got a interview at 2:30

[mason001]

for an OpenReach (BT) engineer..

im brickin' myself..

i really REALLY want this job.. it sounds so good.

i'm 18, starts on £18,1000, free van, free tools, free laptop, free mobile, free work clothes, 4 weeks paid holiday..

hopefully i will get it, im getting desperate now lol.

[Gabbastard]

Dont do a spud out of trainspotting and tan some speed before you go in. Youll be fine otherwise.

[mallboy]

good luck with it, try not to worry too much - you need to show them your confident. hope it all works out well:y:

[Saxy1]

Good luck with it mate, let us all know how you get on :y:

[Hannah]

Good luck Mase! :)

My cousin and my uncle work for BT, Uncle's been there like 30 odd years and loves it. lol. Good luck with it:y:

[Scattle]

Good luck with the Interview, the company i work for (Telent) works with BT Openreach, £18 grand at 18, is a bloody good wage.

[mason001]

cheers yous lot.. like i said hopefully i'll get it.

i worked out i should take home around £1,100 a month.. which to be fair pisses all over my £130 at the moment lol.

more money for mods now :)

[Reef]

for an OpenReach (BT) engineer..

im brickin' myself..

i really REALLY want this job.. it sounds so good.

i'm 18, starts on £18,1000, free van, free tools, free laptop, free mobile, free work clothes, 4 weeks paid holiday..

hopefully i will get it, im getting desperate now lol.

This is a good job mate, I have done this before, interview is not hard, they are pretty laid back. Just show your technical side and the ability to carry out what they require.

Good luck mate.:y:

[liamk15]

youll come out with a little more then that a month on 18k itll be something like 1200-300

[djmartin]

good luck keep your cool and dont be a fool and all will be good :)

[Reef]

youll come out with a little more then that a month on 18k itll be something like 1200-300

After tax etc, about £1250

[Wayne]

good luck with the interview mate:y:

[mason001]

After tax etc, about £1250

yeah that's what i was trying to work out, after tax, NI and pension lol.

i thought it would be around £1,100. but the more the better really.:y:

[furioAL]

Good luck buddy! :y:

I had a job interview this morning... and my advice would be to dress up nice and smart.. try and calm yourself down before hand and relax as much as possible... if someone comes to meet you before the interview greet them in a polite manner and start small talk.. it will calm you down... Think before you answer any questions, talk slowly and clearly, focus on the positives of why your suited to the job...

and most of all SMILE :)

Good luck!
Alex
:)

EDIT - stop focusing on the pay... who cares.. it doesn't matter what you get paid if you dont get the job :homme:

[S70KES]

good luck buddy best of luck

[Jaffaa]

What kind of experience you need to work for them? Any qualifications? :P

[mason001]

What kind of experience you need to work for them? Any qualifications? :P

nope.. i don't have any experience. and only got GCSE's and waiting for my A-levels 'cos they give you full training with everything.

[Japman]

go for it and good luck :)

[Tupps]

I have a 2nd interview next wednesday, doing pretty much what i do now but its right on the door step and £17,500 a year

What does this work out at a week?

Cheers

[Kelly]

I have a job interview tomorrow for ebuyer

All in all the wage works out just a bit more than what I'm on now. This job is £13,500 then unsociable hours allowance cos its 10-7 or 11-7 i forget then they have a quarterly bonus of £250

They have a subway and a gym in the building and I'm not sure what happened about the hairdressers they were getting

I just have to remember to be confident and just big myself up a bit lol

[craig180]

Good luck mate!

18 grang at 18 years old? Beers are on you my friend:drink:

[saxodan]

My dad started of as an engineer at 20 for BT

Moved through the company

Just left them at 39

with a lot of shares, a huuuge payout and doesn't look like he will be working for a few years lol

talk about sciving

[craig180]

Like father, like son;)

[saxodan]

Like father, like son;)

pffft FU

im working 6 days a week with 2 jobs lol

wouldent join BT, although there is a lot of inhouse training and good benefits its hard to progress to the top, took my Dad what 20 odd years to move up to project management level from engineering, although they train and give laptops and phones and cars etc

not bad but not for me, prefer to work in smalled companies, easier to impress that way :wink:

[johnny_vts]

After tax etc, about £1250

yeah that's what i was trying to work out, after tax, NI and pension lol.

i thought it would be around £1,100. but the more the better really.:y:

£1170.63 per month, not including any pension deductions.

http://www.listentotaxman.com/index.php?calc=1&year=2006&age=0&add=0&taxcode=&period=1&ingr=18100&Submit=Calculate

[Jaffaa]

nope.. i don't have any experience. and only got GCSE's and waiting for my A-levels 'cos they give you full training with everything.

Think this may be wrth an enquiry :P

[Tupps]

£1,114.93 a month - after tax

Hope this interview goes well for me!

In the first interview they said im the only one with any real design experience.....and they called be back to arrange a 2nd interview straight away - Fingers Crossed

[saxodan]

£1170.63 per month, not including any pension deductions.

http://www.listentotaxman.com/index.php?calc=1&year=2006&age=0&add=0&taxcode=&period=1&ingr=18100&Submit=Calculate

Was playing with one of these this morning, the pru one is better

tax is a bastard

40% on anything over 33k

crazy

[Tupps]

Tax is a right load of shite imo - Just an excuse to rape money off people

[Karl]

i need more money ~

[VTR_Nick]

good luck m8

[RedB]

Tax is a right load of shite imo - Just an excuse to rape money off people

very true bud

im on 1100 a month at 18 :y:

[Karl]

f*ck me, im bringing 820 home and im 19.

Is a huge joke tbh ~ need to ask for a payrise big time.

[Kelly]

f*ck me, im bringing 820 home and im 19.

Is a huge joke tbh ~ need to ask for a payrise big time.

What do you do?

[saxodan]

f*ck me, im bringing 820 home and im 19.

Is a huge joke tbh ~ need to ask for a payrise big time.

you work in a school IT dept!!!!, no offence but im on over that and I work part time at a couple of places lol

its a joke dude, start looking elsewhere because schools pay shite money

[Clouds_mate]

i bring home 1.1k a month at 19 and thats not enough.

Edit - infact im 20. i keep forgetting. only been 20 for 10month too

[Martinsaxo]

Good luck mate, try and stay calm, and be confident :y: :)

Martin.

[Barry123]

Tax is a right load of shite imo - Just an excuse to rape money off people

its not too bad... I like to think of it this way...

my father is retired.
my mother is a teacher
me and my sister skank the goverment into paying our tution fees.

any tax we pay out basically pays for our tuition fees and my fathers pension.

easier not to get angry that way :)

EDIT: also it'll pay all the benefits and house I'll be claiming once I breed with a my trophy chavvy slag wife a few hundred times and we both decide we can be arsed to work.

[saxodan]

its not too bad... I like to think of it this way...

my father is retired.
my mother is a teacher
me and my sister skank the goverment into paying our tution fees.

any tax we pay out basically pays for our tuition fees and my fathers pension.

easier not to get angry that way :)

I dont like the way the uni system is run

some people go through college getting 30 notes a week for nothing the go to uni, get all this free money they dont pay back. while people like me have to work to pay for it, then pay it back

its a joke tbh

[Tupps]

Just done a salary average for the software i use..... (Solidworks)

Average salary is £36,000!!

Now that pisses me off big time

[b0t13]

I dont like the way the uni system is run

some people go through college getting 30 notes a week for nothing the go to uni, get all this free money they dont pay back. while people like me have to work to pay for it, then pay it back

its a joke tbh

probs because ur parents have money lol, its fair the way it is
the country gives fucking loads to people like immagrants etc.. so why shud students trying for an education be denied it?

they dont get out of the £3k a year which is a fuckin joke btw..

[Robb]

I dont like the way the uni system is run

some people go through college getting 30 notes a week for nothing the go to uni, get all this free money they dont pay back. while people like me have to work to pay for it, then pay it back

its a joke tbh

EMA haha.

used to get like every friday, mates from college

mate - "weeyyyy £30 a week, for just going to college, you must be well jealous Robb"
robb - "your mum and dad are divorced, and your familys poor, yes im jealous"
mate - *self harm*


before anyone gets arsey about that, im also from a broken home....

[AdamW]

Bad rep left

[saxodan]

probs because ur parents have money lol, its fair the way it is
the country gives fucking loads to people like immagrants etc.. so why shud students trying for an education be denied it?

they dont get out of the £3k a year which is a fuckin joke btw..

Well yeah if they do earn a little money, I dont see a penny lol have to pay for eveything myself!

EMA haha.

used to get like every friday, mates from college

mate - "weeyyyy £30 a week, for just going to college, you must be well jealous Robb"
robb - "your mum and dad are divorced, and your familys poor, yes im jealous"
mate - *self harm*


before anyone gets arsey about that, im also from a broken home....

lol I used to be like that, one kid used to save it, get income support, his dad didnt want to work and never did he lived like a tramp, then brag about

the little prick used to fuck me right off

[Karl]

you work in a school IT dept!!!!, no offence but im on over that and I work part time at a couple of places lol

its a joke dude, start looking elsewhere because schools pay shite money

gonna have too, need to bring around 1k a month to start thinking of moving out.

~ Im an IT technician in a school.
may I add, no other school pays as bad as this one lol.

[saxodan]

gonna have too, need to bring around 1k a month to start thinking of moving out.

I appled for an IT support job last night

18.5k and I'm qualified :wink:

going to see if I get an interview, but got uni in spetember lol

split in half you know

[furioAL]

I dont like the way the uni system is run

some people go through college getting 30 notes a week for nothing the go to uni, get all this free money they dont pay back. while people like me have to work to pay for it, then pay it back

its a joke tbh

What? How does that work?

On average, people that go to university end up with higher paid jobs later in life... therefore they end up paying more tax.....??

Explain yourself..?

Alex
:)

[saxodan]

What? How does that work?

On average, people that go to university end up with higher paid jobs later in life... therefore they end up paying more tax.....??

Explain yourself..?

Alex
:)

Didnt say anything about tax, all im saying is lower income kids that cant be assed to get a fooking job end up getting 30 a week for free and college bursary's for free witch they don't pay back

[furioAL]

Oh i thought you were talking about university related fees... your talking about EMA support...

:)

[Karl]

I appled for an IT support job last night

18.5k and I'm qualified :wink:

going to see if I get an interview, but got uni in spetember lol

split in half you know

yeah~ im qualified for the 17k-20k jobs too.
plus I have a years experience.
Just waiting for this school to give me a payrise tbh.

[Kelly]

yeah~ im qualified for the 17k-20k jobs too.
plus I have a years experience.
Just waiting for this school to give me a payrise tbh.

If you like it where you are but it isn't enough money then apply for something else anyway and if you get offered it then its crunch time... they either up your pay or you go.

A lad Ash works with has done this plenty of times and he's on something like £25 grand now iirc. He does speak fluent french though

[AdamW]

Whenever I say I might look for a new job....I get a payrise.......backbone of the work force

[Kelly]

If I get offered this job I'm going for tomorrow I'm going to see what my boss can offer me before I definitely accept lol

As much as I want to leave and am fed up of the long drive to and from work if they offered me another 2 grand I'd stay because here it's not about career its money lol

[hellonpluto]

for an OpenReach (BT) engineer..

im brickin' myself..

i really REALLY want this job.. it sounds so good.

i'm 18, starts on £18,1000, free van, free tools, free laptop, free mobile, free work clothes, 4 weeks paid holiday..

hopefully i will get it, im getting desperate now lol.


Thats a good package for 18 yr old!!

Hope you get it.

[hellonpluto]

Whenever I say I might look for a new job....I get a payrise.......backbone of the work force



I've done that before, handed in my notice had another job lined up paying £3k more and the company up'ed my pay so I didn't leave.,

[mason001]

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO ME!! lol

18K COMIN MY WAY!!!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I FEEL SOOOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOOO GOOD RIGHT NOW!!!

PEOPLE... THE MILKY BARS ARE ON ME!!

:drink: :drink: :y: :y: :P :P

[Saxy1]

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO ME!! lol

18K COMIN MY WAY!!!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I FEEL SOOOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOOO GOOD RIGHT NOW!!!

PEOPLE... THE MILKY BARS ARE ON ME!!

:drink: :drink: :y: :y: :P :P

well done mate i bet your well pleased :y:

[boz]

thats sound mate, my lasses bro works for them and loves it. he works all the time and gets a good wage.

lol, i forgot what an interview is like. i had a one when i was in korea, had it over a converance call. they were in aberdeen, i was in korea having a beer on my balconey lmbo.
they just asked a load of question and said "do you want the job" i said "yes" but i will only leave my company now if you give me more money than you are offering.

they said we will think about it.

so i carried on working with my company, they have called twice since with better offeres, i have refused them. but they came back last week with a one i can not refuse, so i handed in my notice. the money is sweet ;)

i still havnt seen the people i will be working for LMBO, they just went of what my old boss told them and off my cv.

stick with it mate, give it your all and they will reward you ;)

[Rocko]

What? How does that work?

On average, people that go to university end up with higher paid jobs later in life... therefore they end up paying more tax.....??

Explain yourself..?

Alex
:)

lol not always the case mate, my brother has got a degree in graphic design and his mate has one in art design and they are stuck in a dead end job because nobody will take them on, uni is a waste of money unless its for something useful, e.g. electrical, mechanical engineering etc.

Not people who go because they don't know what else to do and choose a subject like astronomy.

Get good grades in school then progress onto something useful, such as a trade, i don't mean bricklayer now, i mean plubmer, electrician theres a huge shortage, more monies for meeeeeeeeeee.

[Rocko]

well done pal :y:

[boz]

What? How does that work?

On average, people that go to university end up with higher paid jobs later in life... therefore they end up paying more tax.....??

Explain yourself..?

Alex
:)


thats bollocks mate, all of the lads i work with dont have degrees, and we all get at least 50k+ a year if not more ;)

not that im thick, i have had to graft to get where i am now, only 25 (26 tomorrow) been doing this 3yrs, done an apprenticeship in engineering, got a levels, nvqs, hncs etc.

had the chance to go to uni, best thing i ever did was not go, i have earned way more than i would have with a degree and i have no student debt ;)

so uni degrees dont always mean that you will walk into a waxer paid job. end of the day, its experience that counts.
if someone has a degree with no experience,another has no degree but has 4yrs experience and the knowledge and know how, they experience gets it hands down ;)