manual assessment at Jag/Land Rover

twytchee

Stinky_Finger wrote: »

You have died and gone to heaven mate!! You will be working on the car frames/bodies, which involves loading parts into a robot, or anything which involves building the shell before it goes into the paint shop. I have been in bodyshop 2 for 6 months now and everyone tells me it is the best place to work! Working on Trim & Final is supposed to be the fast paced area to work! Body shop 3 is newly built and i think its building the new Jag..The only thing i would be disappointed with is that anyone who starts since Jan 1st will remain with Agency (Manpower) for 5 years untill they get a JLR contract!!

I've been told different. It's still a year with Manpower and then you get offered a contract. Thats what I've been told by numerous people at the factory

tezza91

Hows the training going twytchee?

gazberg

twytchee wrote: »

I've been told different. It's still a year with Manpower and then you get offered a contract. Thats what I've been told by numerous people at the factory

It's a year with manpower then 12 month rolling contract with Jag which repeats until you are either taken on permanently earlier at Jaguars request or you have been there 5 years whichever is sooner.

gazberg

Stinky_Finger wrote: »

You have died and gone to heaven mate!! You will be working on the car frames/bodies, which involves loading parts into a robot, or anything which involves building the shell before it goes into the paint shop. I have been in bodyshop 2 for 6 months now and everyone tells me it is the best place to work! Working on Trim & Final is supposed to be the fast paced area to work! Body shop 3 is newly built and i think its building the new Jag..The only thing i would be disappointed with is that anyone who starts since Jan 1st will remain with Agency (Manpower) for 5 years untill they get a JLR contract!!

Thanks for that! Someone told me it was really hard work, lifting doors by myself etc. Having me on a wind up then they were!


Yeah i'm doing the XE and F pace i think.

What do you do in your role in particular Stinky Finger?

twytchee

tezza91 wrote: »

Hows the training going twytchee?

I'll let you know when I start on Tuesday My last day at my old job on Sunday! Can't wait ha

gazberg wrote: »

It's a year with manpower then 12 month rolling contract with Jag which repeats until you are either taken on permanently earlier at Jaguars request or you have been there 5 years whichever is sooner.

They say a rolling contract and that it repeats but 11 out of the 12 people I know at Solihull have been told exactly that. All got offered a contract after 12 months. We shall see tho. By chance doe's anyone know about the ford scheme/privilege thing?

gazberg

Twychee yes you start with a 12 month MANPOWER contract. Then you get a 12 month JAGUAR contract for the next few years. Then after 4 years of 12 month jagUAR contract you get a PERMANENT jag contract mate

muffin247

gazberg wrote: »

Twychee yes you start with a 12 month MANPOWER contract. Then you get a 12 month JAGUAR contract for the next few years. Then after 4 years of 12 month jagUAR contract you get a PERMANENT jag contract mate

who told u this?

as far as im aware from the union brief, they will only offer jlr contracts when the headcount of core employees drops below a certain %

so you can be manpower for 5 years, unless im mistaken somewhere

tezza91

Youll have to answer all these questions for us twytchee when you start your training tuesday as im sure they will tell you whats what. I heard something about £30 per week attendance allowance too! Were all counting on you mate for info lol good luck

twytchee

tezza91 wrote: »

Youll have to answer all these questions for us twytchee when you start your training tuesday as im sure they will tell you whats what. I heard something about £30 per week attendance allowance too! Were all counting on you mate for info lol good luck

Thats only £60 in attendance allowance tho lol. I'll post up what I do each day so ya'll know what's happening. Is anyone else starting on the 10th at 2pm? Is anyone driving?

RichardD1970

muffin247 wrote: »

who told u this?

as far as im aware from the union brief, they will only offer jlr contracts when the headcount of core employees drops below a certain %

so you can be manpower for 5 years, unless im mistaken somewhere

That's how I understand it as well, potentially 5 years with Manpower, although still getting the yearly % pay increments taking you up to 100%.

The £30 attendance allowance is payed after 12 weeks.