Total Trade Services - Wales

[grimysparks80]

Why would you pay for excess materials? If they asked me to do that id tell em to get stuffed.

 

[Knobhead]

This total trades thing is getting out of hand. The very personal attack on Grimy is particularly bad. And yes after my attack on Lenny I suppose it is the pot calling the kettle black.

From reading through the thread again, yes there’s been some sharp practice and people hurt financially. I can understand these people being annoyed.

But the way things are going I can see the company taking action, you’ve given them plenty to go on. It’s not difficult to trace the origin of a post. I’ll bet their laughing their socks off.

 

[grimysparks80]

Thanks Tony. If we can get past the name calling I enjoy a good debate.

I didnt want to put any personal details on here as ive heard the company frowns on us discussing them on this forum. But since im the only sparky left in lincolnshire im sure they know who I am by now and I guess theyre not that bothered.

I am not called Brian. My partner is a beautiful english lady called Lauren, who has given me 2 lovely children, and makes me feel lucky to be alive every day. The Brian they are talking about is the Electrical manager, who lives on the other side of the country. I met his missus once and she seemed very nice. Seems a little unfair to bring anyones families into this.

I dont come on here to defend the company,or have a go at those who left. I just want to give a balanced view of my experience with them, and hear about other peoples experience.

From what ive read on here, and seen in some customers houses, no one was entirely without blame while all this was going on. Company and tradesmen both let the customers and each other down.

At least the company are going round putting things right for the customers. How many of you who did poor work have called the customer to apologise, or offered to do it properly?

 

[AngelFX]

Well Tony ur a respected member of this forum and I for one respect what you have written, Grimey you have to admit that the novels u write on here raise suspicion as to your position within the company! I am happy for Total Trade/Tempo to know who I am, Carillion know who I am and so do the DECC, we have nothing to hide and draindoctor you are bang on!!!! The company is corrupt down to rippin and messing customers AND employees around, maybe they have tightened their act up for now but once all eyes are off them they will more than likely go on to do the same thing again, it is never right to promise tradesmen a 4 year ongoing contract when in fact they were only taken on to clear the backlog, that was a disgrace and I am a plumber and I know the customers whose houses I worked in were more than satisfied with my conduct yet disgusted at how they and I were treat by the company! We could go on all day back and forth as you say and this is getting somewhat tiring which is why I stopped posting until Grimey came back on to have a pop at Mrs Kirks husband on the plumbing forum, I like to keep an eye on both sites and so this had pretty much gone to bed until then so Grimey mate, if you don't like what is being said then don't post and start it off again mate!!!! I don't know who you are but if you take and outsiders look at your posts you come across as part of the Total Trade management, you can't blame the lads for believing that and also this has gone on for quite some time now, do you really think that ANY bad tradesman would keep coming back to post lies! I am sorry but no, only those of us who have a genuine ability for the job and are disgruntled at our treatment would do so, so like you say what is the point of US lot posting when you do not seem to absorb what WE are saying!! A dog chasing its tail it seems!!

Ok lads one more try for you.....contact Becky Prosser at Cowboy Builders at [email protected] and let her know your GENUINE greivances. She wants to know about bad working practices and your lack of PAT tested tools and no PPE also bad working ethics, which to be honest I was told to wire in boilers til electricians arrived at the job and I point blank refused to do as I do not have my part P OR 17 edition qualification.

Good Luck lads and I hope you all get what was owed to you as I did!! Keep on going, and draindoctor, they aren't just offering half of what the lads are owed, I know a couple who have been sent invoices for overpaid wages. It's a joke!!

 

[grimysparks80]

Youre right mate. This is just going round in circles. I accept what you say. Im sure not everyone complaining on here deserved the treatment they got, and the fact that you keep on checking shows that you care.

I dont know the circumstances of anyone on here. I only know my own. I had one month where my pay was down by £700. I called Sam in the office, worked out exactly what was missing, and sent them a polite email about it. I got a reply a few days later and the missing money was in the next months pay.

Since then Ive never had a problem and I genuinely believe theyve got there act together. Weather that continues remains to be seen and im glad for the pressure that was put on them by this forum. They know they cant treat people as they did.

As for the comments on the plumbing forum, I wish id never said anything on there. Im not a plumber and shouldnt be on there, and I shouldnt be critiscisng plumbers. I can only say id had a particularly difficult day sorting out other peoples c**p jobs and was in a foul mood and fed up of all the people who left us with so much mess to clear up.

 

[draindoctor1]

were not going to stop this thread brian!!!!!! until u appologise and pay the lads,,,

 

[draindoctor1]

i got 2x£80 pond deducted for not leaving a certificate mnw ticket,even tho i had and kept the duplicates!!!

 

[draindoctor1]

the time has come lads,they have been on welsh tv,consumer prog on monday and now regional news today! so all disgruntled customers will be ringing watchdog after seeing it,so now us lads needs to e-mail em to,tell them ya horror stories and ya silly settlement figure!!!!!

 

[AngelFX]

thanks for the new info draindoc which programme was it? Love to c that I would!

 

[ben]

lol the worst company EVER, best feeling was after being temporary laid off for nearly 2 months then a phone call on the friday telling me to be available for a job on the monday, told em to stick it as they still owed me fuel money from 3 months previous, suddenly money appeared in bank about £300 quid, said cheers and stick the job .. well you can drive 3 hrs for a final interview and drop the van off and tools.. really!!! any more fuel money, ?? thought not.. I never got sacked I left because they where so unbelievably dodgy, I still cant get over why I stayed so long constanstly fighting for fuel money and cock ups with pay, not because of remedials just missing days, not paying holidays, jobs not accounted for, oh the endless stress, ... Now though, have quit the trade and work for a company that pays me every week and I even get a payslip every time without fail.. Get away from warmfront and all the corruption that resides with it....