Deny Deny Deny on Mon 16 Oct 2017 - 14:43
My opinions would be, last year and before, the potential to earn between 40-50k was possible with not many issues, above 50k was possible but you would be with an orange van quite often. These days with very little overtime been given the figures above are very difficult if at all possible in some areas.
The standby is not enforced,, it’s how they giving overtime out it’s like they did it in the standby days but without the standby payment
Dependant on the shifts you are on now, they would have to be terrible to be worse than our Home/work life balance, and to earn the wages you are looking at above the work to Home life will be even worse. All would depend if have kids or not I suppose. I have 2 and get very little time to watch play football either training or matches, struggle taking them to swimming lessons, in fact doing a lot of stuff.
The job itself I enjoy the basic job of the patrol role and I suppose you will be used to politics getting in the way of doing the job, ‘‘tis the same here. Managed on some unmanageable stuff but that’s the role, head down and ignore do your job and you’ll be ok with that side.
Need to ask yourself WHY you want to change career? What about pension? The grass will not be greener, it just looks greener when your looking at it from an angle over the fence