job offer

[hammers4spanner]

just had a company ring me up offering work on the books

van supplied doing boiler changes, gas safe registration , permanant position . boilers expected to be done in a day , company uniform provided

pay was £400 a week !!!!

also plumber advert down here wanting staff at £14k a year

we are doomed !!!

 

[mutley racers]

Depressing isn't it. People don't have any shame

 

[sheff paul]

just had a company ring me up offering work on the books

van supplied doing boiler changes, gas safe registration , permanant position . boilers expected to be done in a day , company uniform provided

pay was £400 a week !!!!

also plumber advert down here wanting staff at £14k a year

we are doomed !!!

where are you based,cannot be in the south for carp money like that

 

[hammers4spanner]

Plymouth devon

 

[sheff paul]

Plymouth devon

I know work can be patchy down there ,as in the north but that wage is taking the ****,thankyou to fastrack courses,and easy as fcuck multiple choice ACS exams

 

[PlumbersMate]

I know work can be patchy down there ,as in the north but that wage is taking the ****,thankyou to fastrack courses,and easy as fcuck multiple choice ACS exams

Yep that's the reason wages are low!
Nothing to do with firms taking the p155 because divs will work for that rate!

 

[gasmanrob]

In fairness wages like that aren't too bad for sole traders and the like.

you can't tell me they are getting quality fitters for that. More like trained chimps. Quality has to be low to turn it around in any sort of enthusiasm for £80 a day

was that before or after tax?

competing against that it should be easy to get a good reputation fast if you know your onions

 

[sheff paul]

Yep that's the reason wages are low!
Nothing to do with firms taking the p155 because divs will work for that rate!

'Div' works in a factory for £250 a week,goe's on a fastrack course,gets pushed through by 'helpfull' tutors, gets his gassafe works for £400 a week fitting combi's,he has had a massive increase in living standards custards get cheaper installations,inferior work! ,seen builders fit combi's and made a reasonable job,who loses out............ us

 

[PlumbersMate]

Was it HA work or private customers Hammers? Can't see anyone good working for that rate IMO

 

[sheff paul]

In fairness wages like that aren't too bad for sole traders and the like.

you can't tell me they are getting quality fitters for that. More like trained chimps. Quality has to be low to turn it around in any sort of enthusiasm for £80 a day

was that before or after tax?

competing against that it should be easy to get a good reputation fast if you know your onions

to be honest chimps arnt far off from fitting combi's thease days,majority of fits are combi's

 

[hammers4spanner]

Would be h/a work as know the company tax to come out of thay 400 as well

 

[gasmanrob]

When the recession hit I was on sites and work stopped over night. Ended up as a Christmas temp for parcel force. Was getting £470 take home only skill needed was to read a map.

 

[hammers4spanner]

Getting carp rates down here now been dropping last few years mainly due tp sheer amount of gsr/ plumbs down here now

 

[sheff paul]

Getting carp rates down here now been dropping last few years mainly due tp sheer amount of gsr/ plumbs down here now

same up here mate,but the training centres have made a fortune being funded from the government came across a class of 20 lorry drivers being pushed through all funded by the state.

 

[sheff paul]

When the recession hit I was on sites and work stopped over night. Ended up as a Christmas temp for parcel force. Was getting £470 take home only skill needed was to read a map.

you would be lucky to get that on the Tools up here now

 

[PlumbersMate]

400 less tax is a disgrace! Can earn more working in a pub ffs

 

[Rickster123]

I'd give you 450 hammers. But I want the scrap back!

 

[AlexGas]

...we are doomed !!!

Don't panic!
Someone's trying to be Charlie Mullins!
Good luck to them!

 

[Ray Stafford]

You just have to ignore it.

Every day, there are brand new boilers for sale on Ebay at prices lower than I pay for them.

yet every day over 1000s of trademen buy their boilers from a "reputable merchant" - or even from us, if they lower their standards a bit.

Why? Because shopping at the bottom of the market has its drawbacks.

There is a floor to every market, just as their is a ceiling. Not many transactions take place either at the floor or at the ceiling - most take place in the middle somewhere. Just like most of us don't drive either a Aston Martin or a Dacia Sandero (£5995 OTR, brand new) We drive mid market vehicles - buying on VALUE not on PRICE.

 

[villa_tom]

I never pay any attention to these jobs that are offered or advertised to be honest.

You'll find that the person who takes it will be useless at the job and the company advertising it will have priced the work so cheap that they will expect the person who takes it to be able to install/repair/service and expect loads of work done each day to make the contract pay.

This creates a working atmosphere that the employee can't stand, therefore doing a crap job (mainly because they know no better) and the employee getting ****ed off that they have to do so much work for McDonald's money

companies that price contracts this way don't keep the contract long and the HA or council get their fingers burnt, it's the same with private customers. They go for the cheapest quote and then get a poor job done, then they have to pay someone who knows what they are doing to put it right. It ends up costing them what they would have paid to have the job done correctly the first time.

I had an agency call me last week offering work. I don't need it, but it's always worth a listen.

They offered work fitting gas meters, 8 meters a day for £120 :-( I said thanks but no thanks.

Someone will take this job, and do a crap job, and they will learn they can't afford to pay people this money and get a decent job done.

 

[bert large]

Was that a Plymouth company Hammers ? Name & shame (in a PM if you like)