Should I Become a Wage-Slave or Not?

Martynb_

MrsE wrote: »

The term brass neck springs to mind:mad:

Are you a troll?

No. Check my thread or posts if you will.

Martynb_

SingleSue wrote: »

Simple answer?

Yes, I would take it....a job is a job and £50 a week extras is £50 a week extra.

True. I could do with the extra £50. But what happens if my hours drop to 25 or under? I get no tax credits. I get £45 towards my rent. I could find another job to bump up the hours, but in this economic climate I don't think it is that easy, plus another job would have to have a constrasting shift pattern for me to take it.

chris1973

My friend Kerry works there part-time

Well, to be fair it can't be THAT bad if she still works there.

She says that the lads find it hard because the managers are women.

Do you have a problem working for women?. Thats the only bit of that statement which would be relevant. Other people's problems, hang ups and issues aren't at stake or in question here, nor should it be the driving factor in your own decision making.

Almost every other negative you have listed on this thread, is directly the result of something other people have said or the opinions that they hold - and then often passed on by another party.

He used to punch me in the stomach and then pretend he was joking

I agree, thats unacceptable. But you can't go through life making snap decisions just based on a handful of negative experiences in your past.

corbyboy

Martynb_ wrote: »

True. I could do with the extra £50. But what happens if my hours drop to 25 or under?

Presumably you would have a contract they would have to honour. They couldn't just drop your hours if they felt like it.

Martynb_

chris1973 wrote: »

Well, to be fair it can't be THAT bad if she still works there.

Do you have a problem working for women?. Thats the only bit of that statement which would be relevant. Other people's problems, hang ups and issues aren't at stake or in question here, nor should it be the driving factor in your decision making.

Almost every other negative you have listed on this thread, is directly the result of something other people have said or the opinions that they hold - and then often passed on by another party.

I agree, thats unacceptable. But you can't go through life making snap decisions just based on a handful of negative experiences in your past.

I don't have a problem with women. No. Negative? Well, work does change your life and not always beneficially. I recognise some positives in working for a living, but at the moment the negatives are pulling stronger. It seems like the negatives would have a much bigger impact.

Martynb_

corbyboy wrote: »

Presumably you would have a contract they would have to honour. They couldn't just drop your hours if they felt like it.

I haven't asked them that. Would they be inclined to honour that or is it up there with "I am in a union, by the way"?

I will ask them that anyway.

GlasweJen

If you sign a contract for 30 hours then they need to give you at least 30 hours a week unless they change your contract.

McDonalds used to schedule their full timers first and their shifts are more fixed than part timers so if you got contracted 30 hours a week you're more likely to work more than that than less what with waiting for someone to come in and let you away, people calling in sick and you being offered their hours as over time etc.

chris1973

Well, work does change your life

So do lots of things, are you going to actively avoid them too?

Martynb_

GlasweJen wrote: »

If you sign a contract for 30 hours then they need to give you at least 30 hours a week unless they change your contract.

McDonalds used to schedule their full timers first and their shifts are more fixed than part timers so if you got contracted 30 hours a week you're more likely to work more than that than less what with waiting for someone to come in and let you away, people calling in sick and you being offered their hours as over time etc.

I think I am guaranteed 16 or more hours. I've specified 35 hours, but they did state that sometimes the hours will drop. By how much? I don't know, but I am guessing it could drop to 20 with it being January/February.

chris1973

I think I am guaranteed 16 or more hours

If your contract only states and guarantees a minimum of 16 hours of work, then thats all that they have to give you. Anything above that is, and should be considered as a bonus.

but they did state that sometimes the hours will drop. By how much? I don't know, but I am guessing it could drop to 20 with it being January/February.

Provided it doesn't drop below 16 hours, then I don't think you have anything to persue. The crux of the matter is in the figure which is in the contract and the minimum number of hours it states that you will work.