the_stig 6,614 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 that wage packet at the end of the week is what its all about shit job or not ... at the moment anyone thats in works lucky .. . 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 that wage packet at the end of the week is what its all about shit job or not ... at the moment anyone thats in works lucky .. . True even if it is with a piss takeing employment agency and your patcience is tested to the limit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 old guy years ago on a site told me,when the money stops,you stop. something i kept in mind. dont do f**k all for an employer unless i get paid. used to have a ganger who said to lads do me a favour. asked me once,and he was told i do favours for family and mates,and your neither.i was duly paid off when the next lay offs happened lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 old guy years ago on a site told me,when the money stops,you stop. something i kept in mind. dont do f**k all for an employer unless i get paid. used to have a ganger who said to lads do me a favour. asked me once,and he was told i do favours for family and mates,and your neither.i was duly paid off when the next lay offs happened lol I think my days might be numberd two days short in the wages and their telling me christmas day and boxing day arnt statutory bank holidays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 that wage packet at the end of the week is what its all about shit job or not ... at the moment anyone thats in works lucky .. . True even if it is with a piss takeing employment agency and your patcience is tested to the limit. my lads took a 200quid a week drop in wages to keep the wolfs from the door -- needs must .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 old guy years ago on a site told me,when the money stops,you stop. something i kept in mind. dont do f**k all for an employer unless i get paid. used to have a ganger who said to lads do me a favour. asked me once,and he was told i do favours for family and mates,and your neither.i was duly paid off when the next lay offs happened lol I think my days might be numberd two days short in the wages and their telling me christmas day and boxing day arnt statutory bank holidays. thats fukn shocking dell. those agencies are a law unto theselfs.f*****g thing is they know folk are struggling right now and can exploit them even more,they really ought to be outlawed,firns who use them are no better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron_butcher 17 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 As said, any work is good work at the minute. I did a bricklaying apprenticeship when i left school and as soon as i got my NVQ theres a f*****g reccession. The moneys not bad but when i was 16 they didnt tell me id have to drive up and down the country, cant work in cold, wet, windy or any other kind of weather, im 21 years old and my back, hips and wrists are f****d beyond repair so god knows what its going to be like when im 60, no boss will ever have any loyalty to you no matter how much you put yourself out and ill always be a number because theres hundreds of others on the phone pleading for my job. now i drive around and clear shit out of peoples gardens and to be honest i quite like it, my own boss, do my own hours and more time with the dogs. good luck in whatever you do. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 old guy years ago on a site told me,when the money stops,you stop. something i kept in mind. dont do f**k all for an employer unless i get paid. used to have a ganger who said to lads do me a favour. asked me once,and he was told i do favours for family and mates,and your neither.i was duly paid off when the next lay offs happened lol I think my days might be numberd two days short in the wages and their telling me christmas day and boxing day arnt statutory bank holidays. thats fukn shocking dell. those agencies are a law unto theselfs.f*****g thing is they know folk are struggling right now and can exploit them even more,they really ought to be outlawed,firns who use them are no better. Not only that scott their costing the tax payer millions wile their pocketing the profits wile paying their empoyees the min wage who then have to claim tax credits instead of the firms paying the workers direct wat they pay the agencys then most would not have to claim tax credits. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 As said, any work is good work at the minute. I did a bricklaying apprenticeship when i left school and as soon as i got my NVQ theres a f*****g reccession. The moneys not bad but when i was 16 they didnt tell me id have to drive up and down the country, cant work in cold, wet, windy or any other kind of weather, im 21 years old and my back, hips and wrists are f****d beyond repair so god knows what its going to be like when im 60, no boss will ever have any loyalty to you no matter how much you put yourself out and ill always be a number because theres hundreds of others on the phone pleading for my job. now i drive around and clear shit out of peoples gardens and to be honest i quite like it, my own boss, do my own hours and more time with the dogs. good luck in whatever you do. Trust me mate [bANNED TEXT] you get to 50 you will be feked and the old saying hard work never killed nobody must have been made up by some factory or pit ownner in years gon by. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DOGGINLAD 538 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Paddy if you follow some ones advice on here about the myerscough college bit make sure you go to the preston site mate, as there is a myerscough college in crocky park which is a small substitute for the one in preston... i wasted 3 years in the crocky one, the only time i learnt something was when i travelled up from the liverpool site to the preston site once a week with them... i done the gamekeeping course on there i enjoyed myself when i was up in preston or out on one of my placements on altcar or leverhulmes estate, only time i enjoyed myself at crocky was when i found a fox to ground and had the new teacher there digging it.. he nearly didnt last long after the women out the horse stables were taking photographs Good luck in what ever you take Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cleanspade 3,324 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 i'm an agricultural engineer. i build steel frame buildings. steel erecting sheeting / cladding. concreteing. we build silage pits. slurry tanks barns cow sheds parlors. i also do concrete finishing. blah blah blah. as you can see from the other replies jobs are thin on the ground now. never mind good jobs. so do whatever you can. you say you enjoyed labouring. then get to it. but make sure your good at it and take every oportunity to learn and grow someone summed it up in two words apply yourself. i'll add another. consistantly and the sky is the limit. i never learned a trade. i was helping a farmer friend rebuild a stone wall when an old fella asked me if i wanted a few days work. been with this mob around 15 years now. its long hours at times and hard work. but its not all bad. ive got millions of acres on hundreds of farms to go at. all i need is to retire so i'll get time to try some of it :laugh: good luck. a young man like you. the worlds your oyster Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Don't worry Paddy lad you've got loads of years as a rent boy ahead of you yet !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Don't worry Paddy lad you've got loads of years as a rent boy ahead of you yet !! LOL Even thats got to be better than working for some fekin employment agencies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greatwhitehunter 47 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 im an electrical apprentice at the moment ive got my last exam coming up soon and i bloody hate it, long hours of stressfull work for f*k all, so when i pass soon im going to move into the country in a little caravan and go on the scrap- bollocks to the lot of them! try doing that itll be a laugh 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geoff37 3 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Every other boring fecker, who tells you you should know what you want to do by now do my head in, but im just wondering what people do off here and if there happy with there job! I honestly have no clue what i want to be at all. Obviously people ask out of curiosity and thats fine but i mean people who nag and seem to look down because you dont know, i just know i dont want a desk job, but if it paid the bills id have to do it. I joined the Army as a stop gap almost 19 years ago, only meant to do 3 years. Wouldn't say I've enjoyed it but it pays the bills, and there are worse careers I could have chosen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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