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fuzzy
this all seems very odd to me. they may be protecting their interests but a bit too far imo by looks of it
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grimysparks80
just to clarify, this is not the company speaking. i am an electrician who still works for them. there were some people who were treated very unfairly but plenty of others, including some of the most vocal on these forums had done shoddy work which almost cost everyone their jobs.
The company, now called tempo is making a fresh start. theres a new guy in charge and the reason we`re still getting warmfront work is cause weve spent the last few months going round putting the bad work right, and have got rid of all the bad tradesmen.
Thats not to say everyone who left was dodgey. there were some really good lads who were badly treated. I considered leaving myself a couple of months ago and was very upset by some of the treatment people got. But ive decided to stay with them, and things are getting much better. Theyve got the organisation right at the mo and are building up slowly instead of taking on any tom dick or harry. its not there yet but they are definately moving in the right direction.
The company, now called tempo is making a fresh start. theres a new guy in charge and the reason we`re still getting warmfront work is cause weve spent the last few months going round putting the bad work right, and have got rid of all the bad tradesmen.
Thats not to say everyone who left was dodgey. there were some really good lads who were badly treated. I considered leaving myself a couple of months ago and was very upset by some of the treatment people got. But ive decided to stay with them, and things are getting much better. Theyve got the organisation right at the mo and are building up slowly instead of taking on any tom dick or harry. its not there yet but they are definately moving in the right direction.
Is that guy still in charge? the one who loves himself and thinks hes a filmstar.
I went for a job there a couple of years back. , me and mate walked out of the induction and drove the 2 hours back home.
I went for a job there a couple of years back. , me and mate walked out of the induction and drove the 2 hours back home.
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dumpty
hello grimysparks
so you are not an office nark and yet you tell us the people in charge of total trade have left and tempo has new management. doyou really believe that people are that naive. mark bryant is now in charge and actualy always has been all be it with stephenson before. but stephenson and bryant have not parted company and they still run a number of businesses together. all with dodgy pasts and over the last few years they have liquidated at least eleven companies. i happen to know the plumber you are referring to and he was one of the original warmfront workers so is very experienced. you say you only work for them and yet defend them with half truths. i can only summise that you are management and are wasting our time
so you are not an office nark and yet you tell us the people in charge of total trade have left and tempo has new management. doyou really believe that people are that naive. mark bryant is now in charge and actualy always has been all be it with stephenson before. but stephenson and bryant have not parted company and they still run a number of businesses together. all with dodgy pasts and over the last few years they have liquidated at least eleven companies. i happen to know the plumber you are referring to and he was one of the original warmfront workers so is very experienced. you say you only work for them and yet defend them with half truths. i can only summise that you are management and are wasting our time
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grimysparks80
Wish I was management. Then I wouldnt be driving all the way to newcastle tomorrow to do remedial work. i started with them in january. For the first few months it was great. plenty of work, paid on time and correctly every month, altho i heard that some people were having problems.
It went crap around may and i was missing about £700 from that months pay, but after passing on the details and refusing to go anywhere they got it sorted for the next months pay. and its been right ever since. there was one point where i went about 3 weeks without fuel money, but again they got it sorted once i made an issue of it and lately its been spot on every week.
a couple of weeks ago I was late getting my paperwork in and andy phoned me to make sure he had my mileage so i would get my fuel money. they genuinley seem to be trying to do things better. the hourly rate is still rubbish but the price works coming back and things are picking up.
I know marks still there but all the warmfront work is now being run from wakefield by Andy Dodds. things are going pretty well. the organisations better and im glad now that i stuck it out.
As for the plumbing work, i can only say what ive been told, but the lads still here are very critical of some,(not all ) of the guys who left. I may not know much about plumbing but even i can tell how bad some of it was while ive been doing electrical remedials. burn marks on carpets and skirting, pipes on the p**s, leaks, ect. Just really careless work. I went to one job where the lady couldnt close her inner back door because the rad pipes were in the way.
Im not saying everyone who left was like that and i know some really good lads who were treated really badly. but the fact remains that there were a lot of really poor workers here.
I know the plumbers had lots more problems than the sparks with parts missing, wrong stuff ordered ect, and they usually have that sorted before the spark gets anywhere near the job, but thats just warmfront. The whole schemes been like that since they started doing the surveys themselves and theres sod all the company can do about it.
Everyone knows that warmfront inspectors are a pain in the backside but surely if you are experienced with them you shouldnt get too many remedials.
The reason i come on thes forums is because i like to find out about the company i work for. im not stupid and i take everything the company and management say with a pinch of salt, but i also dont believe everything i read on these forums.
There are a couple of guys on the electrical forum and im reasonably sure i know who they are. ive been to their jobs, and they were shockingly bad, and yet these lads say its all the companies fault.
Today i went to check a job in coventry. heating and hot water controls wrong way round. there were 23 loose cables throughout the system, and the cables to the timer were just strung acroos the floor like temp leads.Tell me that guys a decent lad who deserves to be paid.
It went crap around may and i was missing about £700 from that months pay, but after passing on the details and refusing to go anywhere they got it sorted for the next months pay. and its been right ever since. there was one point where i went about 3 weeks without fuel money, but again they got it sorted once i made an issue of it and lately its been spot on every week.
a couple of weeks ago I was late getting my paperwork in and andy phoned me to make sure he had my mileage so i would get my fuel money. they genuinley seem to be trying to do things better. the hourly rate is still rubbish but the price works coming back and things are picking up.
I know marks still there but all the warmfront work is now being run from wakefield by Andy Dodds. things are going pretty well. the organisations better and im glad now that i stuck it out.
As for the plumbing work, i can only say what ive been told, but the lads still here are very critical of some,(not all ) of the guys who left. I may not know much about plumbing but even i can tell how bad some of it was while ive been doing electrical remedials. burn marks on carpets and skirting, pipes on the p**s, leaks, ect. Just really careless work. I went to one job where the lady couldnt close her inner back door because the rad pipes were in the way.
Im not saying everyone who left was like that and i know some really good lads who were treated really badly. but the fact remains that there were a lot of really poor workers here.
I know the plumbers had lots more problems than the sparks with parts missing, wrong stuff ordered ect, and they usually have that sorted before the spark gets anywhere near the job, but thats just warmfront. The whole schemes been like that since they started doing the surveys themselves and theres sod all the company can do about it.
Everyone knows that warmfront inspectors are a pain in the backside but surely if you are experienced with them you shouldnt get too many remedials.
The reason i come on thes forums is because i like to find out about the company i work for. im not stupid and i take everything the company and management say with a pinch of salt, but i also dont believe everything i read on these forums.
There are a couple of guys on the electrical forum and im reasonably sure i know who they are. ive been to their jobs, and they were shockingly bad, and yet these lads say its all the companies fault.
Today i went to check a job in coventry. heating and hot water controls wrong way round. there were 23 loose cables throughout the system, and the cables to the timer were just strung acroos the floor like temp leads.Tell me that guys a decent lad who deserves to be paid.
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mikecb
Evening gents, i still work for tempo, all i have to say is that all the peolple who call themselves tradesmen just kept me in a job rectifying all your horrific work, whilst also trying to pacify all the elderly people that you have emotionally scarred by invading there homes and making an absolute effing mess.
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fjhugh1
Just an update - Not worked for these since July and I have just found out they have told the tax office that I am still working there. If I had not have noticed, I would have ended up paying more tax on the job I am in now!!!
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sheffplumb
Just recieve my new tax code for a firm called The heating company ,also called tempo sollustions,and the dreaded tts.Funny really not worked for them since june 2011,but cant get my p45 of them,any body else with same problem
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fjhugh1
Yeah I had the same and not worked for them since June 2011. Phone HMRC and report it!! Otherwise you will be emergency taxed!!
The owners should not be allowed to trade or be part of any company again, wrecked peoples homes, lives and now there own workers.
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Chrisgy
I got a new tax code for 'the heating company uk ltd' even though I'm self employed now. It says I owe over £1000 in income tax from when I was with total trade?
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mad max
Theyve had many names and many companies,i had the unfortunate experience of working for them in their offices,i can honestly tell you i have never ever seen anything like it in my life!,avoid at all costs,they are skint and cant get credit anywhere,they employed hundreds when i was there and no one gets paid,not even me.Everyone has tax problems in the end,the best people left them about 11 months ago,their customer service is the worst in the industry.I havent a good word to say about them,very very dodgy!!They are known now as Tempo Energy Services in Prestatyn.
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mad max
Its the same "management" if you can call them that except without Stephenson.And yes no one seems to get their p45 back,i havent got mine either for nearly 8 months ago.
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dumbNplumber
just got a phonecall to check electricians forums and boys it seems that stevenson is BACK!!!! Check out this post from the other forum :-
http://www.dgjobs.co.uk/byEmail/[email protected]
CLICK ON THE LINK AND FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH THIS COMPANIES NAME AND STAY AWAY AS IT SEEMS STEVENSON HAS WORKED HIS MAGIC AGAIN!! THE COMPANY IS CALLED CITY TECHNICAL, IF YOUR GONNA SEARCH THERES NOTHING ON THE COMPANY, SAME AS TOTAL TRADE! THIS COMPANY SAYS ITS BEEN GOING FROM A FEW DIFF DATES, 1995, 2001, 2005 IF YOU CHECK THOROUGHLY! SEARCH CITYTECHNICAL.CO.UK
THIS IS THE ONLY THING I COULD GET ON THE COMANY AND ITS THROUGH TOMTOM http://business.tomtom.com/lib/doc/cases/en/ttb-uk-city-technical-services.pdf
CURRENT MD ISNT DSTEVENSON BUT HE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE COMPANY AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS LINK. PASS THIS ONTO ALL SOUND ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS ALIKE! NOT LETTING THIS ONE GO MAN, CANT SEE FELLOW TRADESMEN GET RIPPED OFF AGAIN THROUGH A LEGAL LOOPHOLE ALLOWING DS TO WEAZEL HIS WAY INTO MORE GOVERNMENT SPENDS!!!!
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
HAPPY SEARCHING
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http://www.dgjobs.co.uk/byEmail/[email protected]
CLICK ON THE LINK AND FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH THIS COMPANIES NAME AND STAY AWAY AS IT SEEMS STEVENSON HAS WORKED HIS MAGIC AGAIN!! THE COMPANY IS CALLED CITY TECHNICAL, IF YOUR GONNA SEARCH THERES NOTHING ON THE COMPANY, SAME AS TOTAL TRADE! THIS COMPANY SAYS ITS BEEN GOING FROM A FEW DIFF DATES, 1995, 2001, 2005 IF YOU CHECK THOROUGHLY! SEARCH CITYTECHNICAL.CO.UK
THIS IS THE ONLY THING I COULD GET ON THE COMANY AND ITS THROUGH TOMTOM http://business.tomtom.com/lib/doc/cases/en/ttb-uk-city-technical-services.pdf
CURRENT MD ISNT DSTEVENSON BUT HE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE COMPANY AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS LINK. PASS THIS ONTO ALL SOUND ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS ALIKE! NOT LETTING THIS ONE GO MAN, CANT SEE FELLOW TRADESMEN GET RIPPED OFF AGAIN THROUGH A LEGAL LOOPHOLE ALLOWING DS TO WEAZEL HIS WAY INTO MORE GOVERNMENT SPENDS!!!!
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
HAPPY SEARCHING
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