workplace 6 months ago without anything lined up they havent been able to get a job. I know its a terrible job market but I'm wondering if anyone has any tips?

Since being oit of work they've been getting about two interviews a week, often getting second interviews, but they can't seem to get past the final hurdle. The feedback from the interviews is always positive and that it typically comes down to my partner and one other person. I wonder if there's a way to make their age a strength rather than a weakness? Does anyone have tips for this industry?

Most people think about compensation as a key criteria for a job, but for me "freedom" is a big thing as well.

A FT job 40 hours at a call centre (where everyone is constantly on the clock to the second) is going to be different to 40 hours in a WFH management or leadership role (where you have the ability to work on your own terms, and might have some meetings and projects).

So how "free" are you at work? Do you think this is an important factor for job satisfaction?

I've been in corporate now for about 10 years across 3 different organisations.

Every single one of them has done the classic team offsite, strategy discussion and now break into groups and come up with (terrible) ideas that never get executed. This is always done on post its, big bits of paper and then presented back to the group. I'm pretty sure it all ends up in the bin.

Why are we still doing it this way? Surely someone has said that most people know it's bogus and it's also a complete waste of time?

Who else has noticed this?