Orionsbelt
How about forgetting your own rubbish talk? I work in Bournemouth, well outside London, for 2 different flying clubs. I get paid £15 per hour at one, £20 per hour at the other. Incidentally I like the people I work with and the people I work for as well, so the working environment is great.
Our engineers track the maintenance schedules, so no hours tracking. We chase engineers only when we have specific requirements (or a question they can answer). I sometimes make the coffee, but that is actually someone else's job. My duties are to brief, fly and keep paperwork up to date, do some groundschool when I have time, but get paid for that.
Not sure who you work for orion, but I'd be looking elsewhere if I were you.