1-hour rotas?

[Revolutionnaire]

Is this where you work for 1 hour and cover lunch breaks?

I'm interesting in working some if that's the case.

[johnep]

Not usually. This is where one chemist is open for a Sunday/Bank Holiday. For many years I did Sunday Rota two Sundays out of three.
Recently would do Sunday rota in a town 45 miles away. £43.50 for the hour and 30p/mile (£27). Made a pleasant trip.
johnep

[Revolutionnaire]

Not usually. This is where one chemist is open for a Sunday/Bank Holiday. For many years I did Sunday Rota two Sundays out of three.
Recently would do Sunday rota in a town 45 miles away. £43.50 for the hour and 30p/mile (£27). Made a pleasant trip.
johnep

WOW.

In this day and age? In this financial climate?

What company? Remote area? Busy? Any staff from hell?

The highest I've ever been offered was £25 an hour on Christmas Eve.

[Gordon Mackenzie]

But remember, it seems to me anyway, it is only ONE hour and the pharmacist is involved in the job for three hours, if you drive at 45mph which seems a reasonable speed. Take off £10 for petrol and you are left with £60.50 divide by 3 and that works out at a rate of £20.16 per hour not taking into account wear and tear of the vehicle.

[johnep]

It was SD Sudbury, Suffolk. Yes it did involve round trip of 90 miles and minimum total time of three hours.
johnep

[Tony Schofield]

I do my own. Don't need a locum for an hour

[missh]

I once got asked by a certain supermarket pharmacy if the pharmacy where I was manager (an independent) would cover the one hour Easter Sunday rota as they didn't want to do it because of opening up the whole store (pharmacy was at back of store then) and involving security staff etc and to name my price - I did - £500- and they paid! My dispenser and I worked the hour and shared the payout - subject to tax and NI of course! Mind you, that was several years ago!

[Gordon Mackenzie]

Now that is more like it.

[Revolutionnaire]

I once got asked by a certain supermarket pharmacy if the pharmacy where I was manager (an independent) would cover the one hour Easter Sunday rota as they didn't want to do it because of opening up the whole store (pharmacy was at back of store then) and involving security staff etc and to name my price - I did - £500- and they paid! My dispenser and I worked the hour and shared the payout - subject to tax and NI of course! Mind you, that was several years ago!

Nowadays they won't do that anymore. Oh I want to cry!

Well done you

[Hello]

I once got asked by a certain supermarket pharmacy if the pharmacy where I was manager (an independent) would cover the one hour Easter Sunday rota as they didn't want to do it because of opening up the whole store (pharmacy was at back of store then) and involving security staff etc and to name my price - I did - £500- and they paid! My dispenser and I worked the hour and shared the payout - subject to tax and NI of course! Mind you, that was several years ago!

Mishhh

Oh, you are soooo pre-recession!!!' :-D