Yeah, we really should get our job descriptions checked for plain english- the BBC has a whole language of it's own in many areas, and unfortunately I think it can act as a barier to getting people in.
If people would like to give us feedback or send us questions regarding this job add we'll try and get answers back to all. They'll be public though- in order to ensure it's a fair and open process. a On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Richard P Edwards <re...@mac.com> wrote: > Aha, thanks Simon ... confusion over. :-) > > On 7 Sep 2010, at 11:39, Simon Thompson wrote: > > 9 is the pay grade, not the number of days - 9D means a grade 9 person on > days conditions. > > It may be a continuing or fixed term contract. > > > On 7 September 2010 10:23, Richard P Edwards <re...@mac.com> wrote: > >> This is why I find the 9 days bit intriguing. In the "old" days I used to >> put in 120 hour weeks, so I know exactly what you mean by addiction... the >> interesting part is that the UK seems to have gone to part time contracts >> where, as Simon says, you can work an 80 hour week with no overtime. >> OK, you get days off in lieu, but in that kind of job I suspect that >> finding the free days to take off could be pretty difficult... unless you >> take a long holiday every summer... in which case the BBC office effectively >> "closes" for that time. >> I think that I can see this ending is all sorts of chaos. :-) In my case, >> we did not get paid days off in lieu... so if you needed to sleep you had to >> swallow the financial inconvenience. Neither way is perfect, but calling for >> a contractual 9 day week seems somehow unsettling for me. >> Looks like a great job though, they'd also prefer someone "uncompetitive" >> - now that made me smile. >> Regards >> RichE >> >> > -- > Simon Thompson > GMAIL Account > > > -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com
