Peer comparison: Anonymous salary poll

[Kranswurm]

alas I am a social diver...but thats got to be a cool job.

 

Hard work

And you are never at home.My ex's boyfriend does it.He is now a supervisor and inspector and earning more now

Example off next week to Angola for 3 weeks.back for a day or two then off to ME for 3 months back for two weeks then off to god knows where after that

[Dirtbreath]

 

Become a professional diver and you could pocket 100k a month tax free offshore

 

Know a few guys who used to do it and they reckon it's not as lucrative as it used to be. Whether it was boredom or physically too much I dont know. Their last jobs were picking artifacts off ancient wrecks. The stuff you see on Discovery Channel. Not as glamorous as it looks but a way to get R35k a month without studying for 8 years.

[JGR]

Become a professional diver and you could pocket 100k a month tax free offshore

It has a limited career - I knew someone that was a bell diver on rigs and he could only do it until his early 30's

[fabes]

careful now. it will be pointed out to you that you are out of your depth.

Jee you can be petty

[MTBeer]

Jee you can be petty

firstly, did you follow the whole thread?

secondly, it's a joke. lot's of okes on the hub seem to be too serious or up their own arses to see humour in anything.

and thirdly, me and jgr have kissed and made up - in private, by pm.

so move right along, nothing to see here.

[awesme]

the big money for these are in the long term rig type of work, offshore for weeks, deep work, saturation,

 

thats where the diver, the supervisor etc coin it,

 

G

 

It has a limited career - I knew someone that was a bell diver on rigs and he could only do it until his early 30's

[MTBeer]

It has a limited career - I knew someone that was a bell diver on rigs and he could only do it until his early 30's

i've got a mate who's a sat diver and he reckons a lot of the okes are in their 40's and 50's. but jeez it must take a toll on your body. i see how knackered i am after 2 hours of diving for kreef and perlemoen (in the good old days - no perlies anymore).

[awesme]

was never lucky enough to get that far, had a strange situation of career change mid step, don't regret the change. just miss it some time.

 

G

 

i've got a mate who's a sat diver and he reckons a lot of the okes are in their 40's and 50's. but jeez it must take a toll on your body. i see how knackered i am after 2 hours of diving for kreef and perlemoen (in the good old days - no perlies anymore).

[fabes]

firstly, did you follow the whole thread?

secondly, it's a joke. lot's of okes on the hub seem to be too serious or up their own arses to see humour in anything.

and thirdly, me and jgr have kissed and made up - in private, by pm.

so move right along, nothing to see here.

I did follow the thread

 

I found JGR was making very valid points and was enjoying reading this thread

 

I would also have been out of my depth in this conversation that's why I didn't get involved. I am a stupid business owner who never studied

[rudi-h]

most professionals and for that matter people working in large established corporations get over-paid. not just bankers.

 

i started a steel fabrication factory around 18 months ago and I can tell you that going solo in the manufacturing industry is one of the hardest places to be in. Ons some months I worked 360 hours to finish deadlines and I was lucky if I went home with enough money to pay my bills.

 

So I was forced to give that up as a result of non-payment from a large client and applied for a job at a mining house. I received an offer on wednesday and my salary is going to be around 5X what I would earn from the factory.

[JGR]

i've got a mate who's a sat diver and he reckons a lot of the okes are in their 40's and 50's. but jeez it must take a toll on your body. i see how knackered i am after 2 hours of diving for kreef and perlemoen (in the good old days - no perlies anymore).

He was a Navy diver for years and then worked on rigs, spending days working in a pressuried bell. Work a few weeks on then mandatory few weeks off. He might have been able go on longer but I guess its up to the individual and the effects on the body.

[Wayne Potgieter]

I am a stupid business owner who never studied

 

SNAP!!!!

[Sitting slip]

My mum always said I had a Champagne taste and a beer salary. There's no "beer salary" option…

can i borrow money for beer?

[awesme]

Most of the time by the time the guys body says enough he is long enough into it to either move over to a supervisor role or move over to ROV's, or planning or something.

 

there is a natural level of attrition.

 

G

 

He was a Navy diver for years and then worked on rigs, spending days working in a pressuried bell. Work a few weeks on then mandatory few weeks off. He might have been able go on longer but I guess its up to the individual and the effects on the body.

[JGR]

I did follow the thread

 

I found JGR was making very valid points and was enjoying reading this thread

 

I would also have been out of my depth in this conversation that's why I didn't get involved. I am a stupid business owner who never studied

My points were valid but perhaps I was just over zealous explaining them.

 

Business owners are the wealthiest of all professionals. One of my private banking clients told me that over 60% of their client are business owners.

 

What business you in Fabes? I always thought you were a desk jockey but I guess that fact that you get to watch the Friday Super rugby games should have been the first clue ....

[MTBeer]

I did follow the thread

 

I found JGR was making very valid points and was enjoying reading this thread

 

I would also have been out of my depth in this conversation that's why I didn't get involved. I am a stupid business owner who never studied

as i said. move right along - nothing to see here.