[insulatorpotty]

good luck. nothing wrong in asking what the package includes. its what any savvy person would do. back in the day, companies were honest enough to include all that in the job advert. nowadays they just spout **** like generous benefits, competitive salary and then batt you off against the next man to see how low you will go.
Dont be under any illusions with openreach, the new recruits are being brought in on inferior contracts to the existing engineers to lower the wage bill and change the t&c's by default. . They are pushing the older lads out the door as fast as they can and back filling with new recruits and cheap cowboy labour.