worked for maccas at 30 years old for a couple of years as an emergency and also studying after getting back home from overseas. i fucking hate signing up for welfare and avoided it entirely during workless times for years. If it wasnt for the fact that i have a bit of pride in myself and dont want my eugoogilist telling the world my greatest skill was how eloquently i asked if anyone would like fries with that id still be doing it. i lost shitloads of money when i got my security license back! tl;dr if youre an adult and not a complete fucking bum in Aus working your ass off in fast food and not being a salaried manager pays well and youre not on the fucking dole which im starting to realise is less about getting people back to work, and more keeping them in a debt cycle and dependant on the government for reasons