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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: drfc_burton_drfc on November 10, 2011, 08:23:56 pm
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i have got a job interview there next fri i am wondering if anyone on here workes there or knows anyone that workes there and what it is like ???
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i have got a job interview there next fri i am wondering if anyone on here workes there or knows anyone that workes there and what it is like ???
Good Luck, with it being a Glass factory and me having 23 years experience working in a glass factory I thought I`d apply there, i`ve had two interviews there and both times I got knocked back for not meeting their criteria, I wondered why having 23 years experience is n`t enough until I spoke to someone who works there, apparently the most experienced people there had only worked in a glass factory for about 5 or 6 years since it opened, the supervisors could n`t handle the fact that they would have someone underneath them that knew more about the job than them. It`s the supervisors that do the interviews, shifts are continuous and are 8-4, 4-12, and 12-8, every Guardian factory around the world works the same shifts in synchronization, so in other parts of the world there would be some wierd starting and finishing times
P.S. my interview times we weird as well, one at 7pm and the other at 9pm!
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i have got a job interview there next fri i am wondering if anyone on here workes there or knows anyone that workes there and what it is like ???
Good Luck, with it being a Glass factory and me having 23 years experience working in a glass factory I thought I`d apply there, i`ve had two interviews there and both times I got knocked back for not meeting their criteria, I wondered why having 23 years experience is n`t enough until I spoke to someone who works there, apparently the most experienced people there had only worked in a glass factory for about 5 or 6 years since it opened, the supervisors could n`t handle the fact that they would have someone underneath them that knew more about the job than them. It`s the supervisors that do the interviews, shifts are continuous and are 8-4, 4-12, and 12-8, every Guardian factory around the world works the same shifts in synchronization, so in other parts of the world there would be some wierd starting and finishing times
P.S. my interview times we weird as well, one at 7pm and the other at 9pm!
They saw straight through you mate :laugh:
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Sounds like they shattered your dreams Filo.
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Filo, you obviously didn't have enough bottle.
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To be honest it sounds like regarding your experience they just glazed over the fact that you had it. I'm sure you'd have done a smashing job though.
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... lol nearly sheet myself laughing
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... lol nearly sheet myself laughing
Hope its self cleaning
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To be fair to Filo, those interview times sound a right pane!
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Good luck. But if you don't get the job,theres a pub nearby where you can go get yourself smashed.
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yeah this is my second interview there andyes billdoor i could but im starting a night shift straight after lol
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Keep us up to date. No pressure from the whole of the forum then. lol
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haha i got the job i start on 3rd jan who said there was not any jobs out there !!!
and billdoor i thrive under pressure lol
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haha i got the job i start on 3rd jan who said there was not any jobs out there !!!
and billdoor i thrive under pressure lol
i think i could say i smashed it .
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Well done!!
We'll all raise a glass to that,good news.... ooooopppps dropped it!lol
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cheers mate im sure it will be cracking !!!
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cheers mate im sure it will be cracking !!!
Well done, you`ll have to let me know the secret, is it in the new coating plant?
If it`s on the hot end, make sure you drink plenty of water and take salt tablets!
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I work at Stobarts across the road,and live in Armthorpe.
I have a 1.4 car and travel at between 55 and 60mph. It takes £25 of fuel per week
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filo yes it is in the new coating plant but they are training me up in every department and cheers for the advice on the salt tablets .
and billdoor i will be traveling in a 1.7 TD from skellow so should be around the same i would think.
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Filo would you say it was a secure job because I have a job now what is secure but would just like some info on the job and is it a good trade to get into ? I always worry when I get a new job and leave the old place behind because I like to have a secure income for my family ????
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Filo would you say it was a secure job because I have a job now what is secure but would just like some info on the job and is it a good trade to get into ? I always worry when I get a new job and leave the old place behind because I like to have a secure income for my family ????
From what I`ve been told, it`s as secure as any job these days, apparently alot leave because they can`t handle the shifts, continuous working patterns are a pain if you`re not used to them i.e. weekends, christmas, new year etc, many people don`t appreciate the dangers of working with glass, wear your PPE all the time, especially your safety glasses, and make sure any packs of glass are propped up securely, i`ve seen a man crushed to death under 6 tons of glass
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ok cheers for that filo i work on a crap rota now anyway and £10,000 a year more you cannot turn down and i always wear my ppe and do things in a safe mannor.
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haha i got the job i start on 3rd jan who said there was not any jobs out there !!!
and billdoor i thrive under pressure lol
Well hows the new job?
Is it all its cracked up to be?
All those puns are still coming!!
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Maybe he rolled in on the first day but got blown out?
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Rob rims goats in his spare time.
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Hi there I have just been for a recruitment day last Friday there was 10 in all for factory tour and tests .
There are 2 more lots of ten this week for the same there after 12 more for the jobs just after wait and see if I get a interview . What glass factory did you work in was it the same
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Hi there I have just been for a recruitment day last Friday there was 10 in all for factory tour and tests .
There are 2 more lots of ten this week for the same there after 12 more for the jobs just after wait and see if I get a interview . What glass factory did you work in was it the same
Pilkingtons, Kirk Sandal
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Ok so same stuff then You would have thought they would have taken you on did you have a look round the factory . What I saw last week they all look a bit laid back do you no any one that works there just wondered what it's like wages not that good from what they told me for sifts you have to do
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Ok so same stuff then You would have thought they would have taken you on did you have a look round the factory . What I saw last week they all look a bit laid back do you no any one that works there just wondered what it's like wages not that good from what they told me for sifts you have to do
I know 4 people that work there, from what I gather take home pay in the warehouse is about £1350 per month, if you get a job on the Hot End you`ll probably get your pay enhanced with a payment for working in extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions. from what i`ve been told though, the new recruits will probably be working in the new laminating plant.
shifts are 8-4, 4-12, and 12-8, 7 days a week 52 weeks of the year
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Yes that's what we were told it's the new coater plant there sending them out to luxumberg for about 20 days training pays about £24,000 a year that's after a year . Another thing all of the lads that were there were from about 30 to 56 years of age . I thought they would have all been about 25 to 30 so how come they did no take you on what did you think to the shift manager
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Knowing more about the glass industry than the shift managers and having far more experience than them probably worked against me
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Well you might be right there what you doing now then since pilkingtons shut down
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Taxi Driver
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I worked there when it first opened..lasted 10 months due to the shite management...treated the lads like crap at every opportunity. I had an accident which could have been a lot worse and after 2 days off was being harrassed by shift manager t go back to work. Lots of good lads worked there when I started...don't think any are still there....worst job I ever had...
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I worked there when it first opened..lasted 10 months due to the shite management...treated the lads like crap at every opportunity. I had an accident which could have been a lot worse and after 2 days off was being harrassed by shift manager t go back to work. Lots of good lads worked there when I started...don't think any are still there....worst job I ever had...
Well I had heard that they don`t like you having accidents and there`s a big blame culture, usually ending up with the accident victim getting a warning, I also heard safety is not top of their priorities either, lethal when you`re working with glass!
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Well I have been there about a month now and all is good it is better than my last job and you take home 1500 a month for the first year then it goes up to 1600 a month take home and that is in all departments hot end , cold end or warehouse you also get a bonus of around 300-400 every 6 months the shifts are probably the hardest to get around but I am use to that kind of shift work so it was not a problem for me I have been told that if you keep your head down and do the work you are ment to do then u will be ok and filo a bloke from pilkes workes there called alan I forgot his second name he was a super intendent at pilks and about 55 years of age gray hair and wears glasses do u know him ? All I can say is if u are willing to work and do the job then u will be fine but if u want to just laze about then its not the job for you.
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Well I have been there about a month now and all is good it is better than my last job and you take home 1500 a month for the first year then it goes up to 1600 a month take home and that is in all departments hot end , cold end or warehouse you also get a bonus of around 300-400 every 6 months the shifts are probably the hardest to get around but I am use to that kind of shift work so it was not a problem for me I have been told that if you keep your head down and do the work you are ment to do then u will be ok and filo a bloke from pilkes workes there called alan I forgot his second name he was a super intendent at pilks and about 55 years of age gray hair and wears glasses do u know him ? All I can say is if u are willing to work and do the job then u will be fine but if u want to just laze about then its not the job for you.
Alan Teale, he was relief foreman in the department I worked in, other ex pilks that I know work there are Dave Stocks, Phil Bullock, Shaun Ross and Brian Kitching
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Yeah that's the man he is showing me the ropes he seems like a good bloke but he says its no we're near as good as pilks
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Yeah that's the man he is showing me the ropes he seems like a good bloke but he says its no we're near as good as pilks
Is that not Bridon:coat:
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Yeah that's the man he is showing me the ropes he seems like a good bloke but he says its no we're near as good as pilks
Thats Alan, cut him in half and he`ll bleed pilks