YEP! Big Blue is back to their old tricks, even trying to invent some new ones on the way.
For all those out there, that believe the old Numanco will somehow improve the Big Blue Beast of the Nuclear World, dont say you were not warned.
My friend, we have an entire Outage Workforce, told that per diem would finally be paid at (U know where), told this last year. So......................they staffed all three of their outages this spring, no problem, for Big Blue.
For the Techs however, no holiday pay for anything (Numanco old contract rules), no travel pay per diem if traveling over 8 hours (Bartlett old forever rules), no per diem for anyone working the outage, regradless what they were told when recruited, everyone points at each other; "it's their fault"(this is the I believe in the Easter Bunny syndrome).
Some person was supposed to sign the last signature last December for the "NEW Contract", when he returns from the Bermuda Tranigle maybe he will.
But this could be a very good thing in the end, once the "old Numanco" contract expires, maybe some new company, who can be counted on to do the right thing by their techs will get some nice contracts, and we will burn up their fax machine with resumes'.
Because the 1st of those 3 outages has yet to start, and ANYONE who will listen will know, "We are here because we said we would support your outage, but we have had our money messed with, had our holidays taken away from your contract and we are plain pissed off. When noone comes to your outage anymore, for better money else where, well at least you will know, we are somewhere where the utility does not allow us to be messed with"
Then again, maybe nobody cares, except those of us who dont like to see their friends lied to. The Truth is out There, just dont count on Big Blue to tell it to you!
