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The newer contracts won't be on 45k a year! Not now...with RIIO and money savings GDN's have to make.
Read the advert,just under 30 grand with 11 grand shift allowances,got a mate ,who is an emergency engineer,he did 44 grand last year,ignore the bull on here,its a good job especially in Northern England,not easy to get on though...
Well I am on...in the North of England. So I do ignore the bull as I'm actually doing it. And the wage in the north of England isn't 30k and there certainly isn't 11k shift allowance.
Well I am on...in the North of England. So I do ignore the bull as I'm actually doing it. And the wage in the north of England isn't 30k and there certainly isn't 11k shift allowance.
So I must be better than your mate?Maybe some of the better lads get paid more
So I must be better than your mate?
Don't get anywhere near all of the good stuff they used to get pal. The job itself is good though.I think your better than me mate..National Grid binned me off in the selection process for being too old,i can only dream of your conditions and pension
Some of them might be old timers from the nationalised days who have never done any house bashing in their lives and get a sweat on if they have to repipe a meter outlet never mind design and fit a traditional system !A lot of the blokes i bump into moan like mad, must be a case of grass is greener on t'other side.
I can shed some light on this. I cant quote exact figures as im sat here having my mug of tea so dont have figures to hand but my stats are close enough and good enough.
As a front line emergency response Engineer your base pay will be circa £29,500 pa. The normal working day is any time between 0800 and 2000 hrs. Shifts can run as late as 0100am in the morning finish time and as early as a 0600 am start. Shifts are typically 4 x 10 hours plus 1x 8.75 hours. This can include weekdays,weekends and public holidays. There are additional payments for shifts and this comes in three different pay bands. The pay band allocated to you is on a quarterly basis and depends on your rostered shift patterns in that quarter. Typically most peeps are on the top shift pay band which pays around £350per month.
Standby and callout is compulsory. For a weekday you get about £60 per night and for weekends you get about £102 per night. Additional payment of £50 for working xmas day or new years day.Work is delivered via an in van laptop on which you do all your admin. You have to keep the laptop happy. Reports are run regularly. Vans are sat tracked. Audits are frequent and you are expected to perform to the highest standards with potential disciplinary action.
Overtime,,there is no 150/200% . Overtime is typically paid at 20% uplift.
Pensions,, the very old timers ex British gas/nationalised are still hanging on to a final salary pension. This was ended for new intake more than ten years ago. Everyone else is on bog standard defined contribution pension.
The workforce is generally a mix of direct and contractors. The contractors make more money. I'd speculate that the typical direct bod who doesnt do lots of overtime will gross somewhere between £35 and 42k.
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