working for indesit/hotpoint

[briathlon]

Anyone know what Indesit/Hotpoint are like to work for. I have an interview with them soon. I work for British Gas at the moment and cant wait to get out of it, worst job I ever had. Only problem is I don’t want to be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Thanks in advance.

[gegsy]

Re: working for indesit/hotpoint

Frying pan and fire.

Greg

[superfix]

Re: working for indesit/hotpoint

Get ready to burn your arse.

[briathlon]

Re: working for indesit/hotpoint

Thanks for your replies guys. I thought it may be a bit like that, probably just stick with the devil I know.

[Penguin45]

Re: working for indesit/hotpoint

Depends if you’re going for a job interview or a “would you like a franchise” interview…….

Have a run down “The Rumour Mill” forum for some detailed discussions on the subject.

Chris.

[andy_art_trigg]

Re: working for indesit/hotpoint

Paradoxically, at a time when there’s never been such a scarcity of white goods engineers, and the average age of a white goods engineer is apparently 54! – working conditions have never been so bad (IMHO)

I blame customers though, they fall for it every time and encourage all the crazy prices because they naively believe they can get something they don’t pay for. They won’t pay a proper price for a decent washing machine with good aftersales service (aftersales is always going to be part of the purchasing price) the result is all this cut-throat pricing, where most of the money set aside for aftersales has been long since squeezed out, leaving white goods engineers in the front line being bled dry so companies can still turn a profit from them.

I sincerely hope we can educate the customer that new ISE is the way to go, where enough money is being paid by the customer to cover proper, quality aftersales service. There’s simply no other way to get things back to how they used to be a long time ago to the benefit of us AND the customer. If customers still won’t pay, they can carry on with the status quo and get what they deserve. Meanwhile the whitegoods engineer will continue to work under extreme pressures – despite being a relative scarcity that ought to be more valued.

[burns]

Re: working for indesit/hotpoint

Well how did it go, did you stay with BG or move make the move to Indesit, what was the difference in salary on offer.
What was on offre to tempt you away?
and if you have moved how is it going?
This insight could be beneficial for any others.

Its like a game of snakes and ladders, but with more snakes than ladders.

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