This is a fantastic survey conducted by Seastone Group. Relating to working conditions, redundancies, shift and roster patterns, employer support, relationships, R & R and mental health

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SeaStone Recruitment FIFO Survey
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
www.seastonegroup.com.au

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Date Created: Monday, August 18, 2014
613 Total Responses
SeaStone Group is a boutique agency based in both Perth and Sydney, who partner
clients in the Oil & Gas, Mining & Construction and Health & Medical Industries.
As part of our commitment to our client partnerships, we conducted a survey of our
candidate database to canvass information relating to working conditions, redundancies,
shift and roster patterns, employer support, relationships, R & R and mental health.
This report is a general representation of all responses, however if you would like us to
query the database by cutting the data, please feel free to contact our Perth office on
08 9388 1060 and we will be happy to assist.
©SeaStone Group Pty Ltd 2015. All rights to reproduce information contained in this report are reserved by the copyright holder.
Please contact SeaStone Group Management on 08 93881060 if you would like to share or reproduce all or any part of the contents
of this report.

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Q2: What is your age?
Answered: 594 Skipped: 19

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Q3: What is your gender?
Answered: 594 Skipped: 19

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Q4: Which of the following best describes your current relationship
status?
Answered: 593 Skipped: 20

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Q5: Do you have children?
Answered: 591 Skipped: 22

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Q6: Are you currently studying?
Answered: 582 Skipped: 31

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Q7: Which of the following best describes the principal industry of your
organization?

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Q8: Which of the following best describes your current job level?
Answered: 586 Skipped: 27

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Q9: Are you a contractor or an employee?
Answered: 586 Skipped: 27

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Q10: Have you ever worked FIFO or DIDO?
Answered: 585 Skipped: 28

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Q11: Which of the following best describes your location of work?
Answered: 590 Skipped: 23

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Q12: What is your current roster?
Answered: 436 Skipped: 177

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Q13: Is your roster predictable?
Answered: 555 Skipped: 58

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Q14: Would you prefer a better roster?
Answered: 545 Skipped: 68

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Q15: How many hours do you work on a typical day?
Answered: 529 Skipped: 84

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Q16: Do you ever work night shifts?
Answered: 550 Skipped: 63

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Q17: How many hours does it take for you to travel to your workplace?
Answered: 552 Skipped: 61

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Q18: Do you have access to wifi whilst working on site?
Answered: 561 Skipped: 52

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Q19: Does the structure of your roster affect your fatigue levels and your
ability to safely perform your role?
Answered: 549 Skipped: 64

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Q20: Are you allowed to use your mobile phone on site?
Answered: 562 Skipped: 51

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Q21: What motivates you to work away from home?
Answered: 561 Skipped: 52

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Q22: How many years in total have you worked away from home?
Answered: 561 Skipped: 52

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Q23: How many more years do you plan to work away from home?
Answered: 562 Skipped: 51

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Q24: Do you feel appropriately valued by your organisation?
Answered: 542 Skipped: 71

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Q25: Do you have sufficient income to meet your families needs?
Answered: 543 Skipped: 70

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Q26: Considering your financial commitments, do you consider FIFO as
your only option?
Answered: 544 Skipped: 69

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Q27: Do you exercise during your swing at work?
Answered: 538 Skipped: 75

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Q28: Do you sleep well when at work?
Answered: 527 Skipped: 86

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Q29: Do you work on your time off?
Answered: 526 Skipped: 87

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Q30: Are you involved in sports or community events outside of work?
Answered: 537 Skipped: 76

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Q31: Does fatigue affect your family life on your time off?
Answered: 536 Skipped: 77

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Q32: Do you drink alcohol 4 or more times during the week whilst on R &
R?
Answered: 544 Skipped: 69

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Q33: Do you want to quit but feel you have no choice but to stay in your
current role?
Answered: 538 Skipped: 75

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Q34: Is your Supervisor supportive of the challenges you face working
FIFO/DIDO?
Answered: 538 Skipped: 75

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Q35: Have you ever been made redundant from a previous role, and if so,
how many times?
Answered: 523 Skipped: 90

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Q36: How easy was it for you to find a new job post-redundancy?
Answered: 459 Skipped: 154

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Q37: What aspect of your life was most negatively affected by your
redundancy? Please rank the following:
Answered: 422 Skipped: 191

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Q38: Are your current work conditions influencing you to look at either
interstate or overseas work?
Answered: 514 Skipped: 99

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Q39: Are you current work conditions influencing you to change
industries?
Answered: 519 Skipped: 94

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Q40: Does your partner work?
Answered: 510 Skipped: 103

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Q41: Does your partner understand the challenges you face with FIFO
work?
Answered: 509 Skipped: 104

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Q42: Has your work schedule ever been a significant factor in a
relationship breakdown?
Answered: 514 Skipped: 99

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Q43: How many relationships do you think it has affected?
Answered: 510 Skipped: 103

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Q44: Do you find it difficult to reconnect with your family and/or friends
when you return home for R & R?
Answered: 510 Skipped: 103

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Q45: Do you feel you disrupt your family's routine when you are on R &
R?
Answered: 507 Skipped: 106

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Q46: Do you find it hard to relax when on R & R?
Answered: 501 Skipped: 112

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Q47: Do your recreational activities on R & R affect your energy and
concentration levels when you first get back to work?
Answered: 495 Skipped: 118

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Q48: Have you ever visited the doctor for stress on site?
Answered: 494 Skipped: 119

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Q49: Have you ever sought out other counselling services?
Answered: 488 Skipped: 125

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Q50: Have you ever, or are you currently suffering from anxiety,
depression or any other mental illness?
Answered: 494 Skipped: 119

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Q51: Do you know if your company offers support such as employee
assistance programs?
Answered: 489 Skipped: 124

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Q52: Have you ever engaged help from an employee assistance program?
Answered: 488 Skipped: 125

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Top 10 Pieces of Advice To Manage FIFO Work – From FIFO Workers
1. Communicate with your family everyday and have a laugh often.
2. Remember if you call home and have nothing to say, it is ok.
3. Set goals and challenges for yourself and treat home life during time off as sacred.
4. When you return home for R&R, fit in with the families normal routine, don’t expect them
to change their routine to accommodate you.
5. Be disciplined on site with sleep, exercise and diet. Good rest is critical.
6. Consider carefully if you have a young family or you are in a new relationship.
7. Become financially literate.
8. Take it swing by swing. You are not as important as you think. The job will go on without
you. Family comes first.
9. Make friends, being lonely doesn’t help. Socialise with people who are positive.
10. Have an exit strategy.