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Martin · 5d ago
Went for a job interview and site tour the other day. Some of the work was insanely physical— high risk of injury and the pay? Just $23.50 an hour. The guy interviewing me said they’d already had 189 applications in 5 days. I’m from a town of only 35K people. How anyone’s meant to survive on “low-risk” pay when even dangerous work is treated like this. Is NZ’s job market really this broken, or are people just expected to put themselves at risk for peanuts?
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Mich · 5d ago
This is straight-up ridiculous. People are expected to risk their necks for $23.50 an hour, and the fact they’ve got so many applications just shows how desperate people are.
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Rebecca · 5d ago
Gardener
wow yeh I totally get u here , esp if its high risk injury , no pay woukd make me want to do a job like that, let alone $23 an hr.
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paris · 3d ago
job is a job if you need one
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Cullen · 3d ago
Environmental Landscaper
Your expected to put yourself at risk for peanuts
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Anon426200 · 4d ago
Employers should have a duty to keep their people safe at work Martin. Regardless of money. No pay is worth putting yourself at risk. 😞
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Sean · 4d ago
Man, that’s insane. Dangerous work and such low pay. Makes me think the job market expects people to risk themselves just to scrape by.
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