Re standby allowance

[james10]

Just wondering what the average standby allowance is in the uk
My former employer paid £125 per week with an extra £50 if it fell on a bank holiday(large manufacturer)
My current employer pays £65 per week with an extra £20 if it falls on a bank holiday(facilites managment company)

[jonjon]

hey i work for a fm company and get 63.72 (don't ask how it came to that) n then get a extra tenner if its a bank holiday plus a day in lieu crap aint it

[panda fridge]

135 per week.
xtra 50 for bank holiday

[coolhibby1875]

£30 a night and £50 on a weekend night!

[james10]

it's starting to sound like us F&m lads are getting a bit of a raw deal on this one

[monkey spanners]

I used to get £30 a week 7 years ago, but we would get phoned up even when we were'nt on standby and boss would get real snotty if we didn't go out.
Once even phoned when i was on holiday! stopped talking to me for about three months after i said i was on holiday, got all my work instructions via another engineer!

Happy days....

[james10]

I used to get £30 a week 7 years ago, but we would get phoned up even when we were'nt on standby and boss would get real snotty if we didn't go out.
Once even phoned when i was on holiday! stopped talking to me for about three months after i said i was on holiday, got all my work instructions via another engineer!

Happy days....
sounds familiar:rolleyes:

[shokenore]

it could be worse we don't get any money for being on standby ...oh yeah i do work for the worst firm in the world

[coolarse]

25 quid a night,40 quid a day weekends

[suctionheader]

Coolarse who do you work for ? You must be the best paid refrigeration engineers in the UK !

[glenn1340]

Standby money? Zilch, nothing, zero, sweet fa but we`re expected to be available at the drop of a hat. If I feel like going out on a call out I will otherwise I just say I`m busy even if it`s my turn on the rosta.
I get away with it as I`m the oldest there but the younger guys get thier balls chewed off for not being available.

[coolhibby1875]

Standby money? Zilch, nothing, zero, sweet fa but we`re expected to be available at the drop of a hat. If I feel like going out on a call out I will otherwise I just say I`m busy even if it`s my turn on the rosta.
I get away with it as I`m the oldest there but the younger guys get thier balls chewed off for not being available.


them them to get ta faq:(

[thebigcheese]

125 a week with a minimum of 4 hrs per callout, day in lue if its a holiiday period

[terminator]

Varies wildly between companies, but £100 per week, plus an extra £50 for a bh w/e is about the going rate.

[Tayters]

it could be worse we don't get any money for being on standby ...oh yeah i do work for the worst firm in the world

Things still rough at Space then? ;)

[chillled]

We get £10 per night weekdays and £20 per day weekends. Not bothered though its a token, you make your money on call outs. Rather be not on call and commissioning all the time though!!