Sonsub abandon loyalty bonus

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January 13, 2010 at 11:58 am #3226

Sit Rep
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Sonsub Singapore have dropped the loyalty bonus scheme from 1 Jan 2010 blaming the GFC.

January 13, 2010 at 12:01 pm #26111

Scott Beveridge
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And the dayrates? Are they to follow?

January 13, 2010 at 1:54 pm #26112

Savante
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in the same breath, what’s happening with the bar protector- there was another thread – has she been properly cold or warm stacked?

January 13, 2010 at 10:01 pm #26114

mctintin
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ACERGY have stopped there Loyalty bonus as well this year. Although they told us middle of last year.

Using the excuse that we were the only department to have this bonus!! 😡

January 13, 2010 at 11:35 pm #26115

James McLauchlan
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But the very same companies will expect you to stay loyal to them even though they are no longer of a mind to reward you for such loyalty.

January 14, 2010 at 12:18 am #26110

luckyjim37
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At the moment with no work around having a job is a bonus. Maybe the accounts departments are coming out in sympathy with banks and cutting bonus payments….

January 14, 2010 at 12:40 am #26113

Scott Beveridge
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Which leads us ALL back to an old favorite biscuit of mine – the Yuni0n!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait til’ the business picks up, you people with over-spent / heavy debts, get some money in your accounts, and we all go tools down as an experiment.

Scratch all that above…… I must be mad to think that any more than 4 people would come together as a group to stick up for their rights as ROV employees!!!!!!!! 🙄 😕 😈

January 14, 2010 at 12:03 pm #26116

Adolf
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Sonsub Abz have also made changes to the loyalty bonuses scheme, but they havent got rid of them altogether, although the changes are not good for the ol’faithful guys 😥
Re. the Bar Protector its due to be scrapped / sent to singers, its a shame she was a good vessel with a helpful crew! A new build DSV is due to replace her in 2011.

January 14, 2010 at 12:51 pm #26117

rovnumpty
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Yep aberdeen branch has reduced their bonus.

Some of the old hands working in w.africa are looking at a 12% reduction.

It was beutifully timed as well – most folk received the letters on xmas eve.

Those that were offshore for xmas got hit twice – reduction in loyalty bonus and removal of the xmas/newyear bonus as well. Although they didn’t send any letters out for that one.

I’d imagine there will be a thunder of running feet from sonsub come the summer.

January 14, 2010 at 1:13 pm #26118

Adolf
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I’d imagine there will be a thunder of running feet from sonsub come the summer.

That’s if they stick around until then 😯

January 14, 2010 at 1:30 pm #26119

Scott Beveridge
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Going the way of S Club 7???

January 14, 2010 at 1:57 pm #26120

quaich
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I’d imagine there will be a thunder of running feet from sonsub come the summer.

That’s if they stick around until then 😯

And go where ?
Only a handful of small companies that seem any different and probably just a matter of time till they go down the same route.

SClub7 – out
Oceaneering – out
Sonsub – now out ?

Leaves the majors being
DOF
Fugro
ISS

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January 14, 2010 at 2:08 pm #26121

Scott Beveridge
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Just want to get my 400 – 450 (working) days done and finished so I can get the farq outta this biz…..It’s all going down the tubes. That’s my comment.

January 15, 2010 at 12:55 am #26122

DJansen
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How many days Scotty.. Pretty sure you only had 300 days left to go ten years back… 😆 😆 😆

Must admit the biz has lost it’s shine recently.. The high demand has brought loads of new bods into the game and now there is gonna be a big weeding out.. Unfortunately whereas in the past the companies hung onto us old experienced hands the new plan seems to be keep all the cheap trainees. After all the subs are easier to fly now and the new diagnostics and monitoring systems just about fix the thing for you 🙄 🙄 😆

I’m expecting to be home for another couple of Months yet. Usually quiet after xmas and the couple of offers I have had have been laughable..

Glad I’ve been saving for a ‘rainy day’ for the last 20 yrs.. Feel sorry for the spend it as fast as they earn it crowd…

January 15, 2010 at 1:34 am #26123

Scott Beveridge
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That was without thinking (as usual) of the other mouths – heh. heh…Just bought (another ) condo in BKK…. My kids are absolutely spoiled rotten (from the Thai side!!!!)

Indeed, there’s a lot of knit-one-pearl-two ROV movers (not pilots) these days… and yup, yes sir -ee! The companies have gone the penny-wise-pound-foolish route as we will see many more empty TMS’s, extremely battered ROV’s come back to the shops. Farqmee! We used to get fired for that shit….

Funny thing about a self-diagnostic system…. do they always work!!!??? Re: the horrific TMS incident with a loss of an ROV supv. life. So…. who is gonna fix these problems – oh wait a minute…. it’ll be done online, won’t it!!!?

Be well dude! Hope to talk w/ya’ soon.
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