Currently in Hillston working as a labourer in Mitolo group. Basically its just a packers job. What you need to do is just carry 2-20kg of packed potatoes into crates or however they want to pack it.
Never have i been in a company where i do not know what time i will end work. There's alot of things that can change to ease the production line from what i see. Back home are lucky to get 1 hour of paid break. Over here is just 15 minutes. That's totally different.
I don't mind working long hours but just make sure everyone is working and carrying the weight. Some people are just lazy like the one we see back home. It's the same around the world.
Back home, you would know how long you going to do overtime for but for this you are not sure at all. I don't get it. Plus going back home after 5pm is normal here and worst of all the only supermarket shuts at 5pm.
Just countdown of the number of days left. 57 more days.
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Sunday, 2 June 2019
14 days of farm work
I was kinda lucky to not have been working in a farm during this period of transition to winter. I work in a shed processing of vegetable (potatoes) which is considered as 88days of farm work in selected postal code of NSW.
So after 14 days, i feel that the company is alright but not as well oiled as most of the companies that i've worked in SG. I think there's a huge gap which they can improve on. But hey that's just my opinion, don't take it personally.
That's why I'm here learning all the differences on how fortunate or unfortunate we are in SG. The big difference might be the wages for some but the breaks that is unpaid as well. For example i have the first 15 minutes of break (smoko) after 2 hours of work that is paid, lunch of 30 minutes unpaid and whatever smoko afterwards is not paid either. So be happy for your 45 minutes to 1 hour of lunch in Singapore is paid and whatever tea break that you might have be it official or not in SG.
Work is work, sometimes there's people that is physically there but not doing much but others pull their weight, same as SG.
Oh and I would like to share an experience that I'd encountered with a new QC manager from pakistan here.
I was called up to the side by that QC manager (Rahoul) and a new production manager previously from Pakistan Nestle (Muhammad), both are Indians basically by the way they communicate to other Indians there. So what i did when the line was running at about 44 bags per minute, and a f up in printed was throwing the f up bags of potatoes into a bin as fast as i could so that we could catch up without stopping the line.
Rahoul wasn't happy ask Muhammad to call me to the side to speak to him
R: "What is your name mate?
Me: Disgusted with an indian calling me mate trying to act all Aussie when he just got here, and so I said my name..
R: "If you're the customer, would you still buy this?"
Me: "YES" Taunting him and plus i would certainly still buy it
R: "Get the fuck out of my face"
Me: "Come again" while taking out my earplug and uncovering my N95 mask. Taunting him further
R: "Get out of here, I don't want to see your face, you shouldn't be throwing the potatoes"
Me: "The line was still running fast, we were busy, what do you expect me to do?" I
R: "I don't care, tell your boss"
Me: "He is just beside you"
Went back to work then head his way trying to taunt him further
Me: "Did you know during the induction, we are told that you shouldn't use offensive or abusive language around the workplace"
R: "Oh did you know that you shouldn't be throwing potatoes around as well during the induction"
Me: "Nope, not during the induction. But come on we are busy, what do you expect us to do? Walk slowly to the bin?"
That argument was getting pretty heated for him but I was just playing it cool and taunting him even further then Muhammad steps in and tried to explain in a nice way
Probably next time we can carry 5-7 bags of 3 kilograms and put it into the bin instead of throwing it. He knows we are crushing it with speed and meeting targets but just so that his bloody QC bro is there and diffusing the situation.
Me : "Thank you sir, this is how you should talk to people with respect if you want to earn some" while shaking his hand and having eye contact with the dickhead Rahoul.
Oh we were told not to throw the spuds as passing em was way faster rather than carrying em and packing em neatly into a crate after a few days of doing the work but we did it anyways because its efficient.
So 64 more days before travelling around Australia or going back to Canberra. We'll see how it goes...
Till then, good luck on those who are doing their 88 days or 6 months or going to do it.
So after 14 days, i feel that the company is alright but not as well oiled as most of the companies that i've worked in SG. I think there's a huge gap which they can improve on. But hey that's just my opinion, don't take it personally.
That's why I'm here learning all the differences on how fortunate or unfortunate we are in SG. The big difference might be the wages for some but the breaks that is unpaid as well. For example i have the first 15 minutes of break (smoko) after 2 hours of work that is paid, lunch of 30 minutes unpaid and whatever smoko afterwards is not paid either. So be happy for your 45 minutes to 1 hour of lunch in Singapore is paid and whatever tea break that you might have be it official or not in SG.
Work is work, sometimes there's people that is physically there but not doing much but others pull their weight, same as SG.
Oh and I would like to share an experience that I'd encountered with a new QC manager from pakistan here.
I was called up to the side by that QC manager (Rahoul) and a new production manager previously from Pakistan Nestle (Muhammad), both are Indians basically by the way they communicate to other Indians there. So what i did when the line was running at about 44 bags per minute, and a f up in printed was throwing the f up bags of potatoes into a bin as fast as i could so that we could catch up without stopping the line.
Rahoul wasn't happy ask Muhammad to call me to the side to speak to him
R: "What is your name mate?
Me: Disgusted with an indian calling me mate trying to act all Aussie when he just got here, and so I said my name..
R: "If you're the customer, would you still buy this?"
Me: "YES" Taunting him and plus i would certainly still buy it
R: "Get the fuck out of my face"
Me: "Come again" while taking out my earplug and uncovering my N95 mask. Taunting him further
R: "Get out of here, I don't want to see your face, you shouldn't be throwing the potatoes"
Me: "The line was still running fast, we were busy, what do you expect me to do?" I
R: "I don't care, tell your boss"
Me: "He is just beside you"
Went back to work then head his way trying to taunt him further
Me: "Did you know during the induction, we are told that you shouldn't use offensive or abusive language around the workplace"
R: "Oh did you know that you shouldn't be throwing potatoes around as well during the induction"
Me: "Nope, not during the induction. But come on we are busy, what do you expect us to do? Walk slowly to the bin?"
That argument was getting pretty heated for him but I was just playing it cool and taunting him even further then Muhammad steps in and tried to explain in a nice way
Probably next time we can carry 5-7 bags of 3 kilograms and put it into the bin instead of throwing it. He knows we are crushing it with speed and meeting targets but just so that his bloody QC bro is there and diffusing the situation.
Me : "Thank you sir, this is how you should talk to people with respect if you want to earn some" while shaking his hand and having eye contact with the dickhead Rahoul.
Oh we were told not to throw the spuds as passing em was way faster rather than carrying em and packing em neatly into a crate after a few days of doing the work but we did it anyways because its efficient.
So 64 more days before travelling around Australia or going back to Canberra. We'll see how it goes...
Till then, good luck on those who are doing their 88 days or 6 months or going to do it.
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