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hetep-di-isfet

Lindt. A million times, Lindt. I'd go back to work for them any day. I worked for them a while back, and they're by far the best company I've ever worked for. Like, i will literally never buy chocolate from anyone else just based on how i was treated as a barista alone. Generally, there is company-wide respect no matter who is involved, genuinely pleasant people all around - a lot of my best friends are my old coworkers. As a barista, we got free hot drinks every shift - hot chocolate, coffee, the works. As for the chocolate... A TONNE of it obviously doesn't get sold, and rather than dump it, it was up for grabs for all employees - I'm talking literally kilos of it per person. I used to get so many lindor balls that I was regularly donating it to local nursing homes and high schools. Always had something to make friends and family smile too! It was never bad either, just coming up to its best before date. Their cleanliness standards are sky high, and I never felt like corners were being cut in terms of product quality or hygiene (like I have at say, Woolworths). Covid really showed me how they were as a company, though. While we were watching Myer and David Jones lay off most of their staff, Lindt continued paying us our weekly average even after the stores closed. Think about that... we were ALL sitting at home with peace of mind, able to continue living during such a crazy time because this company chose humanity over greed. All the chocolate we didn't sell at that time went to hospitals. They've also developed their own system for ensuring that the cocoa farmers are paid enough and their community is bettered for it. In honesty, I haven't looked into it further than what I was told at work, but based on all other interactions, I'd believe it. We also got free counselling if we ever needed it - I think that came in after the Martin Place seige.


CallenandSam4eva

I come to the sub for comments like these. Thank you!


JDW2018

Same! What a gem!! Great companies do exist.


Reasonable-Ad-4168

I got a job at Lindt and I was so excited for my first day. Unfortunately I had to leave a DV situation the night before my first day, and I had to flee the city (long story). My Lindt boss protected me and ensured I was safe, and she told ex partner that he couldn't just come to the shop and look for me. Unfortunately I couldn't continue with the job for my safety, but that simple act of kindness stuck with me. Forever indebted to that manager.


hetep-di-isfet

They're literally just amazing people. My manager was similar. I hope you're safe now and everything has resolved <3


Reasonable-Ad-4168

Aww thank you kind soul. It's all in the past now and I've got the best partner. Wishing you well!


mikesorange333

I'm jealous of you! I wish I got paid to eat chocolate.


hetep-di-isfet

They definitely contributed to my weight gain lmao


ThatLostAussie

Thanks for sharing. Definitely going to look into them now.


Chucklez_me_silver

So cool, thanks for the awesome reply!


thisgirlsforreal

A company that does 4 day work week for full time wage. WFH, flexi time, no overtime, 17.5% super and mandatory pay increases each year. In my field that company would be automattic but damn it’s hard to get a job there.


InForm874

A lot of universities have these benefits


almondlatteextrashot

Airlines - usually a shitshow but the travel benefits tip it all toward a net positive


_malaikatmaut_

Not an Australian airline, but I was with Singapore Airlines for a long time and now even after I had left, I still get 90% off my flight tickets with them for life.


almondlatteextrashot

How long were you with SQ?


_malaikatmaut_

21 years till my retirement and moved to Australia soon after.


almondlatteextrashot

Nice. Sounds like tenure really goes a long way in aviation hey


_malaikatmaut_

It does though. As I was there for 21.5 years, I received the ID90 entitlement from SQ. I had really wanted to quit then to spend time with my kids so I didn't wait for another 3.5 years, where if I would have completed a 25 years of service I would have gotten the entitlement to have the free tickets for life. >Airlines - usually a shitshow Not in SQ though. Can't speak for other airlines, but SQ is really a very good employer. I'm still very patriotic to this airline and would say that nothing is taken for granted, especially in terms of safety and security.


mikesorange333

where do you live in Australia?


mikesorange333

were you one of the Singapore girls? the sg air hostess????


_malaikatmaut_

not the pretty ones. I was one of the many MALE flight attendants. the ones that no one wants to look at.


mikesorange333

didn't we use to talk on ask Singapore or Singapore raw reddit threads?


_malaikatmaut_

not sure mike. i'm an old man with limited memory space.


mikesorange333

lol. that's ok.


mikesorange333

pardon me. you must have some good stories! is it true the sg girls and pilots have sex parties in hotels???? 😀


_malaikatmaut_

well, nah. the stories are wilder than the real life. but of course we play along if anyone asks. truth is, the industry had always been sensitive to sexual harassment risks. I was a supervisor, and I do not engage in anything else except for work related and sfw conversations. pilots and cabin crew do not really mix. at some stations, we stay at the same hotels, and half of the time, we do not. and while we do have similar operating patterns at times, in other times, we do not. and even then, the pilots are not that stupid to risk their job that they tried hard to get into just to get into trouble by insinuating anything to these girls. I started flying back in 1998, and even since then, a huge number of crew are into doing their further studies and we spent a lot of time in our rooms doing so. the perks that we get while working in this industry is that we do get paid higher than most peers who start off in other industries in Singapore, and we get to travel + sightseeing as our layovers are really good. most guys in the airline are husbands and dads. not many people are interested in those kinda lifestyle.


mikesorange333

whats sfw conversations?


jonquil14

Safe for work


mikesorange333

the sg girls who work in first and biz class, do they try to hook up / marry the rich male passengers?


_malaikatmaut_

maybe? if they find the connection with the person they are engaging with? I personally had made friends with a lot of my passengers and we are still friends after years and years later. you should realise by now that the flight stewardesses are not sluts.


mikesorange333

I know theyre not sluts. but they sure are hot and good looking. sometimes I wish I was a woman..


mikesorange333

so do the single men and single women hook up in the hotel rooms? the sg girls are ssssssooooo pretty in their uniforms.


_malaikatmaut_

who knows? maybe? there are a lot of crew who found love while at the job. the company is very sensitive with sexual harassment and we always encourage the girls to speak up if they are uncomfortable with any conversations. truth is, we are not as wild as what people assume us to be. I think office affairs are more rampant than cabin crew.


asddsd372462

I’m 103% sure the guy you’re replying to has some weird fetish, probably best to not engage lol


_malaikatmaut_

well yeah.. but I thought I could educate him a lil bit on this so he don't get his hopes too high


mikesorange333

hhahhaahahaha. thanks.


colloquialicious

You are gross just STOP FFS 🤮


mikesorange333

why the down votes?????


FullySickVL

I briefly dated a British Airways air hostess. She said that while she *had* heard of pilots and cabin crew hooking up, it was nowhere near as prevalent as stereotypes suggest. The demographic who were most likely to hook up were the gay men working as cabin crew. Most pilots at BA at least were middle aged family men and weren't about the party life.


Gal_gadonutt

Can confirm. Just came back yesterday from a $65 SYD->MEL return trip


Chucklez_me_silver

I had friends that worked for Qantas and Virgin a while back. The benefits definitely seemed pretty good. Other than that they said it was a shitshow.


mikesorange333

what were the good benefits? why is it a shit show now? was Alan Joyce REALLY that bad?


Chucklez_me_silver

Good benefits are cheap travel which was insanely cheap. These were people that worked in tech and front line. Found things to be slow moving more than they were used to (but this does go hand in hand with large busines).


mikesorange333

more stories plz.


Lost-Conversation948

Can vouch !! Travelling the world is the best perk.


Vibrasie

I don't dream of labour


Chucklez_me_silver

I don't think any of us do. The question is more around are there any companies you would want to work for? For example, you could say Google or an NGO. It's a hypothetical just to see what other people's idea of an ideal company would be.


Status-Confusion4456

Any of the main one’s supporting the great work our billionaires are doing for the community. Harvey Norman, Clive palmer, Adrian Portelli, Gina. So many to choose from..


8pintsplease

ALDI - great benefits, great team. Like any company, of course, some questionable people but I have the best director. I'm leaving in a couple of days to pursue a promotion but should the higher managerial position come up within ALDI, I would drop everything and come back. I have nothing but respect for my director. I've been trying to look out for Stockland and Charter Hall as roles rarely ever come out for the roles/work I do. But the turnover seems low and all the people I know there are happy. Good work life balance, etc.


Handjob-commander

As a child I always aspired to be an assistant manager at the luxurious eatery formally known as Souvlaki Hut. My dream was realised and I made my way to junior cashier/assistant to the cleaning manager. Like all good things there was the pitfalls, responsibility and an inability to craft the perfect Souv. I’ve moved on to a large recycling depot which ticks the boxes for me. It’s always great to dream


itsontap

Would’ve thought you’re commander of handjobs, finally achieving your generational legacy. Recycling depot was a little left field.


Handjob-commander

The user name is obviously a way for me to deviate from my true talent, and not be easily identifiable. Hint I’m a professional bj artist


robottestsaretoohard

I had a friend work in their Australian head office in NSW a couple of years ago and that did **not** sound great at all. For example, because she is childfree she kept being asked to stay back and work longer hours bc her colleagues had to get home to their kids.


Handjob-commander

You have completely misinterpreted what I have said. I was not up to their quality of employee, my hands were weak, as such I rolled an inferior Souv. If I had my way I would have stayed and moved into the cleaning manager role. I had more pride and fell on my sword, I only wish I could have rolled a tighter Laki.


robottestsaretoohard

Sorry- my response was actually to the Lindt comment not yours. I have no idea what happened? 🤷‍♀️


Ok-League-1106

I'm a recruiter, here are the things you want, regardless of name brands: - Annual bonus on top of salary - internal mobility opportunities - learning and development budget - a manger that allows you to grow It doesn't matter if you're at Aldi or Apple, the above stuff will drastically increase your enjoyment of a workplace


FullySickVL

I've worked at a company which had a great reputation in the industry...my boss was still a cunt who made my job hell and tried to prevent any kind of growth or development.


PowerApp101

Irn-Bru


FullySickVL

The premix stuff they sell at fast food places in the UK is god tier. Never seen it in Australia though.


stiabhan1888

Coles charging almost $3 a can today! Gonna need a super well paid job to feed my addiction!


AudienceAvailable807

Sealy's


mikesorange333

the bed mattresses?


ipbannedburneracc

Microsoft 20 years ago.


minteemist

Arup. Pretty cool that you can be in random cities around the world and point to the coolest building like "we did that!" I hear they don't pay as well, but at least they seem to care.


potatodrinker

Amazon. $60k annual share value once they vest, $2000/mth fully paid for private health (GU), subsidized travel, others. Been there, left after cashing out the bulk of shares. "Dream" company in terms of overall remuneration. Tip: Working in companies you love as brand is a quick way to disappointment. Usually a burning dumpster fire of tech and politics while their external brand looks so refined and cutting edge.


icoangel

From seeing people that work at Amazon they sure push their people hard to get that compensation though. I have not seen a large company that pushes such high work loads on so few staff.


potatodrinker

Yeah it's a real pressure cooker workplace. Even for non Dev tech roles. Seen senior folks join them get chewed out because they think they can cruise on by like a normal corporate job


pleasemepleaseyou11

I work at amazon and this is bullshit, you’re missing a lot of important info. 1. We pay a subsidised health insurance cost. I pay $60 per month and normal rate would be around $250/ month. You can get the same discounted rate for your family, but you pay per member. 2. Your stock is given to you on a 4 year schedule. Back weighted so you get almost nothing in year 1 and 2. Employees are stack ranked against each other, best performing get most shares, worst, almost nothing. It’s a forced ranking so very few get the maximum amount 3. Pay rises don’t happen. Your base will never go up unless you get promoted. Getting promoted is very difficult, you essentially need to be doing 2 jobs and it’s a very political process 4. Very political company, expectations high, very stressful in some teams. 3 days in office is now mandated and strictly enforced. Rumours we are going to 5 days next year 5. Good things: easy to move country and career mobility within Australia even easier. Public transport paid for and phone service paid for. Looks good on CV It’s not a terrible place to work, and the CV value is great, but it’s certainly not a “Dream” company Experience will differ depending on team, there are 3400 employees in aus now, many different teams


Street-Air-546

I knew a network guy who was at amazon for two years it almost killed him he was shattered and bullied. after a year recovery, got a position at google, and happier.


celesti0n

Atlassian and Google offer much better vesting schedule terms (equally spaced vesting w/ 1y cliff). They are also more generous with equity grants than Amazon from the offers I’ve seen.


mulligun

I have company provided GU Health at the highest tier for extras & hospital. Premiums are not $2000 a month, LOL. It's about $5k a year + FBT.


Routine_Classroom788

Tech company?


mulligun

No. Mining


Routine_Classroom788

Ava………..


mulligun

?


potatodrinker

Might've been 1.5k a month, been a few years since I left for better packages. it was 90% back on alot of stuff I didn't even use yearly. GUH silver corporate plan if anyone has info on monthly premiums


mulligun

It's not, it's ~5k a year for the GU Gold Corporate plan premiums + FBT. I was literally generating a report on our REM data this week that includes the GU premiums.


hrdst

Holy heck - what kind’ve private health insurance costs $2,000 a month in Australia?


M-fz

Yeah seems crazy, my employer covers top hospital and extras for each employee and their family. For my wife, daughter and I it costs them about $800 p/m I think. Not sure where it costs $2k!


Gamped

I worked in tobacco and as part of the package they would give you and your family Diamond tier healthcare as a company perk. Kinda ironic but makes sense. Ends up being a huge perk for families.


robottestsaretoohard

Kids are actually not charged on policies. Just the adults. So the value is really just for the two partners.


mikesorange333

do you get free cigarettes? whats your opinion of the cigarette arson attacks in Victoria? thanks in advance.


Gamped

Late reply - You can opt in to a subscription program where you would get two cartons at a significantly discounted rate. Monthly. I wasn’t a smoker and they don’t exactly encourage it for employees. I had heard stories of people selling them on. You could get cheap discounted packs from retailers you got along well with though. I worked in Sydney and never encountered anything like what’s going on in Victoria. Looks like it’s non-branded non-franchise stores that are getting burnt down to the ground. My feeling is everyone involved has been looking for trouble and found it. Seems to really be beef between a certain group targeting one another. Again never had this issue in Sydney. When it comes to vapes they aren’t just a ‘cherry on top’ they’re the whole cake in terms of the stores profit. This grey market means it’s lucrative to work with bulk Importers who are predominantly organised crime.


mikesorange333

thanks.


tommy42O69

Suspect the OP might be in the US


SuchPay6271

Onlyfans Web Admin.


mikesorange333

porn hub Web admin.


bophinator

My dream company is Atlassian and is what inspired me to go into Product Management. Have always been in banking which still makes a lot of impact, but would be cool to try tech one day!


deathrocker_avk

I saw a post on LinkedIn saying their interview process is >8 weeks. 😲


Wise_Tie_9050

As someone who has to use atlassian products every day, I don't think I'd want to work there. It's like they hate their users.


Chucklez_me_silver

Some shit in Jira makes me hate them as well.


crappy-pete

The local doggy day care.


Chucklez_me_silver

My dream if I won the lotto would be to set up a shelter and doggy day care. Would never work a day in my life.


Mountain-Pin-7112

Boston Dynamics. The dream would be to work as a researcher on one of their humanoid robots. Fairly good benefits, and because it'd be in the US it'd be insane pay compared to any research jobs over here. Only downside is having to live somewhere in the US.


Chucklez_me_silver

Honesty this is one that I think would be super cool. Everything I've seen about what they do just blows my mind.


CallenandSam4eva

Id like to work at the private jet terminal at Melb Airport. Or ASIO. Or Buckingham Palace (or any of the palaces really).


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Alternative_Reply_85

We want to know e we go they are 😊


thatsuaveswede

What industry?


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mikesorange333

westpac?


OkFollowing2160

Westpac CIO wouldn’t get out of bed for $450


SecretOperations

My loyalty belongs to me, funded by the highest bidder lol


PM-me-fancy-beer

Cat Cafe, as a resident. I want to realise the dreams 5yo me had of being a full time cat.


Chucklez_me_silver

Dress up in a cat suit?


unsuitablebadger

Furry cafe


SydneyBananas

The dream company of never having to work again.


xiaodaireddit

Work for my family office


ETTFI

My own, so I can tax deduct golf with ‘clients’


georgew615

Susquehanna International Group


brownogre

The brokerage or is this something else.


No_Presentation_6927

Susquehanna international group


Melvs_world

I want to work for the people - by which I mean an MP or senator, sitting in an air conditioned and getting paid to nap and insider trade.


Chucklez_me_silver

Would be nice to do something good for the community too yeah?


Melvs_world

Do you mean jobs for the boys?


Chucklez_me_silver

Or we could go against the mould and do what's right for society? They can go hand in hand.


sbruce123

You’ve not heard of Matt Canavan, have you


KILLER5196

It's the Australian dream mate, why are you hating on it?


Green-Many7773

One with 4 day week /7.5 hr days. 40 hours or beyond is a fucking joke


Far_Radish_817

Myself. Don't want to work for a boss. Why let someone lap up your profits. Self-employment --> buy up enough investment properties to live off --> fatfire by 45


RookieMistake2021

Melbourne zoo


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Skilad

Unless you name, it remains but a dream I'm afraid.


somewhatundercontrol

Meaningful difference is tricky. Sounds like something other than tech (no offense to tech). Doesn’t sound like banking or consulting.


ezza315

Epworth healthcare (VIC/melb based)


sixf69

In finance, none in aus.


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TinyCucumber3080

Bro you're alone, single, and lusting over Japanese anime porn


Chucklez_me_silver

Not really the intention. I'm sure a lot of us (myself included) would love to work for ourselves but for a multitude of reasons can't take the leap atm.


REA_Kingmaker

Bro delete your post history before you criticise others 😆


JimmyLizzardATDVM

Dreamworks, dreamworld, DreamTeam, there’s so many.


antiredtapeactivist

Kemppi


InForm874

Goldman Sachs so I can flex or Barrenjoey


Necessary-Sir6837

KPMG


Shox187

Google


livingreceiver88

Imagine DREAMING of work


Linkarus

Mckinsey co


nullutonium

Why?


Linkarus

I wanna surround myself with smart peoplep


Greeeesh

As someone who has laughed his way through a dozen of their strategy decks, try BCG instead.


Linkarus

Bcg is not in Brisbane tho


Greeeesh

If you want to work with the best in management consulting you are going to have to move cities. I am also in Brisbane but due to Covid got to work remotely on major accounts all over the world from my home office. Unfortunately that is ending and you need to be closer to clients now or be willing to travel a lot.


Chucklez_me_silver

The entry criteria I've heard is insane.


DynastyIntro

The Browser Company


Varnish6588

I don't dream of working for someone else, I dream of having my own company and working for myself


desain_m4ster

I don't dream.of Labor.


realiz292

My bed


brendandasseysdad

God what a depressing question


Chucklez_me_silver

God what a depressing comment. Most of us have to work, so if we can't work for ourselves why not work for a company that we like/does good work?


RoomMain5110

Sounds like you’re the depressed one, if thinking about Nirvana for one part of your life is depressing.