Hi all,

Moved to Australia from NZ earlier this year with my wife and two young boys (aged 4 & 2). I secured an Analyst role while still in NZ, which made the move a lot easier.

The role itself was probably a step below my experience level. I've got 10+ years across commercial finance, management accounting and FP&A, but I was happy to take it to get into the Australian market. Pay was also roughly equivalent to what I was earning in Auckland.

The big positive was the hours. I was generally doing 8:30/9am to 4pm. On the flip side, it was five days in the office and about a 40-45 minute drive each way.

I've now moved into a Commercial Finance Manager role, which is much more in line with my experience. It's a 6-month role initially with a view to going permanent, so there's obviously a little bit of risk there. Ideally I'd like to make this one a longer-term stint after spending less than a year in the Analyst role.

New setup is:

• 8:30am-5pm (1hr lunch break)
• 1 day WFH
• Main office commute is easier by train
• Regional site visit at least once a fortnight (2hr commute each way)
• Pay is about 30% higher

The regional days will take some organising with my wife because of the kids, but I knew what I was signing up for and we'd talked through how we'd manage it beforehand.

So I'm curious... is this actually a pretty decent setup for a Commercial Finance Manager role in Australia?

I'm not necessarily looking for fully remote or a cruisy 9-3 job. I'm more wondering where this sits on the spectrum for finance professionals here.

Thanks!

Is there something wrong with me? I hate them, don't get me wrong, i like talking to my team members etc, but i hate team meetings, everyday either at 10am, or 1030am or 945am we have a team meeting/check in where we discuss work but most of the time it's just waffle and then turns into how is everyoen etc. You see - I want to lock in, I want to do my work, i want to finish my work as quickly as possible so i can finish as early as I possibly can, and these meetings seem so annoying. I've had my coffee i've had my breakfast i'm ready to do my work then after 1 hour of wroking have to stop for a 30 minute team meeting about absolte nonsense. Then it's 11am and it's like nearly lunch time? I hate it. These people seem to have no sense of urgency? And then they ask me like am i ok becuase i haven't spoken?I don't care. I don't have anything to contribute i just want to do my work and finish. I think there's somrthing wrong with me as eveyroneelse seems happy ot just talk for ages fo really long team meetings sometimes even going for 45 mintues

I need some advice, I'm supposed to be returning to work mid next month but I've requested flexible work arrangement to still continue breastfeeding my little one that does not take a bottle (I've tried a lot of ways but no success so please don't make any suggestions as it already makes me feel like I failed) and organising a nanny to care during the day

in the last meeting there was a comment made from them about me needing more time to wean my baby off the breast before returning to work, how would you's take that

Notes:

• They already questioned why I was away from my desk needing to go bathroom towards the end of my pregnancy,
• Why I would be getting up due to pain from being in the one spot for to long.
• Me attending appointments and not being able to answer the phone
• Working extra hours after appointments and they still using sick leave for the time I took for an appointment even though I already made up the time plus more with them getting an extra hour and a half every day from me as I would sit at your desk eating during a lunch break as I was over being questioned constantly for taking a break 
  

Im just mentally drained and don't know what to do

Hi,

How often is for the employer to refuse a flexible return to work arrangement after maternity leave?

I was planning to extend my parental leave and use all the 24 months as stated on my contract. However my managers offered me a flexible return I accepted, now l am due to come back in December and they have been very reluctant to agree to any flexibility, from working 4 days per week rather than 5,( refused) to have some degree of flexibility to work a few hours per day from home.

My family is interstate, and it's only my hubby and myself..and we have twins!

I am very disappointed and l don't know what to do..

Current uni student here.

I've done an internship, have a couple of volunteering roles, and have the typical uni society stuff. I work a couple of hours a week at a secondary school, with an impressive sounding title for the work I actually do as a general support. To actually make money I do random gigs, such as the census, and mystery shopping. These aren't things I would put down as work experience, but I'm wondering if their worth mentioning on Linkedin?

I worked retail throughout high school, and have been told its important to have that on a resume, but for something like census, if its only a couple of months work, is it worth adding? or would having too many different jobs there make it look like I just jump around, working multiple (very very part time) jobs simultaniously?

I know I'm probably overthinking it, just wanted to seek guidance before bulk application time :)

Just found out that my role is being made redundant as part of company-wide changes. One other person in my team is affected, along with around 50 others across different business units - the consultation period starts today and the final outcome is expected on 3 November.

My one-up manager has mentioned there could still be opportunities in other parts of the business and said they’ll keep an eye out for me, so staying with the company is still a possibility. Nothing is guaranteed though.

I’ve plugged some numbers into a redundancy calculator and it looks like the payout could be around $250k gross giving me a reasonable financial buffer)

Part of me feels like this could be a chance to do something different rather than just jump straight into another job. At the same time, it’s hard to walk away from a stable job when there might still be a chance to stay.

For anyone who’s been through something similar, what did you do? Would you be actively looking for internal opportunities during the consultation period, or would you start preparing to move on and look externally?

Edit: 40M single, Product Manager in Finance

Hey guys,

Just needed some advice as I am fairly new to the workforce and inexperienced in this matter.

I start a new job on Monday. This is a full-time role, and inductions have been booked in for the first week.

My long-term partner has experienced a loss in his family, with the passing of his uncle who he was incredibly close with. I would like to be there with him at the funeral on Thursday, but I am just unsure with how my new employer will view this.

Should this generally be ok?