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 <[email protected]> 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
