The Job Perks That Make You Never Want to Leave Mining

Mining perks are a different animal entirely. Free tools, supplier kickbacks, box seats at State of Origin, Lady Gaga tickets, and flying anywhere in the world on the company's dime — Alex and Troy break down the wildest job perks they've ever had, and some of them are genuinely unbelievable. Plus Troy's coworkers found the podcast, someone shit themselves on a run, and David Gatt just did 168 kilometres and 14,000 metres of vert in the Dandies for the Black Dog Institute.

In this episode:
- Troy's coworkers found the podcast and some of them are salty about it
- The universal mine site tradition of blaming every other crew
- Tim Kaprazi's training plan breaks Troy at the 6K mark of a pyramid run
- Harry of the Week: David Gatt's 168km, 14,000m vert Mega Saw Loop for the Black Dog Institute
- Listener story: shitting yourself on a run, waddling into a cafe, and finishing the last 4.5Ks with no jocks
- The great debate: cable ties vs zip ties, and the bloke who DM'd to call Troy low IQ
- Southern Cross tattoos — are they gone forever and is that a national tragedy?
- Crib time stories: the greatest job perks Alex and Troy have ever had
- Troy rebuilds his truck in a mine workshop for a year, completely unregistered
- Alex travels all of Western Australia for free with Emmanuela during COVID
- Free flights anywhere in the world from working in Africa — and the tax dodge that came with it

Timestamps:
(00:17) Welcome back — Troy's coworkers found the podcast
(01:03) Mine site tribalism and which crew is actually useless
(08:03) The leadership trainer who nailed mining culture in one line
(10:03) Tim Kaprazi's training plan — Troy's pyramid run blows up at 6K
(15:43) Lucky 13 workout puts Troy into a migraine for 24 hours
(19:30) Harry of the Week: David Gatt's 168km Mega Saw Loop
(28:12) Listener voice message — shitting yourself on a run with a witness
(35:21) Cable ties vs zip ties and the bloke who DM'd Alex to call him low IQ
(41:27) Southern Cross tattoos — where did they go and is Australian culture coming back?
(50:16) Crib time stories begin — the greatest job perks ever
(54:01) Troy rebuilds his truck in a mine workshop for a whole year
(57:14) Lady Gaga tickets and golf days from suppliers
(01:01:24) Traveling all of Western Australia for free during COVID
(01:09:00) Free flights anywhere in the world — the Africa perk
(01:25:02) The tax dodge that let Africa workers travel the world and barely pay tax

Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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