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After travelling to Taiwan via HK earlier this year, I have to comment on the loo's :D I now figure the biggest culture shock anyone from these countries could get when they first land would be to go to the loo in the terminal at Tulla. I would not be surprised if they wanted to go back home...

PM'd you :) The Y-man

Keep at it! :) Being an apprentice means you are technically a "student". How many uni students get paid? You'll get there. Cheers, The Y-man

I got a gift cert for my 20 year service - pity it was for some place that doesn't have anything I want!! :o Cheers, The Y-man

You'll find that your capabilities are also compounding - the more you work, the more you get paid - yes, but chances are: the better you will be at your work (or at least being recognised for your work) which gets you even more pay. One word of caution - don't get too carried away and burn...

This is the other interesting thing you might find when working becomes an option - the politics becomes fun (although you need to be mindful of any unintended consequences to people you don't mean to harm). If they need you more than you need them, you're the one people suck up to...

I'm in the private sector - our parent company is a listed multinational.... I hear you re. outsourcing etc. We're providers of outsoruced managed services ourselves, so we compete head on with international providers. We recently had to let go about 1/3 of our workforce, but we paid out 4...

Know what you mean - but considering the "standard" stuff in our office is one or a combination of: 1. family/travel pics 2. cars and other transport (planes, boats, spacecraft...) 3. sports people / celebs ... property stuff is easily camouflaged in the "noise" :) Cheers, The Y-man

I thought it might interest people on how I discovered/uncovered closet investors, and how I get along with others that aren't (without keeping what I do a secret), in a white collar office: 1. The Conquest Map On my partition is a map of Melbourne with dots indicating our IP's (of late...

Oddly enough, I have a (low paid) part time 3 month contract going in Qld :D It's 9am-1pm weekdays with the occasional call in. Knowledge of Datacentres would be good.... :) Cheers, The Y-man

Hi Wylie, My thoughts are "why burn bridges"? I hold no personal grudge against anyone at work - even if they are a bit of a dodo (with the exception of those who have committed a crime) - they are a product of the organisations and/or society. You never know where that connection may come in...

I thouroughly get that - their are just some senior exec type people in my organisation we would keep completely in the dark, other than a polite "mowed the lawn, did some shopping" thing when asked about the weekend just gone. Cheers, The Y-man

Sitting here in my office - something just clicked..... maybe I am in an *unusual* workplace :eek::confused: Amongst my staff, one seems to be always on the phone with his tenants/PM's/VCAT, one was doing a 6 unit subdiv (he took a package and went to spend more time on it), another was...

Moved up, and found less late hours because I got my staff doing that for me (actually I am here pretty late like 5:45pm to avoid trafic, but I don't rock in until 9:15 in the morning), and I don't get called out any more. Yes, there is responsiblity, but that's responsibility in motivating...

... so I decided to take a break from work. I sat at home, did the paperwork for property investing, surfed the net. It was quiet. No one to talk to. I didn't feel like turning on the central aircon/heating for the sake of one person. I had to boil water each time for the coffee. After one...