Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone
    18·
    10 months ago

    so recently I was encouraged/asked by an employer to apply for a job with them. I’m not looking, but it was interesting work, so I thought “why not?”. Had an interview, great chats etc.

    they just contacted me to ask if I would take the role at a level several below what they had said it would be, which was already below what I currently earn, in the order of tens of thousands of dollars, and significantly more junior.

    I try not to be rude in these situations, but I was so shocked I actually laughed in the zoom call and just said “absolutely not”, wished them well and concluded the call immediately.

    they approached me, not the other way around, and I am comfortably and successfully employed. why on earth would they waste my time, and their own!? my job comes with a very clear title, and my salary band is very public information (10 second google).

    Don’t get me wrong - I’m grateful to be in the position to have options, it’s just that the whole thing was very, very weird (and I’m trying not to be so arrogant as to be mildly insulted).

    • boogetyboo@aussie.zone
      8·
      10 months ago

      Are you by any chance in government and it was a private sector agency offering, like, a really cool, family vibe, like, you know, we work hard, but we play hard? We also have a ping pong table and free muffins?

      I experienced similar in the past. They seemed to think their ‘trying really hard to be like Google’ schtick would make me ignore the worse benefits and salary.

    • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
      6·
      10 months ago

      Had this happen quite a few times, I just tell them it would be a pay cut, so not interested. Recruiters are needy af and try to pigeonhole me into any role that they see fit. (Tech).

      • melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone
        5·
        10 months ago

        interestingly, it wasn’t recruiters but the company directly. Anybody remotely familiar with my industry would be able to guess my salary fairly easily based on my employer and my position title (or google the info in a few seconds), so it was just a very strange incident all round.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      5·
      10 months ago

      TBH, I’d try be more diplomatic. “You understand this is far below the market rate, right?” and if they say yes “Whilst I appreciate the offer I don’t appreciate my time being wasted”. Not worth burning bridges, right?

      • melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone
        6·
        10 months ago

        oh, I don’t know…it shows either a complete lack of preparation on their part or (more likely given that their original pitch was more reasonable) an underhanded attempt to get particular expertise/kudos on the cheap As I said, my pay rate is pretty common knowledge: I have a specific position, and you can google that position, my employer, and see what I’m paid within a narrow bracket. My position title also makes my level of seniority very clear. Either way, not a group I want to work with, so if I burnt any bridges I’m not too bothered

        I wasn’t at all rude to them, I was genuinely just shocked and politely terminated the discussion (albeit after a slight chuckle). I can think of many individuals in my equivalent position/approximate field who will be a lot more blunt with them than I was, should they attempt the same thing!

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    13·
    10 months ago

    Heading to a 90’s partay this w/e so desperately trying to find all the worst 90’s things.

    Found my old G-SHOCK watch and it is peak shitty 90’s I love it. It even tells you barometric pressure for some reason.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      7·
      10 months ago

      those G-shock watches are good

      and they still work even when the internets and phone system is down!!

      I’m also not forced to use my phone ( I’m looking at you fit bit 🤬, fit bit is now a security risk and basically a brick)

  • kruetz@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    10 months ago

    This week has been hectic, and I only managed ~4 hours sleep last night. I just cracked open a post-work beer and I’m so tired that I almost poured it into my stubbie holder. Thank goodness I only need to reheat last night’s leftovers for dinner, or this night could end in disaster.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    131·
    10 months ago

    I made scallop potato in the airfryer but I lined up the slices vertically and it turned out like this

    Yes that’s cheese you see and it was amazing. I accompanied it with this

    There’s a pork steak hiding under the fried egg

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
    11·
    10 months ago

    When I see the number of unnecessary SUVs on the road in URBAN areas it’s hard to take Australia’s alleged concern over climate change seriously.

      • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        Likewise. And not just little RAV 4s and the like, I’m talking sodding huge ones that look like they’ve never been off bitumen.

        • Taleya@aussie.zone
          6·
          10 months ago

          I actually see more of those things in bloody bayside than I do when visiting family up in the high country or over in leogatha. Friggin’ madness. What happened to the cunce all driving shiny mercs and shit.

          • wscholermann@aussie.zone
            3·
            10 months ago

            Correct. If they insist on having an expensive car, at least be physically proportional to their needs.

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
        1·
        10 months ago

        I work sort of near bayside. I’ve seen the new model of Defender on the roads.

        Bloody oath they’re massive and bigger than most of the SUVs I see.

        It’s really getting silly now. They’ll be taller than trucks soon.

    • FunkyClown@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 months ago

      The easy way to spot them is the wheels. If they are low profile road tyres they are most likely not doing anything off-road. You can’t judge by them not having dirt on them though as lots of people actually take care of their car and wash it after off-roading as they are expensive.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    Lemonade, Pink Lemonade, Raspberry Lemonade, Cherry lemonade and now I find out that Orangeade is not only a thing but it’s amazing too?? Australia is lacking HARD in the ‘ade’ industry. I’m gonna have to go ahead and fuck around and make this motherfucker of a company aren’t I?

    Welp… see you all when I’m rich and you’re pouring my reasonably priced delicious ‘ade’ range of beverages over a tall glass of ice. Sweat beading down your foreheads, not from a hard day’s work but because you now drink so much sugar that it’s like running a 5k just getting to the fridge to grab yourself yet another icy cold, citrusy burst of liquid heaven sliding down your hungering gullet. More! More! You can never have enough and you can never get enough of that fruity milk squeezed from my throbbing teat as I thunderously laugh at the zeros which keep piling up in my bank account. Drink from me! Drink of me! Tell your families! Demand your children! Everybody must drink my delicious, thirst quenching range of home style lemonades and orangeades. Available in good stores, vending machines, restaurants, stadiums, churches & other houses of faith, home delivery, click and collect, click and don’t collect just pay and get nothing, afterpay, umm I dunno maybe a library if they have a shop or Bunnings! Yeah Bunnings for sure. And like… just wherever you go. Anywhere. I’ll be there.

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    11·
    10 months ago

    Dinner tonight.

    Tonkatsu noodles with steamed Gyoza and cauliflower

    I’m going to eat well tonight!

    Bowl of noodles and gyoza!

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    10·
    10 months ago

    An honest woman lies at rest

    As e’er God with his image blest;

    The friend of man, the friend of truth,

    The friend of age, and guide of youth:

    Few hearts like hers, with virtue warm’d,

    Few heads with knowledge so informed:

    If there’s another world, she lives in bliss;

    If there is none, she made the best of this.

    With apologies to Robbie Burns, but it’s fitting. Thank you EAL

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    10·
    10 months ago

    Hi guys.

    I have a funeral this morning, and footy tickets for the final tonight. Emotionally speaking, today is going to be…a lot

  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    10 months ago

    Going to be a good Melbourne day. Heat (22 deg) with north wind and then rain and thunder and snow on the high tops. Good footy weather for the first go of finals coming also. May just hibernate this weekend.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      5·
      10 months ago

      Advance party checking in to say if it’s anything like over here it’s definitely a stay-indoors-and-relax weather system once it gets to Melbourne. Getting out of bed was treacherous…

  • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
    10·
    10 months ago

    Okay somebody needs to ban me from Aldi cuz I end up buying the sweet and chilli chips and the salt/pepper cashews like everytime 😭 can someone recommend some healthier savoury snacks pleaseeee

  • tone_212@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    Went to get the mail and saw a group of Jehovah’s witnesses doing the rounds across the street. Never ran inside so fast. The door won’t be answered.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      6·
      10 months ago

      Can I suggest a different course of action? Sympathy. “Boys, I know you cant see this right now, but you are being inducted in a cult. And your church pushes you out to push your religion on unreceptive folks. its rude, and its intended to expose you to hostility to drive you further into the church’s arms. But it doesnt have to be this way, remember that one day when you wake up and start questioning your lives”.

      The church is pushing them into this shit, no reason we cant (politely) push back. Show them we’re not the evil they are told we are.