Total Trade Services - Wales

[sparky3366]

the knees have gone on all my jeans lol...

 

[Scott F]

"Its Grim up North "

 

[sparky3366]

You're not kidding...

 

[Paul.M]

Double post. But if you can't talk about this company on the open forum please pm me so I don't make a mistake and sign up with these guys.

 

[Paul.M]

I've applied to this company and received an e-mail pre interview application form. I've also called a couple of local sparks that I know and one of them worked for total trades and has nothing but bad things to say about them. They dont pay up, expect too much per day, promise a van and tester but don't deliver and don't pay back the full fuel. This could be one persons bad experience and it would be good to hear another side of the story. Anyone on here got anything good to say about them?

 

[Scott F]

I get the feeling that its the equivalent to a pot wash in a restaurant Basically >>>> money .......

conditions with staff turnover very high and they probably pay about £12 an hour and you pay your

own tax etc . Now I am not knocking anyone for that . I amy be joining them or the like very soon

but we know as soon as something better comes along poo , hot and brick spring to mind

 

[new2011]

Just wondering if anyone has heard of total trade services?

anyone worked for them or with them?

good or bad experience?

cheers

yes mate i've had the miss fortune to work for this shambolic company .
take my advise and dont touch them with a ****ty stick . on paper you appear to have the chance to make a decent wage ... think again !
from the inept way they handle the administrative side of things to the constant chasing of unpaid fuel money ( which your expected to put up with a four week turn around that never transpires ) .
the only comparison i can give is running at a wall with your head down .
be warned this is a total trade disgrace and a con from top to bottom .

 

[eagles]

hi,i worked for a company between 2004-2007 (Newcastle upon Tyne)who sub contracted to total trade services,we covered the whole of the north east and started even doing Scotland to Leeds,there was me and a mate installing 3 x heaters, 1 x e7 time clock to immersion heater,if no immersion supply was there or cable not up to standard,new circuit would have to be installed.Upgrading of Main earth which was 80% of the time a tt system,and 10mm2 to water.It was job and knock for us,which meant early starts to beat traffic and load up with heaters and BRICKS!.Total Trade would always phone up to see how we were doing to try and give us more work or snagging off previous contractors that wouldn't be anywhere near the job or on our way home.I pushed for more money off boss but he always said that Total Trade still owed him money and wasn't getting fuel allowance.In the end he had to stop doing work for them because didn't get paid.At the beginning i think the boss made money but Total Trade just want more and more work done with no extra pay.

 

[Paul.M]

This is what I've heard in the Yorkshire area. This company advertise every week on the gov job web site for loads of different areas in the UK and that's because after a couple of weeks the sparkys walk due to not being paid. Be careful if you sign up with them.

 

[sparky3366]

I was supposed to start with them on monday but they rang me to start today...easy job as long as i get paid lol