When I was a Temp

I often ask friends and colleagues about their part-time jobs during their school and university years. Those experiences, what jobs they did and how they were trained, have in one or another, often led them to where they are today. I myself worked at McDonald’s...

The money or the holiday?

Welcome to the annual leave game show: The Australian Fair Work Commission has recently changed various modern awards to allow for the cashing in of annual leave under specific conditions. How would you feel if this trend extends to non-award employees in the future?...

The unknown executive

The setting: Any meeting room in corporate Australia The situation: Executive committee meeting The room dynamics: Hearty conversations interspersed with nervous politeness The issue: Who is that executive at the table no-one knows? Sounds familiar doesn’t it. Welcome...