manual assessment at Jag/Land Rover

Cloaker

To those who have started...could you please tell me some info about the wages, in specific during the two weeks training.
1) Is is weekly or monthly pay?
2) How long after starting do you receive your first paycheck?
3) What hours do you get for the first two weeks?
4) How are your hours recorded? (swipe card, timesheet ect.)

1&2) You get paid weekly on a Friday and you have to work a week in hand before your first paycheck.

3&4) You generally start around 7:30 and finish about 3:50 whilst doing your two weeks with Pera. To be honest most of the days drag on for what seems like forever. The only good part for me during the Pera training was the motorbike and sidecar production runs. While you're on Pera training your hours are recorded on a register in the classroom, once on the track you use your swipe card to clock in and out.

A note to all of you to add is that there have been quite a few people already left, maybe around 15-20 as they are finding the workload too hard!! When you get on to the track be prepared to work for literally 8 hours none stop!! It's very hard graft but the financial rewards are good!

Good luck everybody and enjoy the job!

punk84

How do they decide where on the track you go? Is it random or based on your skills?

HaveSomeBadCredit

punk84 wrote: »

I have recieved the email and a phone call but i have not received a letter. Strange that,

I had a phone call on thursday from manpower to say they'd be sending me a car park pass, on the back of the pass was just some info telling you to park in the main car park and that some training may be off site.

But if you're not planning on driving to work they probably won't send you one.

Bigden

They will take past experience into account for placement but you could be anywhere punk84 a lot will be on trim and final for the new shift patterns

simond224

How are you finding it Bigden????? do they pay on time and stuff? any problems so far? whats your overall experience been so far ?

gaz234_2

I'm in body in white Bigden. Where are you mate?

smunchkinp

Just a quick question,

motorcycle parking. Is there any?

bimma

with regards to the safety boots...if they have advised you to wear them on the day then the simplist/easiest thing to do is wear them. They advise you well in advance in the email so if you havent got any buy some! usually £15/20 quid or so depending where you go.. i can only assume its because the induction will involve a tour of the plant...so obviously certain areas require safety wear.. thats why they say it could restrict your induction

The way i see it do as your told follow instructions..you dont want to end up laid of for silly things like not wearing safety shoes...dont forgot competition is tough

Also they asked for uniform sizes at the interview so those that filled in the details should have the uniform ready on indiction. There was no section for shoe size so thats why u provide your own safety boots

punk84

bimma wrote: »

with regards to the safety boots...if they have advised you to wear them on the day then the simplist/easiest thing to do is wear them. They advise you well in advance in the email so if you havent got any buy some! usually £15/20 quid or so depending where you go.. i can only assume its because the induction will involve a tour of the plant...so obviously certain areas require safety wear.. thats why they say it could restrict your induction

The way i see it do as your told follow instructions..you dont want to end up laid of for silly things like not wearing safety shes...dont forgot competition is tough

Couldn't have said it better myself! Why risk your new job, a pretty decent job, over £20 quid shoes? I'm lucky as i used to work in restricted areas of brum airport and as aresult got some great Kevlar ones.

An old manager said to me once, " nobody can ever have a go at you for doing your job, or doing as your told"

bimma

thanks punk!

ive gave up a permanent secure job although minimum wage but with sick pay 25 days holiday quarterly bonus (which was rarely acheived due to being based on everyone) etc so i for one am definately not going to slip up on something silly and going to give it my best shot

for those who cant be arsed to fill in paperwork , prepare in advance for it, plan your route etc 1st day be a bit early...then well you must be either very stupid or very confident in your ability to find 'any job' out there in this climate! .. believe you me its tuff!