views on working for british gas

peanutty · May 17, 2013

hi all,

have been offered a job at british gas as a sparky, anyone have any experience working for them? it is working on their breakdown insurance side? any views?

ta

Peanutty

Gage · May 18, 2013

Sit in van all day til you're called out then do a dodgy job and still get payed an arm and a leg with benefits on top no problem

chrisg1979 · May 18, 2013

FFS, all being tarred with same brush again!
I work for BG, not ashamed to say it.
I don't do a dodgy job and take pride in my work!
As for what it's like working for them, they are ok, money is pretty decent for a pretty steady job. All tools, uniform, vehicle provided. Pension, share save etc.
Mostly dodging breakdown work, though do install work too.
They do have the red tape and frustrations that often go with working for a big company, but the overall package is good.
Unfortunately some shoddy uns slip through the net and as you can see from post 2 we invariably all get flack :-(

chrisg1979 · May 18, 2013

Ha ha, just realised, don't generally 'dodge' breakdowns (though do in some cases), meant to say 'doing'! Lol.

Welchyboy1 · May 18, 2013

Well put it this way if they didnt have their multi million pound marketing budget and had to rely on there good name and reputation they would of been out of business long ago lol

chrisg1979 · May 18, 2013

Point proven.

Sparkycus · May 25, 2013

chrisg1979 said:
FFS, all being tarred with same brush again!
I work for BG, not ashamed to say it.
I don't do a dodgy job and take pride in my work!
As for what it's like working for them, they are ok, money is pretty decent for a pretty steady job. All tools, uniform, vehicle provided. Pension, share save etc.
Mostly dodging breakdown work, though do install work too.
They do have the red tape and frustrations that often go with working for a big company, but the overall package is good.
Unfortunately some shoddy uns slip through the net and as you can see from post 2 we invariably all get flack :-(

Good for you mate, too many BIG 'ED know it all's on this forum . . .an Electrical illness! . . . British Gas is O.K.