26th January 2011, 06:46 PM
Dinosaur Wrote:Following on from a conversation on site today .... varying standards/remuneration for accommodation is another massive variable between units which could be worth some research, some provide it, some don't, some charge for it, some pay an allowance, where it's provided it varies from the local council's caravan park social reject dumping ground .....up to 5* luxury holiday cottages ..... - it's usually not at all obvious what's being provided from job adverts or until you actually turn up, and less experienced diggers generally have no warning that they're about to get shafted
Given that this thread has gone way beyond being dragged back on topic....!
The Diggers' Forum has just launched an online survey into exactly this area. Its taken a while to get it together, but hopefully the survey will give us a real idea of what staff are expected to do in addition to their flat 8 hours. Once we have some valid figures on the amount of driving, the costs, the variable types of accommodation and subs etc etc we can work out where to go from there.
See: http://www.bajrfed.co.uk/showthread.php?...ay-working