health and safety issue?

Petethespider

k3lvc wrote: »

Bad call give the positive advice Sangie gives - it may not be what you want to hear but on employment matters he/she (and I don't even know which) is generally spot on with advice




Don't lower yourself - we've lost too many helpful posters due to unappreciative OP's who don't want to hear the truth

I totally agree with this

I've read your posts over the years and whilst some don't like your approach, you don't lead anyone into a hiding to nowhere


The op works for one of the biggest research companies here in the uk, the one that got Brexit wrong. They don't look after workers. We have to sign up right away to opt out of the maximum working hours thing( the name escapes me ATM). You are given targets that really can't be reached. A day's work often comes in less then minimum wage

Even preselected address interviews might mean you are out money as they say yes I'll do it, come back tomorrow at such and such time, so you travel out, they aren't there, you don't get paid.


The companies criteria is often 18 interviews in 6 hours and say the interviews are 15 mins. It can take 30 mins of door knocking to get an interview and the interviewee wants to give their life story, 15 mins becomes 35-40 mins Unless you prompt, which is why they get things like Brexit wrong. To get an interview done in 15 mins allowed , prompting happens. Fact

The company the op works for, who I have worked for and now only do if lucrative don't give a thought about their field workers. The op can complain , the channels are their, just unless theirs a whole host of complaints across the county, nothing will happen

sangie595

That's what I expected. As I said, I know a couple of people doing this work, and they are fine with it, because it suits them. But they wouldn't describe it as something more than that. If this work is a simple cash transaction, it works. But if you expect much more than that you are bound to be disappointed. And, to be honest, no way is any employer in this field now really investing in their workforce - right now I can find 20 sites without any effort who will pay or reward me for doing this myself! Nobody needs to ask questions on the doorstep - or that's the way it's going. I earn about £200 a year in Amazon vouchers just for scanning my shopping! And I have another site that rewards me with holiday vouchers for giving my opinion on loads of things. That is making me happy and a lot cheaper than employing people! So investment in the work infrastructure isn't going to happen, and unhappy workers will end up unhappy ex workers. I don't agree with zero hours contracts. But unfortunately the government hasn't chosen to consult me on it, so people in these sorts of jobs will remain without some of the most basic rights.

Petethespider

sangie595 wrote: »

That's what I expected. As I said, I know a couple of people doing this work, and they are fine with it, because it suits them. But they wouldn't describe it as something more than that. If this work is a simple cash transaction, it works. But if you expect much more than that you are bound to be disappointed. And, to be honest, no way is any employer in this field now really investing in their workforce - right now I can find 20 sites without any effort who will pay or reward me for doing this myself! Nobody needs to ask questions on the doorstep - or that's the way it's going. I earn about £200 a year in Amazon vouchers just for scanning my shopping! And I have another site that rewards me with holiday vouchers for giving my opinion on loads of things. That is making me happy and a lot cheaper than employing people! So investment in the work infrastructure isn't going to happen, and unhappy workers will end up unhappy ex workers. I don't agree with zero hours contracts. But unfortunately the government hasn't chosen to consult me on it, so people in these sorts of jobs will remain without some of the most basic rights.

Indeed this particular company can pay less and get more results using the phone and Internet


When I started as a field working in 2000 I could earn easily £120 in 6 hours. Now I struggle to cover cost. Only reason I do cover cost is I drive a diesel and collect on the mileage. Even then I have to pick jobs carefully because they won't pay travel for less then an hour.