I have been letting some of my friends know about jobs vacancy that might interest them when I come across classifieds and friends who needed an extra hand with work. One of my friends who work in Copperpots was looking for a QC personal and I told a junior of mine (He got the job; congrats!!) That was easy and everyone was/is happy; my friend got a helper and my junior got a permanent job.
If there is a vacancy in my lab; Do I suggest my friends to go for it?
I gave this matter quite some thought; my best fren from home and best fren in Adelaide (J&J), both are not the outdoor type. Less sun the better, Less sweating the better, The mall would be the best place to be =).... Just to say that they don't work and they are looking for a job; I don't think I'd be able to "advice" them to take the vacancy in my lab. I, of course ,will tell them about the job, but deep down inside, I know that the working condition is not their cup of tea and they would most likely say "no" too. hahaha
BUT, in a situation that they do accept the job, there might be some confrontations between frens. The ones that I can think of:
1. To tell your fren to do this and that ; being told to do this and that.
Happened to my 2 of my coursemates, same degree, graduated the same time.
(One girl was the QA&QC manager and the other just worked in the production line. As a production line worker, they are suppose to listen to their supervisor. It just so happens that the production worker was a 30-ish mother of 1 and the other was an early 20s manager. The mother wouldn't listen to the manager. In the end, she (mom) quit)
2. Reflection on me
The boss breaths down your neck when your fren is lazy; Me breathing down my fren's neck because I was the one who suggest that my fren takes over this job, not realising that my fren was that lazy.
Sowing and harvesting of wheat isn't a lady-like job. I didn't expect myself to be working in this kind of environment either, after graduating my degree. At the beginning of my degree I had always pictured myself working in R&D of some multi-million food company like Nestle, Coke ... etc. By the end of third year moving to my final year, I picture myself working in Japan, with all the interesting food with detailed wrapping and packaging. After I graduated, I ended up working with my Honours project supervisor; it began with just experiments and somehow lead to farming my own wheat samples.
Any complains about this job? Just a few; had terrible sore legs when I started sowing, itchy arms and legs due to the awns of the wheat scratching on my skin (the more you scratch, the itchier it gets) and developed an allergy to pollen.
hahaha that is it I guess..=)
Can you see anything wrong with it??!!! The kitchen is in the bedroom. There is no stove either. Scary neh!!! but for $100k in the city next to chinatown, I guess it's cheap and convenient....