Tag Archives: Australia

Climate Change, Marriage Equality and Basic Human Rights. Oh My!

Aaaaah, Australia. The wide brown land for me…

well…

kinda…

I’m a white Australia who has the luck of being born to a family with at least three previous generations who were also born in Australia. I am, however, still female.

That means my uterus is not always mine to govern. My pay is not the same as a male counterpart. The fact that I am highly likely to experience sexual harassment (or worse) at the hands of a colleague at my place of employ doesn’t even begin to tell you how work isn’t always a safe place for someone like me.

Sure, I get to experience a longer life, and I can hope to  spend that time just living life, right? Oh. No?

Australian Bureau of Statistics 4125.0

 

Well, at least I’m not likely to be killed by my partner. No? Wrong again? Gods be damned!

It could always be worse.

I could be gay and unable to marry my same-sex partner, instead of bisexual and in a heterosexual-presenting relationship.

Or a migrant, instead of born here.

Or someone seeking asylum, instead of safe and relatively free from oppressive regimes.

Or an indigenous Australian.

Or a farmer.

Or someone who lived by the sea.

But no. Instead, I am an average white female who has everything going for her and nothing to lose but her way of life in this, the lucky country we call Australia.

 

AIMIA 2016 Digital Industry Salaries Report

The Digital Industry Association of Australia recently released the findings of its 2016 investigation into the digital industries and salaries.

Initially, I was interested to read the report as I was on the hunt for a new role and wanted to make sure that my expectations, in regards to remuneration and a couple of other factors, were on track for my industry.

There are a number of interesting figures highlighted by this report. The statistics found by this report for those working in the social media and marketing areas is in line with the findings in last year’s Australian Community Manager’s Survey conducted by Quiip, swarm community management conference, and Dialogue Consulting.

Also of note is how out of step the salaries for those in the executive branch of the industry are, when compared with professionals across the spectrum of roles included.

At $200,000, the median salary of Senior Digital Executives is markedly higher than that of the second most highly paid digital professionals .

At $200,000, the median salary of Senior Digital Executives is markedly higher than that of the
second most highly paid digital professionals (eCommerce: $120,000).

What I would like to see is a report comparing expectations of those looking to enter the digital industries to the realities of working in the field. I’m talking points like salary (obviously a large factor), hours worked in the office, hours worked outside of office hours, unpaid work hours (come on, we all know it happens), and job satisfaction. I think these are all important factors to consider when looking to enter a new job, but are of especial interest to those who are new to the workforce in general.