clarkson evans

[Raj B]

Hi all,

I've been offered to continue my apprenticeship with Clarkson Evans. Does anybody know whether the apprentices get a company van?

 

[Marvo]

No idea but congratulations anyway.

 

[Englishman]

Wouldn't have thought so!

 

[shagbite]

just tell them you won't even consider taking their offer unless you get a van. tell them you also want use of the company learjet and three weeks a year at the beachfront villa in barbados. oh, and unfettered access to the typing pool totty.

 

[oldtimer]

Christ you don't want much do you they take you on to "continue" your apprenticeship and you looking for a van did I miss something here

 

[polo1]

Christ you don't want much do you they take you on to "continue" your apprenticeship and you looking for a van did I miss something here

Amen to that!!!!!!!

 

[cornishboy]

Prepare to work really hard and be taken back to the Victorian era where people are worked till they drop all the work is price work and you get treated badly from what I have been told by people who have worked for them it works on a points system, most sparks would want a good wage fair that's all

 

[markythesparky]

Why would an apprentice get a van? You wanna think yourself lucky you've been offered the job mate. Don't worry about a bloody van! Christ! I do wonder sometimes.

 

[Marvo]

To be honest it was a big day for us as apprentices when we were handed our first tools. As tools go it wasn't much, a couple of screwdrivers, long nosed pliers and wire cutters all contained in a nice leather pouch but it was like a coming of age thing where we knew could get more hands-on rather than just watching and making notes. The vehicle only came a couple of years later.

 

[ipf]

Some wind ups drive me mad.

Jeremy Clarkson might provide an AM Vantage

 

[ian.settle1]

Hi all,

I've been offered to continue my apprenticeship with Clarkson Evans. Does anybody know whether the apprentices get a company van?

You might get a kettle to make the tea

 

[Knobhead]

As an apprentice I got a van, I had to pay for it!

 

[Raj B]

Im an apprentice not a f, ing tea boy engineers at my current work place know about that and I wont hesitate to tell anyone at clarkson evans. As for my original question I don't understand why people get so arse hurt over a simple question. The reason I asked is because I know apprentices at British gas are provided with a van. Thanks for the advise cornishboy and thanks Marvo

 

[Victor]

Im an apprentice not a f, ing tea boy engineers at my current work place know about that and I wont hesitate to tell anyone at clarkson evans. As for my original question I don't understand why people get so arse hurt over a simple question. The reason I asked is because I know apprentices at British gas are provided with a van. Thanks for the advise cornishboy and thanks Marvo

With that kind of attitude, I would start looking for somewhere else to continue your apprenticeship after Clarkson Evans, as you possibly wont be there for very long.

 

[oldtimer]

Im an apprentice not a f, ing tea boy engineers at my current work place know about that and I wont hesitate to tell anyone at clarkson evans. As for my original question I don't understand why people get so arse hurt over a simple question. The reason I asked is because I know apprentices at British gas are provided with a van. Thanks for the advise cornishboy and thanks Marvo

Looks like you will make a good electrician once you get that big Bl00dy chip off your shoulder . When I started my time I was given 6 weeks to get a 1st year toolkit together and then get 2 buses to the job and you are hell bent on not making a cup o tea mmmmmm

 

[Raj B]

Looks like you will make a good electrician once you get that big Bl00dy chip off your shoulder . When I started my time I was given 6 weeks to get a 1st year toolkit together and then get 2 buses to the job and you are hell bent on not making a cup o tea mmmmmm

Yes I am. Its just the way I am thank u very much

 

[MDJ]

yup a chip the size of Manchester LOL, you will go far my good man. (especially if you get a van haha)

 

[oldtimer]

Raj making the tea as an apprentice is not a put down I was quite proud to do it as it taught me humility but at the same time if I was in 3rd year and a 2nd year turned up then he or she had to do it . I think you will find in all cultures there is a pecking order a but with that attitude don't be surprised if you get shown the door as you dont have a god given right to be treated as an equal that happens when you become a fully qualified electrician

 

[pjcomp]

Any new member of a team has to work at settling in and getting accepted (whether it's a building site, call centre or anywhere else); the existing team members/organisation are sorted and as the newbie you have to fit in, not the other way round. When you have been accepted (on THEIR terms) you can expect to be treated as an equal and get the things everyone else does. Before worrying whether you will get a van, do all the existing team get vans, the journeymen let alone the apprentices?

And if you're not prepared to make the tea, then whoever does make it could put all sorts of things in your mug ....

PJ

 

[Raj B]

I don't drink tea me self so I definitely won't make it for others who have hands and are capable of doing it themselves. This is how my attitude has been in my current work place and I haven't been shown the door. I'll only carry out my duties at work as per my employment contract states.

 

[davethsparky]

Not big on making friends then? It's not south the act of making tea but the general attitude.
Will you be one of those guys who only sweeps up the mess he's made and won't sweep the whole room?

 

[Adam_glover18]

I have have just served my time and If I acted like that I would have been sacked. You have been given a fantastic opportunity to further your skills. Which you was moaning about in another thread I seem to remember. I've done loads of meaningless tasks which at the time I thought why am I doing this its all part of life at the end of the day your the apprentice and you do what your told to do that's my opinion any way.
ps best of luck with your training

 

[VoltzElectrical]

I don't drink tea me self so I definitely won't make it for others who have hands and are capable of doing it themselves. This is how my attitude has been in my current work place and I haven't been shown the door. I'll only carry out my duties at work as per my employment contract states.

I'd really like to work with you!

 

[davethsparky]

Out of interest, why aren't you continuing your apprenticeship at the company where you started it?

 

[Raj B]

Doing maintenance in a hospital so just changing light bulbs I want to do install

 

[Johnuk]

you may find you get picked up anyway mate, I never got asked to make there tea or coffee if I did they would never ask again lol

 

[oldtimer]

Doing maintenance in a hospital so just changing light bulbs I want to do install

Well take care or they will eat you alive as you are going into a totally different environment

 

[Raj B]

I don't understand why people are getting --- hurt because I refuse to make the tea. Why would I get sacked if I don't make tea? If thats the case the company is employing me on my capabilities for providing engineers with bevrages and not my capability of learning the trade and becoming qualified

 

[MDJ]

I don't understand why people are getting --- hurt because I refuse to make the tea. Why would I get sacked if I don't make tea? If thats the case the company is employing me on my capabilities for providing engineers with bevrages and not my capability of learning the trade and becoming qualified

Chip lol haha

 

[dazza1981]

Bad attitude..... no of course you dont want to be treated like dirt, but your will expect the guys to train you up and share there knowledge but your not prepared to make them a brew!!! I give you a month

 

[Kate]

You wouldn't get sacked for not making tea....you would get sacked for not integrating/being compatible with other employees.

If you go in with this attitude, no one will want to work with you

 

[Silly Sausage]

I don't drink tea me self so I definitely won't make it for others who have hands and are capable of doing it themselves. This is how my attitude has been in my current work place and I haven't been shown the door. I'll only carry out my duties at work as per my employment contract states.

Ah, you're one of those types who have that 'It's not in my job description and I won't get paid for it' attitude, so you sit around twiddling your thumbs instead of showing a bit of enthusiasm and volunteering to help out.
You get to learn more things if you adopt the latter attitude! Amazing really!!! :smilielol5:

 

[Raj B]

Chip lol haha

You must be a yes man

 

[MDJ]

Arthur scar gill in disguise lol

 

[MDJ]

You must be a yes man

No I am the boss, consider yourself dismissed

 

[dazza1981]

How are you going to react when you make mistakes and the guys are taking the micky constantly,because thats what happens.
Stamp your feet and kick off!!

 

[Raj B]

Youz lot want to make the tea go for it guys knock yourselves out. Iv made mistakes where I work now and guys take the mick but I don't loose my bottle over it that comes under banter.

 

[MDJ]

Youz lot want to make the tea go for it guys knock yourselves out. Iv made mistakes where I work now and guys take the mick but I don't loose my bottle over it that comes under banter.

Your the odd one out in the team I suspect haha

 

[dazza1981]

You seem like a very likeable guy and im sure you will fit in a treat...... any particular van you wanted???
Maybe they will drop your van off with some brand new tools and test gear in the back on your first day.

 

[Dcf]

As an apprentice you will have your place in this company.the bottom of the heap.
it is up to yourself how you proceed from there.
this generally means doing all the crap jobs until you can prove that your ready for the next step up a level .
The point of tea making is not about tea it's about learning a bit of respect and listening to the boys who will teach you.
Everyone thinks they can run the company better than the md but can they really?
Probably not would be the answer to that.
As oldtimer said earlier it's a totally different environment your going into and there is no I in team.
your working day will be difficult if you show a bad attitude that I can tell you.
as for the apprentice getting a van..... Yeah dream on
the work can for all is a relatively recent invention tbh
when I served my time we had 14 sparks and 7 apprentices.... 3 vans, a shop barrow if you were in the town and public transport!

 

[Johnny-G]

Whereabouts in England are you originally from Raj?

 

[guest119]

Light bulbs Raj???????????
L A M P S

Boydy

 

[Raj B]

Whereabouts in England are you originally from Raj?

Why do you want to know?

 

[dazza1981]

Easy boydy he will go mad at you mate

 

[High Tower]

I do not drink tea either and there doesn't tend to be much tea made on our jobs. However I employ 12 lads, and I would happily make the tea for them, it shows mutual respect, tea making aside, your attitude stinks and you will not get far with it as it is, you only do what is detailed in your contract, so what happens when everyone has to pull together to get a job done?, what happens when your still working at midnight to get it done, you clean up after each other, you lackey for each other, you help each other out!

 

[Raj B]

I'm all for cleaning up and getting the job done. I just won't make the tea mate

 

[dazza1981]

How on earth did you even get this job...... did you have an interview??

 

[Raj B]

Yes I did as it goes

 

[MDJ]

I'm all for cleaning up and getting the job done. I just won't make the tea mate

well consider yourself the black sheep of the firm, your fellow employees will mock you behind your back and you will become the company odd one out, I employ sparks and will always make the tea and even assist them as a mate when were working to get the Job done, with friends like you who needs enemies lol

 

[dazza1981]

So lets have it right..... your prepared to work till midnight, crawl around in boiling hot lofts all day, chase walls all day and do anything that blokes tell you to do but you wont make them a drink...... i think your full of crap!!!!