new job

[tamz]

You'll miss a good cowboy film on film 4 :lol:

Good luck Steve

 

[Leo21]

Don't forget to actually take a dinner break.

 

[turnpin]

Best try and get some sleep Stevo good luck regards turnpin

 

[Dotty]

You'll feel like a weight's been lifted off your shoulders Stevie Baby!

 

[Rickster123]

Good luck Steve! Hope it goes well mate? Who's it with?

 

[peteheat]

At last you don't need to need the serious frown lines across the forehead, any problem over not enough fittings, job under priced, customer from hell are no longer yours :rockon2:

Have fun.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

how did it go steve?

 

[Barry98]

He's still there

 

[Dotty]

Aye, he's the new boy so he'll be searching for the golden rivet still.........

 

[PlumbersMate]

Who's the firm Steve? Just what you've described sounds a lot like what I've been promised by the firm I've been subbing to, 5 weeks later I'm still waiting for a phone lol

 

[PlumbBobBob]

how did it go steve?

really good mark. on a bathroom this week

He's still there

no, was home by half five

Aye, he's the new boy so he'll be searching for the golden rivet still.........

lmao

 

[Rickster123]

5.30?! Hope you booked overtime?!

 

[PlumbBobBob]

Good luck Steve! Hope it goes well mate? Who's it with?[/QUOTE
it's a new company called south coast plumbing and heating
Hampshire Plumbers - Home Page

basically the boss james used to be md of plumb bay his family business, but increasingly found it difficult working with his parents. after moving down to hampshire and opening another branch he increasingly found people wanted supply and fit not just supply and recommend a plumber. so he has gone into partnership with a local gs engineer and i am number three.

 

[Leo21]

Good luck Steve! Hope it goes well mate? Who's it with?[/QUOTE
it's a new company called south coast plumbing and heating
Hampshire Plumbers - Home Page

basically the boss james used to be md of plumb bay his family business, but increasingly found it difficult working with his parents. after moving down to hampshire and opening another branch he increasingly found people wanted supply and fit not just supply and recommend a plumber. so he has gone into partnership with a local gs engineer and i am number three.

Number three, no. Your number one to us.

 

[armyash]

Only just seen this thread. Congratulations!

 

[PlumbBobBob]

cheers ash

 

[PlumbBobBob]

well that didn't last long! my three month trial lasted three weeks.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

why ?

 

[Gray0689]

What happened mate

 

[PlumbBobBob]

a couple of little mistakes put down to first week nerves and apparently not using my initiative enough, asking too many times what to do next. all pretty petty things. although i think i am better off out of it tbh. they are taking on too much work too soon and not allowing enough time to do a good job. the working day was supposed to be 8AM to 5PM out of the three weeks i finished at five about three times!

 

[TomLane]

Sorry to hear that mate.

From what you say though it does sound like you got out of a bad thing!

One door closes & another opens as they say.

Hope you find something soon.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Unfortunately it's saund like the HA work I have been doing ! In and out to much to do and they expect high quality of workman ship too ! It's possible but you must bee really fast and knowing the job really really well !
I just finished my self a two day heat only boiler change and valves and took me in total 16h labour , when I was on The HA I was doing 5/6 boilers a week ! Not sure how I was able to do it only 4months ago ! And if I get on a HA contract again it will be the same !
You/I /We are better of working for our selfs if we only had the work !!!

dont worry about it Steve you are better of working for your self !

 

[PlumbBobBob]

cheers stan i know we are lol. like you say it's just the lack of jobs at the moment.

 

[villa_tom]

Sounds like your better off out of it.

The firm I first started at recently went bump. I left just as they started to take on more and more work but kept the same amount of blokes.

I did all my training/apprenticeship with them (3 years) and worked for them for 10 months once I qualified.

It was my dad who told me to look for another job as he said to me it'll only get worse.

I left and so did a fair few others. We spoke to some of the lads that where still there and they where run ragged and never finished at a decent time.

Eventually this type of management catches up with people and contracts don't get fulfilled and firms go under.

So it sounds to me like your on to a winner being laid off or whatever they decide to call it.

Plus, I don't understand this view that they thought you wasn't using your initiative by asked what job to do next? They sound like right idiots. What where you meant to do? Start making up jobs to do in people's homes?

Sod em mate you've got your van so you can just go back to working for yourself again.

Being on the books is pants anyway

 

[mutley racers]

welcome back to being self employed mate. Three weeks trial is a bit of a joke. Oh well, get delivering those leaflets