thefallenangel
22-12-10, 10:48 PM
Right bit of a long old story but here we go!.
About 6 months ago my boss at the time decided that it would be a good idea for one of us two electrical apprentices to help out in the other area he manages as a maintenance manager. So we rotated round thinking it would be temporary for a few months until we finished our apprenticeships. Bloke then in said area decides to get caught fiddling big style and gets boot.
Anyway we've split his role and what we were doing until he was to be replaced by the contractor who they hidden in the books somehow while changes were going on. Then 2 guys left in a similar department (electrical and Instrumentation control to anyone who knows the world of plant process), leaving the department 3 people down on paper. The ICA job's have come up now and are £3k a year more basic and 400 hours OT instead of 332 per annum.
Said problem is do go back to where i was doing my 332 hours which is 10 minutes away from my house or go to other job which is 1 hour from my house. No worries about fuel costs due to company van.
In basic number terms it looks like going from a job with 16 weekends (on call for 10 so not too bad), 12 weeks off a year with 160 hours OT on top of that @ 26K to a job which is 10 weeks on call, 400 hours OT, no weekends and 7 weeks off a year but with the extra 2 hours travelling per day @ 32k a year.
About 6 months ago my boss at the time decided that it would be a good idea for one of us two electrical apprentices to help out in the other area he manages as a maintenance manager. So we rotated round thinking it would be temporary for a few months until we finished our apprenticeships. Bloke then in said area decides to get caught fiddling big style and gets boot.
Anyway we've split his role and what we were doing until he was to be replaced by the contractor who they hidden in the books somehow while changes were going on. Then 2 guys left in a similar department (electrical and Instrumentation control to anyone who knows the world of plant process), leaving the department 3 people down on paper. The ICA job's have come up now and are £3k a year more basic and 400 hours OT instead of 332 per annum.
Said problem is do go back to where i was doing my 332 hours which is 10 minutes away from my house or go to other job which is 1 hour from my house. No worries about fuel costs due to company van.
In basic number terms it looks like going from a job with 16 weekends (on call for 10 so not too bad), 12 weeks off a year with 160 hours OT on top of that @ 26K to a job which is 10 weeks on call, 400 hours OT, no weekends and 7 weeks off a year but with the extra 2 hours travelling per day @ 32k a year.