hELPLINK ELECTRICIAN

[tanglewood]

Has anybody on here ever worked for or know of anybody who has worked for Helplink(based in Leeds, but nationwide workforce. Main work doing boiler wiring. Any info appreciated.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

no.

google em up...see if anything comes up about them (working practices, how they treat contractors/employees etc)...

 

[BoredSparky]

I work for them

 

[MDJ]

I work for them

Chocolate fire guard comes to mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BoredSparky]

Chocolate fire guard comes to mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meaning?

 

[MDJ]

as in very helpful, about as helpful as a chocolate fire guard, a bit more info required in other words apart from I work for them lol

 

[BoredSparky]

Well ask a question then! I have answered the original question, 'has anybody worked for or know anybody who has worked for helplink'
Answer- yes, me, what would you like to know?

 

[MDJ]

the question was quite clear, any info appreciated, as you work for them then really a bit of info regarding what type of company they are, what they do, how many they employ, how do they treat their employees, basic stuff really, get a grip man

 

[SirKit Breaker]

I know one of their surveyors, and he has no complaints other than he sometimes has to do evening and weekends. I have never heard anything bad about them, and i have never had out to do with them either, but i don't think they fall into Mr Electric territory, and they are wanting to employ Sparks, not subcontract or Franchise, as far as i am aware.

Cheers……………Howard

 

[BoredSparky]

They are a heating company, they do.....heating! Employ around 80 sparks nationwide, probably 5x that in wet pants, treat employees about as good as any other big company these days.
Basic pay is 600 p/w, plenty of o/t.
I am currently sat in a hotel (paid by company) having worked a12hour shift and made £320! And working tomorrow!

 

[MDJ]

Good man, well put

 

[BoredSparky]

All you had to do was ask!

 

[BoredSparky]

Forgot to say, work from home, van, fuel card, phone, ipad, job n knock

 

[Steve65]

I've worked for them in the past. Nothing bad to say about the company. They're all a nice bunch at head office. Pay was around £120 per day (8-5pm) but there is a lot of travelling. I did the best part of 30,000 miles in just under a year.

You get a company vehicle and fuel card. I believe they give you the option of being PAYE or self employed but all the Sparks I spoke to were self employed.

You're paid weekly and they deduct tax at 20% at source.

You'll be doing 2 boilers a day from a simple combi to an 'S' Plan. Wiring them up is simple but the problems start when you find that there's no power run for it or bonding is not up to scratch if any at all. None of this you know about until you get there or you phone the Gas Fitter the morning of the job to ask him, so trying to get the second job done (which could be an hours drive away) can mean a late finish.

I left because of the amount of travelling and the low pay for the hours worked. I often left home at 6.30am to be on site by 8am and not getting home until gone 7pm.

It filled a gap for me personally but they'd need to increase the wages to even tempt me to go back.

Any other specific questions then feel free to ask.

 

[Farmelectrics]

Sounds good to me any jobs going lol