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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: omegod on 20 August 2014, 12:03:38
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I'm so sore it's actually amusing, done a few shifts at Jag Land Rover and my body is not used to some of the moves. I must have put in 1000 bolts yesterday. General rule is if you can survive 2 weeks it gets easier :o
I was put on a line with some miserable buggers who didn't want to know but got shifted to a different one yesterday and they are much more welcoming. Back in on a late today and looking forward to a hot bath and bed straight after.
Any tips from seasoned factory workers? ;D
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In my yoof when I spent upto 16 hours a day in a potato packing plant, I used to see it as a training session. Especially when we would be doing the 25kg bags. I feel your pain, but look on the bright side....you will get stronger and you are being paid for it ;-)
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Aye it's an income and people are desperate to get into this place so I'm grateful, just can't wait for my body to get used to it!
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How did you manage to get straight in there? Thought there was a waiting list.
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Tough process, stringent online psychometric test, manual test at the factory and a very long interview. I'm agency for 12 months so no guarantees but lucky to have got in. Theres a new Discovery sport coming thats looks ace, hence the new intake of staff.
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..... done a few shifts at Jag Land Rover and .....
Is there a young (25-ish) spark there called 'Tall Paul' ...... I really can't think of his last name. Scar around his mouth where he got hit in the face with a golf bat.
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Any
OOF members staff discount :y
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psychometric test,
Load of 'dangle berries'. Bring back the era when jobs were awarded or not, with face to face personal interviews.
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Load of 'dangle berries'. Bring back the era when jobs were awarded or not, with face to face personal interviews. :y Pop and see the 'foreman' (do they exist now?) have a chat, then he says, 'see you at 7 in the morning son'... :y
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At least one size too big safety shoes (not outdoor boots or your feet get too hot) with gel in soles added. And stretch those limbs regularly. Then sleep for a week then do it all again. ::)
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..... done a few shifts at Jag Land Rover and .....
Is there a young (25-ish) spark there called 'Tall Paul' ...... I really can't think of his last name. Scar around his mouth where he got hit in the face with a golf bat.
If there is he's on about 50- 60 grand :o
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..... done a few shifts at Jag Land Rover and .....
Is there a young (25-ish) spark there called 'Tall Paul' ...... I really can't think of his last name. Scar around his mouth where he got hit in the face with a golf bat.
If there is he's on about 50- 60 grand :o
That's nothing for a good factory sparky, ask Andy B, he works for Heinz, no Mortgage and drives a Mercedes Benz.............. :D :D :D
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Yep , at my old place it was known that the sparkies were on a lot of dough ;)
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..... done a few shifts at Jag Land Rover and .....
Is there a young (25-ish) spark there called 'Tall Paul' ...... I really can't think of his last name. Scar around his mouth where he got hit in the face with a golf bat.
If there is he's on about 50- 60 grand :o
That's nothing for a good factory sparky, ask Andy B, he works for Heinz, no Mortgage and drives a Mercedes Benz.............. :D :D :D
;) ;) ;)
When I worked at Hall's Mentholyptus before Cadbury closed it almost 10 years ago I worked nights including 33% shift allowance. I'm now on 36% shift allowance for the shift pattern I'm on but am taking home just a few hundred quid more a month than I did all those years ago.
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..... done a few shifts at Jag Land Rover and .....
Is there a young (25-ish) spark there called 'Tall Paul' ...... I really can't think of his last name. Scar around his mouth where he got hit in the face with a golf bat.
If there is he's on about 50- 60 grand :o
I'll find out his surname ........... I'm sure he left Heinz (under a cloud ???) and went to Jaguar :-\
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Yep , at my old place it was known that the sparkies were on a lot of dough ;)
That's because they're all crazy and like to play with 415V.. based on the ones I've met, anyway, like the one who does heavy electrics (kV stuff) at Stanstead who says the "sparks and bangs are the best bit" :o
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Indeed, letting the magic smoke out is the best bit ;D
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..... done a few shifts at Jag Land Rover and .....
Is there a young (25-ish) spark there called 'Tall Paul' ...... I really can't think of his last name. Scar around his mouth where he got hit in the face with a golf bat.
If there is he's on about 50- 60 grand :o
That's nothing for a good factory sparky, ask Andy B, he works for Heinz, no Mortgage and drives a Mercedes Benz.............. :D :D :D
Andy B....eanz is one of the 'super wealthy' here at OOF. ;)
I struggle to get by on minimum wage. :)
Oh well, nobody said that life was fair. :'( :'( :'( ;D ;D ;D
Now where shall I dine tonight?........ The soup kitchen or the food bank?
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Now where shall I dine tonight?........ The soup kitchen or the food bank?
I could always get you a can of something from the Company Shop ............ ::) ::) ::)
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Andy B....eanz is one of the 'super wealthy' here at OOF. ;) .....
I'm waaaay waaaay behind some here ;) ;)
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Now where shall I dine tonight?........ The soup kitchen or the food bank?
I could always get you a can of something from the Company Shop ............ ::) ::) ::)
A bottle of ketchup and a gallon of rain water... tomato soup for a month :y
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Now where shall I dine tonight?........ The soup kitchen or the food bank?
I could always get you a can of something from the Company Shop ............ ::) ::) ::)
A bottle of ketchup and a gallon of rain water... tomato soup for a month :y
Quite likely, but the ketchup line was moved to Holland years before I started there. ;) ;)
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:y Hats off to you mate , many years ago I did a trial induction at Nissan when they were just starting to build Bluebirds , have to say I was bored s***less within an hour , luckily I wasn't offered the job , the guy from Nissan saying they didn't like taking people on from the construction industry ( I was a joiner at the time ) as they couldn't stand the repetition , hope you get settled in to it mate :y
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I worked in a carpet factory when I was a lad and the work was as dull as dishwater, but the constant banter with the other lads made it quite enjoyable really. :)
Hope it works out for you! :y
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In my yoof when I spent upto 16 hours a day in a potato packing plant, .......25kg bags....... etc etc
LUXURY!!
I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah
You try telling kids of today that
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Thank you Monty Python (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1by0-nkKOTs) :-)
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Thank you Monty Python (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1by0-nkKOTs) :-)
but the original was ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHFZBUTA4k :y :y
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Thank you Monty Python (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1by0-nkKOTs) :-)
but the original was ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHFZBUTA4k :y :y
And a lot better ;D ;D ;D ;D