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M&S job ad- £7.16/hr for NIGHT shop working?

http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/Internet/viewVacancy.do?selectedVacancy=0&ref=BWH/22285

(or ref bwh/22285 from main page).

I take it there's no unsocial hours increment, or would someone doing same job on the day shift get less than this?

guessing a 20% difference in rates, thats just over the minimum wage for a very busy shop at the main rail station..

not to mention lack of any social life, and body clock screwed to hell.
Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)
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  • Welcome to the recession-there is going to be a lot more of this I think!!
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  • hullight
    hullight Posts: 524 Forumite
    My premium rate pay is £5.27 (I'm 19). Seven quid an hour sounds good to me!
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    hullight wrote: »
    My premium rate pay is £5.27 (I'm 19). Seven quid an hour sounds good to me!

    I also fail to see what is wrong with £7.16 for unskilled night work. It is a great deal more than JSA!
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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
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    Thats pretty good, dont you also get a discount card after being there for so long,
  • rammy007
    rammy007 Posts: 1,050 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    My friends lad works there daytime think the starting rate is about £6hr then goes up to £6.40.so that rate is probably right.
  • Gingernutmeg
    Gingernutmeg Posts: 3,454 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    There's a new M&S opening near me and I noticed that the pay rate for shop assistants was something like £6.50ish an hour. £7-odd sounds about right for night work.
  • squirrelchops
    squirrelchops Posts: 1,907 Forumite
    I would take it in a flash if it were near me!!!! Am currently lookikng for work over the summer as am a student and this would fit the bill for me!
  • My son (29) earns minimum wage at Matalan -£7 an hour would seem like a fortune to him!
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  • lili2008
    lili2008 Posts: 553 Forumite
    I worked at M&S over xmas and got £7 per hour, but this was in central London. They are not a bad employer, really, and you get your discount card pretty much straight away. Plus don't forget 'staff waste' every Saturday, where you get to buy just going out of date food at ridiculously low prices. Eg, 5 cakes for about 50p.
    :idea:
  • DaisyFlower
    DaisyFlower Posts: 2,677 Forumite
    Sounds like a good rate to me too for a non skilled job. Lots of people like nightwork and it can also be a bonus if it fits round a partners hours as can save a fortune in childcare.
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