FIFO worker breaks down his salary increase to $3200 a week after taking a VERY short course
A flight attendant turned FIFO worker has explained how she earns $3,200 a week after taxes at an Australian mine, but also exposed the downside. Megan Meeke, a former flight attendant for Virgin, increased her weekly salary by more than 30 percent after taking a simple eight-hour online training course that gave her more registered skills to use on the job site. She warns that it’s far from easy money, describing how she often has to work up to 77 hours a week – not to mention dealing with offensive comments from male colleagues. Scroll down for the video Megan Meeke (pictured) is training for three new tickets to a job as a trading assistant – which sees her salary soar to $3,200 per week – but it’s not without its downsides. Completing the training took Ms Meeke (pictured) just one day, with eight hours of online training Ms Meeke also reveals how brutal the list is – working 77 hours a week ‘You only get a job in the mines ...