The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job. It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives. And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens. So, clock on to “On the Job” and take a listen back through the archives. 

On The Job Episodes And Articles:


Amazon on the attack as workers unite to expose the human cost of bargain shopping

Amazon on the attack as workers unite to expose the human cost of bargain shopping

Published: 08/04/2021
Category: On The Job

The world’s largest online retailer, Amazon, is not phased by much, but when workers at one of its biggest warehouses in the United States started to organise to join a union, the tech shopping monster lost the plot. US-based journalist Jessa Crispin joins On the Job this week to discuss the campaign by Amazon workers and the company's attempts to silence critics.

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Australian Unions have your back at work


The IMF gets it – so why doesn’t Scott Morrison?

The IMF gets it – so why doesn’t Scott Morrison?

Published: 07/04/2021
Category: On The Job

The IMF has released its latest Fiscal Monitor Report calling for continued and sustained government spending to stave off the catastrophic economic consequences for working people if government stimulus ends too quickly – but the Morrison government still doesn't get it.

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Amazon orders in the trolls.

Published: 05/04/2021

The world’s largest online retailer, Amazon, is not phased by much, but when workers at one of its biggest warehouses in the United States started to organise to join a union, the tech shopping monster lost the plot.

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Frightening times ahead with end of JobKeeper

Frightening times ahead with end of JobKeeper

Published: 01/04/2021
Category: On The Job

Financial journalist and commentator, Michael Pascoe, says the proposed withdrawal of Government stimulus over the next three years is going to be ‘genuinely scary’.

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Amazon gets cranky as workers get organised

Amazon gets cranky as workers get organised

Published: 31/03/2021
Category: On The Job

It seems someone has poked the Amazon bear. The online retail behemoth likes to present itself as a consumer nirvana ¬ all good vibes, with its “fulfilment centres” and promises of giving you whatever you want, whenever you want it.

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Australian Unions have your back at work


Investors are saying no to Deliveroo – here’s why

Investors are saying no to Deliveroo – here’s why

Published: 29/03/2021
Category: On The Job

Alexander Roxbrough has done a lot of kilometres on his bike. In his four years as a Deliveroo rider, he’s knocked on thousands of doors all over Sydney delivering meals to hungry customers.

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The end of JobKeeper - what now for workers?

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Morrison Government green lights wage theft

Published: 25/03/2021
Category: On The Job

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Vaccination the only ethical way to move beyond the pandemic

Published: 23/03/2021
Category: On The Job

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