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Electricians' Earnings. Is it Really So?

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Electricians. We are just so well off.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-7653631/Are-wrong-job-Electricians-never-earned-make-70k-year.html


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    This raises the extremely important issue of “productivity”.  So for Electricians and other skilled trades, my previous company operated a productivity bonus scheme, offering an additional percentage of the basic earnings rate. The company employed a “Work Study Engineer” and “Targetter Listers” to set the targets. There were problems , but the occasional attempts to ditch it, or even to ditch the direct employment model, rather than agency/ "labour only”, always ended in the conclusion that it was a benefit overall.  The culture and traditions of the company as somewhat paternalistic were also a contributory factor, but it got a loyal and motivated workforce in return.


    In the 1970s, I was part of a similar scheme for a major nationalised industry, which simply increased earnings, without having a meaningful impact on productivity.  The bonus was eventually consolidated into base earnings and the “carrot” became overtime, premium time and other “allowances”. All were powerfully unionised, so it was much easier to give than to take anything away.  This isn’t unique to “blue-collar” employees or trades unions, plenty of “prestigious professions” run something of a “closed shop”.     


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    This raises the extremely important issue of “productivity”.  So for Electricians and other skilled trades, my previous company operated a productivity bonus scheme, offering an additional percentage of the basic earnings rate. The company employed a “Work Study Engineer” and “Targetter Listers” to set the targets. There were problems , but the occasional attempts to ditch it, or even to ditch the direct employment model, rather than agency/ "labour only”, always ended in the conclusion that it was a benefit overall.  The culture and traditions of the company as somewhat paternalistic were also a contributory factor, but it got a loyal and motivated workforce in return.


    In the 1970s, I was part of a similar scheme for a major nationalised industry, which simply increased earnings, without having a meaningful impact on productivity.  The bonus was eventually consolidated into base earnings and the “carrot” became overtime, premium time and other “allowances”. All were powerfully unionised, so it was much easier to give than to take anything away.  This isn’t unique to “blue-collar” employees or trades unions, plenty of “prestigious professions” run something of a “closed shop”.     


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