That's absolute rubbish, you should get a decent wage for the effort/time you have to give up. 62 Hours of work a week, especially taking your nights from you, for £7 an hour is not decent, and if no one takes the job the employer will be forced to offer a better package. I'd rather someone claimed benefits with the chance of getting a fair job than be raped by their employer because you think they should take whatever work they can.
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You'd rather pay for someone to not work than encourage them to work? It's that sort of attitude that has caused such laziness in this country.
I wouldn't work 15 hour shifts for £7 an hour, but only because I could get better, if I couldn't, I'd take the job, just as I have done in the past, because I'd much rather pay my way than scrounge from others.
Its a job, it pays, its above minimum wage, keeps a person from falling into a possible depressed state and keeps you motivated into finding a more better suited job.
I have done 14hr shifts 5 on and 2 off before all this working time directive stuff and although everyday I hated doing it, I just thought of the above and it kept me going. It may help you find a job quicker as future job interviews will see that your willing to do what it takes to keep a roof on your head.
Dedication is what you need, if you wanna be a ................!!!
I have done 14hr shifts 5 on and 2 off before all this working time directive stuff and although everyday I hated doing it, I just thought of the above and it kept me going. It may help you find a job quicker as future job interviews will see that your willing to do what it takes to keep a roof on your head.
Dedication is what you need, if you wanna be a ................!!!
No, I'd rather pay them not to work than encourage employers to take advantage of their need and pay a poor wage, that's not the same thing as you implied. If people have no alternative than to take whatever work they can find to support themselves/their family they are liable to be exploited. Look to the US to see what happens to people there.
I do think people should work wherever possible, but that work should be fairly compensated, in this particular instance I don't believe it is fair.
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£7 per hour is pretty bottom rate for night shift work. By comparison Im on £10.36 hour and we have had a pay freeze this year due to credit crunch and im only a Key Op in a food production factory.
No you talk rubbish.
£7 is not bad and more than enough to live on.
It's not a skilled job and it certainly isn't hard work. You can expect all jobs to be well paid.
And very very few people should be able to claim.
I wonder if you have turned down rubbish jobs and claimed.
But I bet the job is semi skilled or manual work.
Not sitting around unsuprvised pretty much doing what ever you want.
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I'd do it if I had no job even for that poor wage. The hours don't phase me though.
No. I already work 12 hours a day and it's a pain.
My rota is a bit better though:
4 Nights/3 Off/3 Days/1 Off/3 Nights/3 Off/4 Days/7 Off. i'm 1 day from starting that week off too.. we call it Fall-Out Thursday because every **** rings 999 and we all fall out because there isn't enough vehicles to cover jobs
My rota is a bit better though:
4 Nights/3 Off/3 Days/1 Off/3 Nights/3 Off/4 Days/7 Off. i'm 1 day from starting that week off too.. we call it Fall-Out Thursday because every **** rings 999 and we all fall out because there isn't enough vehicles to cover jobs
don't get me wrong, i'll admit, if i was in the position where i had no choice i'd do it, but i'm at a level now where i can pretty much pick and choose where i want to work (in my area of work / expertise), and there's always work too, so i shouldn't ever be in that situation again.
Sure it's not a skilled job, but it's very unsociable hours and a lot of them, I don't expect it to be well paid, but paid fairly.
You can wonder all you like but I've never claimed any benefits.
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You mean you haven't taken advantage of the epic laptop scheme?
@OP, I wouldn't work those hours for that cash, maybe take the job for now and use the days off to find/train for a better job.
Is it even legal to do 15 hours of labor?15.5 hours sitting at a desk isnt too bad, if you was doing hard physical work then it would be a bit of a killer. I do a 4 on 4 off 14 hr shift and love it, 4 days strait work 4 days my time..
I know what was I thinking missing out on that bargain offerYou mean you haven't taken advantage of the epic laptop scheme?
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I mentioned this also. It has to be 3 x 15.
which is the same as 4x12, and it is still in 4 days, its just the 3 days off that sucks. Would expect 4 off.
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I'd not do that, that's a completely inadequate rest break between shifts, meant to be 11 hours minimum. I couldn't actually function with that little rest.