mikeyboy 7 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 any body else finding it really quiet. i doing heating and gas and usually its starting to pick up now but im still really quiet. anybody else finding it atb mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greatwhitehunter 47 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 yep, i was made redundant because the company i worked for didnt have enough work, they have now gone bust. all the apprentice's in my college say their companies are struggling aswell. it aint looking good is it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikeyboy 7 Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 yeah i work for myself so i dont think even if i wanted to go and find as job i would at moment atb mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) i got made redundant 22nd dec still feck all in my game painting ,blasting ,and industrial painting, sent out loads of cvs hardly had a reply .. applied for 4 jobs 3 never even wrote back and one had over 70 applicants for a temp job for 6 weeks .. the firm i worked for have gone from 45 men to 10 and thr all long termers with big redundancy packeges - it would cost a fortune to lay em off ..the firms barely hanging on .. Edited March 18, 2009 by the_stig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McKay 37 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 i was an apprentice plasterer, and all the apprentices for the firm got made redundant the other week, after we had not been paid for 6 weeks, heartbreaking stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 3,179 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 This is my first weeks works in well over a month and its only a 2 week job, nothing else lined up either The building trade is on its arse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alfie71 24 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 it isnt good we started on with a different brickwork contractor about a month ago,he said he had plenty of work on,but the site we were suppose to start next week has been put on hold for another month.so were trying to find other work but theres feck all out there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peterbirdman1 206 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Yes mate i am a bicklayer not had much work since christmas. Site we are starting on is on hold until may. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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