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Previously on "Help me !!! Got job offer need advice"

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  • Support Monkey
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    Originally posted by mart0779 View Post
    i could possibly earn 25K+ a year
    Its on target earnings, the salary will be low, with the expectation that depending on how many installations/repairs you do in a day and any extras you can flog the customer you could earn the 25k+.

    so if your quick you could earn if your slow you won't

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  • doodab
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    I have some friends who work or have worked for virgin and it was suggested that I could probably get in when I was benched (it's totally different line of work to what I normally do but I have some background and apparently couldn't be less useless than some of the people they have) but I preferred to stay benched. The suggestion was I could expect £12-15/hr.

    Everything I have heard about the place says "run for the hills"

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  • kaiser78
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    Originally posted by mart0779 View Post
    Please can anyone give me some advice, ive been offered a job to work for Virgin Media as a field Techican,,, i abit confused as they dont tell me the basic salary that i would get only what i could possibly earn 25K+ a year which sounds great but a would rather know what the basic salry would be,, as im on 19.5K year at the moment working a standard 39 hours a week .... does anyone work for them or can offer me any information to what they are like to work for as i have heard some horror stories regarding working in this industry,,,,,,, im currently a data cabling engineer and looking to spread my wings to other industries CHEERS ALL
    Contract or permie - if they are not willing to tell you the basic salary then steer clear unless you want to be stiffed over. Knowing your basic salary / rate is as basic a question as it gets for any role.

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by mart0779 View Post
    Please can anyone give me some advice, ive been offered a job to work for Virgin Media as a field Techican,,, i abit confused as they dont tell me the basic salary that i would get only what i could possibly earn 25K+ a year which sounds great but a would rather know what the basic salry would be,, as im on 19.5K year at the moment working a standard 39 hours a week .... does anyone work for them or can offer me any information to what they are like to work for as i have heard some horror stories regarding working in this industry,,,,,,, im currently a data cabling engineer and looking to spread my wings to other industries CHEERS ALL
    Even us agents are not interested in running pauper contracts like this. you are on your own here mate

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  • eek
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    Read this http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...gin-media.html and run because the number of installations Virgin are doing is dropping dramatically.

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  • SueEllen
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    We've had a post like this on the forum before.

    You probably can do a search for it with either off the company names in the search box.

    In short the advise was:
    1. Don't leave your current job
    2. Don't touch it with a barge pole

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  • northernladuk
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    Dam I can't stand posts that start with 'HELP ME' and that.. Makes you think it is going to be a load of tosh when you open the post...

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  • chef
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    Ummmm this is a contracting forum. 19.5k a year or even 25k a year is tulip money assuming it's a contract, which I dont believe it is..

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  • mart0779
    started a topic Help me !!! Got job offer need advice

    Help me !!! Got job offer need advice

    Please can anyone give me some advice, ive been offered a job to work for Virgin Media as a field Techican,,, i abit confused as they dont tell me the basic salary that i would get only what i could possibly earn 25K+ a year which sounds great but a would rather know what the basic salry would be,, as im on 19.5K year at the moment working a standard 39 hours a week .... does anyone work for them or can offer me any information to what they are like to work for as i have heard some horror stories regarding working in this industry,,,,,,, im currently a data cabling engineer and looking to spread my wings to other industries CHEERS ALL
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