Aussie woman exposes dark underbelly of six-figure job as she slams colleague for leaving her a disturbing note
A fly-in fly-out worker has exposed the seedy underbelly of her six-figure job after sharing a disturbing note left for her by her male colleague.
Isabella said she had only been working for a few weeks, but a colleague found her room and slipped a note under the door addressed to the “new girl.”
She said she was “warned about strange people on site” but admitted she was “not prepared for this” when she applied for the job.
In a video that has been viewed almost 80,000 times on TikTok, Isabella decided to share what was written on the piece of paper.
“If you would like a free vaporizer in exchange for something small, please let me know,” she read.
Isabella (pictured) called a colleague after finding a disturbing note, exposing the dark reality of working as a fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) worker
Isabella asked how the colleague got her room number and “why you write like a king” after taking a closer look at his handwriting.
“If this is the FIFO lifestyle, I don’t know if I want it,” she said.
Other female FIFO workers revealed they were also targets of creepy behavior.
“Girl this has happened to me three times in the three years I’ve been at FIFO,” one person wrote.
“Wait until you find random boxers in YOUR washing machine from people trying to send a message.”
‘YEP! I know all about that! Trade for something small hahaha! Part of FIFO life,” another added.
“If you are in the camp I think you are, I have experienced so many scary things there too,” a third wrote.
Many called the note “disrespectful” and urged Isabella to report it to HR to prevent further unwanted contact from the man.
According to job site Talent, the average FIFO worker in Australia earns $112,500 per year.
Salaries can range from $92,717 to $168,899 per year, depending on experience.
In a video that has been viewed almost 80,000 times on TikTok, Isabella (pictured) decided to share what was written on the piece of paper that a colleague slipped under her door
Western Australia conducted a 2022 investigation into sexual harassment of women in the mining industry.
The Minister of State for Resources, Madeleine King, said the results were ‘shocking’.
Women made up about 17 percent of the mining sector’s 302,600 workers, but accounted for 74 percent of people reporting sexual harassment at work.
The WA Parliament’s Standing Committee on Community Development and Justice has conducted a review and made more than 20 recommendations to make FIFO safer for women.
A more recent report found that the mining industry ‘appears to have made progress’ and ‘covert forms’ of sexual harassment such as misogyny ‘remain high’.
Jordan Wilson, a drilling engineer in Washington, said mine sites across the state had a lot of trouble dealing with unruly men before alcohol limits were imposed in 2022.
He explained that many people would get very drunk and start causing problems.
“Whether it’s their music playing all night, or parties, or arguments, or causing damage… that happened a lot on every mine site,” he said. Yahoo.