been on-call since saturday, 1 phone call, doing a 1 in 3 shift at the moment hardly ever go out, which the bosses have just caught up with and dobled the area and cut the money!

oh how we love working for the americans

we were on 1 in 8 but 1 guy left to work on projects department commissioning new jobs so he get`s to drop off call out rota then that left 1 in 7 so the senior engineer played his joker and decided it was time to drop off, what a marvelous thing it is sat around waiting for the palm top to bleep or phone to ring with a call!!! makes me wish that sometimes i was still an apprentice haha

I'm finished on call for 5 weeks! yipee!

Now need loads of sleep.... as next door had a party til late and was out most of the previous night!

But hey I'm on holiday so I can sleep, right?

You sleep what about the garden..................

A bit off topic but related.

I have to keep 5days accrued holidays spare for the christmas closedown but do not get any leu days when on call during the holiday apart from the public holidays.

Is this the norm in the industry ???

taa

Scouse

When I worked for a national we only got lieu days if we were on call on bank hols. Then 1 days holiday extra or a days money + 4 hours overtime and time if we were out on call over 4 hours we'd get an hour for an hour.

On Holiday this week

Don't worry about having nowt todo, Xmas decorations just around the corner

Ahhhh xmas decky time.....................

Free money.........!

Ahhhh xmas decky time.....................

Free money.........!

Would be if i didn't use anti code, I missed a trick there

Edited November 24, 201015 yr by alterEGO

A bit off topic but related.

I have to keep 5days accrued holidays spare for the christmas closedown but do not get any leu days when on call during the holiday apart from the public holidays.

Is this the norm in the industry ???

taa

Scouse

I dunno about norm but we do the same. We have always shutdown (except emergency) during Christmas