In answer to the original poster - I worked at the Perth org from the late 90s onwards.
Pay
- What are staff paid at the ANZO Orgs? Usually, nothing. If you got $20 once every few months it was cause for celebration. Even if we were supposed to get pay, it usually ended up paying the phone bill or whatever other legal-action-pending-bill.
- Is the staff pay worked out using the same proportional system based on Org income as in US Orgs? As far as I know.
- how does pay vary between different posts? Who gets higher priority when money is tight? Execs got more I think, not that there was much to go around.
- Is income tax deducted? Nope.
- Does CoS pay its share of compulsory Superannuation? Super?!?!? HAHA!!! No way in hell.
Hours and Leave
- examples of hours worked by staff I worked Foundation hours, so 5.30 to 10ish or later on weekdays, and 6.30am to 6.30pm or later on weekends.
- amount of time off? Nada. There was no such thing. If you were lucky you might have Christmas Day off, but usually not because you couldnt get someone to cover your post.
- paid sick leave or holidays? hehe, not a chance! The thing that used to piss me off the most was calling in sick and being told to drive into the org for an assist. Through peakhour traffic, all the way to the org, for a bloody assist, and they woudldnt let you go home again either. If you were sick often (more than a couple of times a year) they would start send people out to your house to physically escort you into the org, as you were considered ethics bait/faking it/CI.
Abuse
- any examples of unfair treatment, unreasonable demands, cruel punishment etc Lots of people being screamed at, expected to work all-hands (all night working,then to your normal job during the day). I was threatened with a comm-ev and harrassed for obeying doctors orders when I was pregnant (bed-rest).
When I was supposed to go to the AO for training I was sat down with the DED who went through a list of every possession I owned to see what I could sell or hock, so I could afford to go to Sydney. Bed, clothes, anything of any value. when I finally got to Sydney I became almost skeletal on the rationed food.
I could go on and on. I really cant believe that I thought this bullcrap was all for the benefit of mankind.