A fly-in and fly-out worker has exposed the seedier underbelly of her six-figure job after sharing a disturbing note her colleague had left her.
Isabella said she had only been at work for a few weeks, but a co-worker managed to find her room and slip under her door a note addressed to the “new girl.”
She said she “was warned about strange people around the place” but admitted she “wasn’t prepared for this” when she signed up for the job.
In a video, which has attracted almost 80,000 views on TikTok, Isabella decided to share what was written on the piece of paper.
“If you want a free vape in exchange for something, let me know,” he read.
Isabella (pictured) called a colleague after finding a disturbing note, exposing the dark reality of being a FIFO worker.
Isabella asked how the co-worker managed to get her room number and “why do you write like a damn child” after taking a closer look at his handwriting.
“If this is the FIFO lifestyle, I don’t know if I want it,” he said.
Other female FIFO workers revealed that they had also been subjected to horrifying behaviour.
“Girl, this has happened to me 3 times in 3 years of working FIFO,” one wrote.
“Wait until you start finding random boxers in YOUR washing machine from people trying to send a message.”
‘Yeah! I know all about those! Change for a little thing hahaha! Part of FIFO life,” added another.
“If you’re in the camp I think you’re in, I’ve had a lot of creepy things happen there too,” a third wrote.
Many called the note “disrespectful” and urged Isabella to report it to Human Resources to avoid any unwanted contact from the man.
According to job site Talent, the average FIFO worker in Australia earns $112,500 a year.
Salaries may vary from $92,717 to $168,899 a year depending on experience.
In a video, which has attracted almost 80,000 views on TikTok, Isabella (pictured) decided to share what was written on the paper that a colleague slipped under her door.
Western Australia conducted an investigation into the sexual harassment of women in the mining industry in 2022.
State Resources Minister Madeleine King said the results were “shocking”.
Women made up about 17 percent of the 302,600 workers in the mining sector, but accounted for 74 percent of people who reported sexual harassment at work.
WA Parliament’s Standing Committee on Justice and Community Development carried out an investigation and more than two dozen 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 drill rigger in WA, said mines across the state were having a lot of trouble dealing with unruly men before alcohol limits were imposed in 2022.
He explained that a lot of people got very drunk and started causing trouble.
“Whether it was having music all night, partying, fighting or causing damage… that used to happen a lot in all the mines,” he said. yahoo.
