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Originally Posted by Cyfr
I simply don't believe that somebody with 30 or 40 years of engineering experience would struggle to find a job that he/she can travel to easily. The market would snap them up.
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I think they could struggle. It's all about attitude now not skills and training. My company takes people with the right attitude towards work, yes you need to have the right skills but they believe they can train the right person to do anything. If you have the right people they need less managing and do more work. The wrong people will need lots of management and may be lazy with the 'I wish I was at home' attitude.
Does it work? Yes I think it does on the whole, we have a great group of engineers who work well and help each other out, it is generally a nice environment to work in.
Nice place to work makes Neil happy, happy Neil does more work. Not nice place to work makes Neil grumpy, grumpy Neil does only what he has to get through the day
. My state of happiness does not effect my skills, just my willingness to use them if you get my point.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I have always figured it is easier to get a job when you have a job...
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I agree with you there.
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Originally Posted by jambutty
If it wasn’t that then there was the three months rule. “Sorry we don’t think that you are going to make the grade” or words that effect as they show you the door at the end of week 12. At week 14 they would have to pay the full going wage.
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That can still happen, they call it a probationary period these days where they can boot you for whatever.
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Originally Posted by jambutty
The reason why so many engineering businesses went down was because of over saturation in that field. Meaning that other engineering firms were not taking on new employees.
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That is not the case in some fields. We are struggling to find the right person to fill and engineering position.
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Originally Posted by Cyfr
It isn't your God given right to have benefits without doing the jobs that the Conservatives are suggesting.
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Please don't bring God into the debate, lets try and keep it sensible