Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq (Post 35291199)

just got a letter through the door today saying Inifinity is available in my area. Soon as it's available with 24/7 competent support I'll be off to that)

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq (Post 35291278)

I already do. Quite frequently. When my shifts finish at 10 I often stay later simply because I enjoy my job so much and I have no problems with going home after midnight.

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq (Post 35291278)

But then again you're repeating yourself. Somehow you think it's OK to complain about how hard it is for UK agents to get home, while stating that offshore agents living in far less safe environments having to get to work at 2:30am is perfectly OK.

Your only arguement seems to be that the safety of UK agents is more important than the safety of foreign agents. That's just pure racism.

Originally Posted by Milambar (Post 35291424)

Actually, he has a valid point. I guess what you're doing the employment equivalent of NIMBY (not in my backyard). You don't want to have to work beyond 10pm because you deem it unsafe, but you're quite OK with the fact that others, in far worse areas, and in reciept of less money, are forced to.

Although it'd be debatable which is the more dangerous place. India or Liverpool ;)

Originally Posted by Masque (Post 35291253)

So you find it acceptable for people to have to walk home out of a city after Midnight, I doubt you would think that way if it was you that had to do the walking and maybe get home hours after your shift finished.

Any talk of taxi's is stupid as it would not prove cost effective due to wages being paid as I doubt people would really want to have to be greatly out of pocket just to provide a service.

Now if the wages went up to cover that cost maybe it could happen but we all know that is unlikely as it may impact on the price you pay.

Now maybe we should have a more realistic vote on how many of you would still want to go to work until Midnight if the was no way to get home unless you paid a lot of money for the privilege but without the option of an increase in pay to cover the cost.

Now remember we are not talking about highly paid individuals or even the self employed but people on relatively low wages were if you factor in the cost of taxi fares for a up to Midnight shift it no longer appears a viable option causing them to look elsewhere for work, or can you not wrap your head around that concept.

Originally Posted by Nopanic (Post 35291498)

1st line UK used to work till midnight .. I used to work 3.30 - 12 every shift .. did so for over a year .. and it was like that for a while after I left ..

Originally Posted by Nopanic (Post 35291532)

You'll noticed I've ignored the off track-ness and continued to attempt to have an adult conversation about the times ..

Originally Posted by Masque (Post 35291253)

So you find it acceptable for people to have to walk home out of a city after Midnight
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Now remember we are not talking about highly paid individuals or even the self employed but people on relatively low wages were if you factor in the cost of taxi fares for a up to Midnight shift it no longer appears a viable option causing them to look elsewhere for work, or can you not wrap your head around that concept.

Originally Posted by gazzae (Post 35291443)

Shift times aren't based around the last bus home and how much someone gets paid is a nonsense argument, plenty of manufacturing companies work 24hrs on 3 shifts where people are going home at midnight/1am.

Originally Posted by Masque (Post 35291426)

Comparisons with offshore is pointless as they work a completely different contract and no one here knows what hours they do anyway.

Originally Posted by KenK (Post 35291627)

I can wrap my head around the concept. I also know about colleagues providing 24x7 call-centre cover on shifts, in the same building as I work. And that's not in a city, it's way out in the sticks. Is it VM or Liverpool that's different?
Put Indian Standard Time into your favourite search engine -that'll give you some idea. I can't help feeling you're "off-shoring" your concern for your fellow workers.

Originally Posted by Masque (Post 35291633)

why should we have 2 tiers of call centre one for VIP and one for normal

Originally Posted by Masque (Post 35291633)

We are in the Albert Dock.;)

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet (Post 35290877)

Ludicrous huh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWiG8k_ihU

Ignoring the above a couple of posts in this thread are quite perturbing.

Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35291640)

I couldn't understand someone from Yorkshire so they may as well be in India.