Social media makes fly-in, fly-out mining jobs look like a glamorous, high-paying holiday, but the gruelling reality of extreme isolation and 12-hour shifts is catching young workers completely off guard.

Itch Recruitment’s Jodie Perram joined Gary to expose the “FIFO-fluencer” myths and reveal why these massive paychecks come with a high physical and mental cost.

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