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James McLauchlan
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I wouldn’t go as far as naming the stuff discussed (before this post) as negative rants. What I, and a few others, are highlighting is how hard it is for individuals to negotiated decent rates when they remain just that… individuals!

I’m going to rant now though…. possibly in a negative way

Pay cut due to the economic downturn. Why?

Start of Rant…….

It’s not hard to see at all who is having the last laugh when it comes to what rates are being paid to ROV personnel. However, Those very same companies are not having the last laugh when it comes to divers pay and conditions.

I’m not going to go into the whole uni0n recruitment thing again because, quite simply, when a recruitment drive was made on here last year (with me involved) there were no real takers, plus no one was keen to assist. The end results was a trickle of members joining the RMT but no further activity. Hell, there is even a specific branch prepared to help ROV get this all ironed out! It’s all there on a plate and yet very few could be bothered to pick up the phone and spend a few quid to help protect their future income.
For those of you too blind to see, it is the very same uni0n that the UK divers use to negotiate their rates and conditions (successfully I might add) and it’s that uni0n which could have been doing the very same for all the individuals now wondering why they are being offered crap rates by the ROV companies and agencies on a take it or get no work basis!

As I said (long ago) it always makes sense to negotiate from a position of strength when times are good… that was the time to get an agreement in place not start thinking about it now when it’s too bloody late. I have pretty much given up on this as things have moved on for me, with have two companies to run onshore, but I will add that (as an ex Sat Diver) I am less than impressed (to put it mildly) with the way people in the ROV game seem to think that being Jacks! is the way forward in the long term. It’s not, and now those very same people (with individualist approaches) will suffer financially.. Explain that to your wife and kids!

No! the economic downturn is not an acceptable reason for pay cuts, the barrel has risen since the start of 2009, many oil majors are still going ahead with sub-sea projects paid for with very high oil prices,
The barrel is around 50 dollars, the Oil companies are rolling in cash dividends are still being paid and their investors are pretty happy. The subcontractors (ROV companies/agencies) are trying it on, but no one person, sat at home acting alone, will make a jot of difference.
The sooner the ROV guys n Gals offshore realise that the batter.

Collectively, you may make a difference but I am no longer available to help co-ordinate such an idea here or anywhere else for that matter. I gave it my best shot when I had the time. Now I don’t have the time available.

So guys n Gals…. Battle the rates from your armchair at home (alone) and see how you get on. If anything some of you should consider a career in diving where at least you might meet people who are prepared to work together for a common cause… Decent pay and decent conditions, no matter what the financial climate is perceived to be by companies and agencies.

………..End of rant

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