Originally Posted by
WingoWango
But do you work 70% roster over the summer period? Or is 100% as others had already said, if thats the case then people do work 100% for 70% pay. It makes no difference if you are offered the winter off or offered to start at 100% straight away. If you take the straight away option you have just worked 100% from the start yet for 70% pay initially. If this is true then it alarms me that some cant see this.
If you take the option to have the winter off, then you continue to be paid a monthly wage which is equal to 70% salary / 12 (which you'd have been receiving over the summer already). You would have been working 100% over the summer, but over the year you'd average 70% working. You are correct that if you start at 100% at the end of the summer then you've not done yourself any favours.