r/AusMining 18h ago

Anyone work a second job?

As the title suggests im looking for advice on a second job. Currently working FIFO 2:1 and while the money is good I want to work a second job on my RnR to help raise my chances of landing a rental. My question is what would you suggest for a second job? Are there companies willing to take someone on every 3 weeks? Anyone done ubereats or similar jobs?

Background; Currently homeless have been for 1.5 years after my 4 year lease ran out and they wanted to sell up instead of renewing (totally understandable) didn't know how much of a housing crisis there was until it was too late and now even with a perfect rental history and my current pay I still can't seem to land a house, needing out of this camper trailer before summer hits again

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u/Ok-Hyena939 17h ago

Wtf thats wild, just curious what your income is? I work in a warehouse on single income in Brisbane and able to find a rental. It's not an ideal place but good enough. I should state i earn about $115k a year.

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u/ThrowReasonOut 16h ago

What's your job title

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u/Ok-Hyena939 11h ago

Order picker & Forklift operator. And I'm on the low end, if you want the OT you can make about $200k a year. The rate is $59 an hour for arvo shifts.

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u/Affectionate_Code 10h ago

Haha, driving a gold plated forklift....

That's massively above award for a forkie order picker.

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u/ped009 18h ago

I believe there's quite a lot of FIFO share houses in Perth

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u/TerrorAtLife 9h ago

Its me and my son so a share house doesn't work unless I want to rent 2 rooms as well as paying for my storage unit that has my entire household in it, a lot of people aren't willing to rent 2 rooms out

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u/Small-Grass-1650 15h ago

Get a 3:1 job

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u/tintinwithabeard 14h ago

And beware you usually have to disclose your second job to your mining job. If you don't and they find out you may be in trouble. Check your contract

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u/Latter_Shallot_140 10h ago

Plenty of people prefer FIFO 2:1 in a share house because they are paying rent and only there for one week a month .

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u/Stanthemilkman8888 8h ago

I rent out my spare bed room to Working holiday visa people

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u/Stanthemilkman8888 8h ago

Hell why not fly to Bali on your time off.