Leyrulion Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:12 PM, Pinhead said: They've dropped the supervisor 2 year rule haven't they? Expand Yeah that went last year I think (for 2025 places) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip997 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Interestingly priority applications is the norm in many of the invite only/ word of mouth volunteer organisations at Glastonbury. If you do your job and want to return then you’re in. It’s far easier to bring reliable people back than train and take a risk on new people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyrulion Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:08 PM, Pinhead said: They've finally clocked that the only reason anyone works for them is because they wanted a guaranteed Glastonbury insurance policy in place. Expand Yeah TBF knowing I could apply all the way through to 2029 with the festivals I've already done was probably a little overkill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuie Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:03 PM, Leyrulion said: It doesn't even sound like such a bad idea they just need to give people credit for actually volunteering for Glastonbury. I can only think they want to stop people who are now set in a pattern of only doing Glastonbury each year and having a space guaranteed, but I can't understand why that would be a problem. Expand Just a blanket 2 festivals the previous season works for this. Drop the 7 in 7 or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:17 PM, Skip997 said: Interestingly priority applications is the norm in many of the invite only/ word of mouth volunteer organisations at Glastonbury. If you do your job and want to return then you’re in. It’s far easier to bring reliable people back than train and take a risk on new people Expand They seem to have abandoned that notion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:20 PM, stuie said: Just a blanket 2 festivals the previous season works for this. Drop the 7 in 7 or whatever. Expand Not everyone has sufficient leave to do two working without Glasto counting towards that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 So far the official qualification criteria hasn't changed on their website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneCircle Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Could the points change be an early tactic to ensure people volunteer for more festivals this and next year to qualify for 7 in 7 to qualify for Glastonbury in 2027 seeing as it's a fallow year in 2026? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balti-pie Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:25 PM, Pinhead said: Not everyone has sufficient leave to do two working without Glasto counting towards that. Expand This. Glastonbury necessitates six days AL, and pretty much every other festival needs at least four - so that’s 14 out of the statutory legal min of 20, for the year. Plus they’re pretty much all between late May and August. If this is what they do, then that’s their decision, but they’ll lose a fair few experienced and dedicated stewards as a result. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyrulion Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:43 PM, balti-pie said: This. Glastonbury necessitates six days AL, and pretty much every other festival needs at least four - so that’s 14 out of the statutory legal min of 20, for the year. Plus they’re pretty much all between late May and August. If this is what they do, then that’s their decision, but they’ll lose a fair few experienced and dedicated stewards as a result. Expand The conspiracy theorist in me is wondering if they might see a changing of the guard as it were as a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:43 PM, StoneCircle said: Could the points change be an early tactic to ensure people volunteer for more festivals this and next year to qualify for 7 in 7 to qualify for Glastonbury in 2027 seeing as it's a fallow year in 2026? Expand Yes, this follows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balti-pie Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:48 PM, Leyrulion said: The conspiracy theorist in me is wondering if they might see a changing of the guard as it were as a good thing. Expand as mentioned in this thread before, more young’uns leads to lots more disinterested hungover types spending their shifts moaning endlessly and not just cracking on with things 🤣 anecdotally, obvs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amfy Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:10 PM, Pinhead said: They surely can't change this year's Glastonbury priority? But next year, working Glastonbury the previous won't count for sh*t. Expand I think that’s something they have to clear up. Glastonbury doesn’t earn any points under the new system, but will you still be credited for past Glastonburies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Let's see what happens anyway. Feels like they haven't read the room and optics is poor. Then again they can do what they like but cannot see how this will not disenfranchise a large number of experienced frequent returners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:52 PM, balti-pie said: as mentioned in this thread before, more young’uns leads to lots more disinterested hungover types spending their shifts moaning endlessly and not just cracking on with things 🤣 anecdotally, obvs Expand And then not even turning up to their shifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip997 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:54 PM, Pinhead said: And then not even turning up to their shifts. Expand How much is the deposit (we don’t have to pay one)? If it’s significantly less than the ticket cost, which it is for My Cause, then it encourages such behaviour. Even if it’s the same as the ticket it’s still tempting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuie Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:25 PM, Pinhead said: Not everyone has sufficient leave to do two working without Glasto counting towards that. Expand I agree... I think they are making a mistake here and will lose experienced volunteers by the droves. You can't expect people to do two plus glastonbury every year, it only works for retired people and those who don't do anything else with their AL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyrulion Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 10:01 PM, Skip997 said: How much is the deposit (we don’t have to pay one)? If it’s significantly less than the ticket cost, which it is for My Cause, then it encourages such behaviour. Even if it’s the same as the ticket it’s still tempting. Expand If it's your first festival it's the cost of a ticket. If you've done a few festivals before for Oxfam then it's half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip997 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 10:04 PM, Leyrulion said: If it's your first festival it's the cost of a ticket. If you've done a few festivals before for Oxfam then it's half. Expand Thanks, (got no reactions left) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuie Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:40 PM, Pinhead said: So far the official qualification criteria hasn't changed on their website Expand It did change but has been changed back and the new page deleted. URL of now deleted page was https://festivals.oxfam.org.uk/info/new-priority/ there’s screenshots (and lots of unhappy folk) in the Glasto WhatsApp group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:48 PM, Leyrulion said: The conspiracy theorist in me is wondering if they might see a changing of the guard as it were as a good thing. Expand Not sure. If this was 9-10 years ago, I'd definitely agree as at that point there was a *lot* of overly entitled types who seemed to think they deserved preferential treatment and considered themselves somehow better or more important because they'd been doing it for a few years. But I think that kind of attitude has significantly lessened since then and anyone exhibiting it has been told to wind their neck in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyrulion Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 (edited) On 1/31/2025 at 9:53 PM, amfy said: I think that’s something they have to clear up. Glastonbury doesn’t earn any points under the new system, but will you still be credited for past Glastonburies? Expand Maybe it is just for the fallow year then as if you map it out it's only by 2027 under this system that those volunteering Glasto 27 would have to be doing Glasto+2 others to have a shot at Glastonbury 28 (if they didn't have longer term priority). Edited January 31 by Leyrulion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyrulion Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 10:08 PM, incident said: Not sure. If this was 9-10 years ago, I'd definitely agree as at that point there was a *lot* of overly entitled types who seemed to think they deserved preferential treatment and considered themselves somehow better or more important because they'd been doing it for a few years. But I think that kind of attitude has significantly lessened since then and anyone exhibiting it has been told to wind their neck in. Expand Good to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 10:04 PM, Leyrulion said: If it's your first festival it's the cost of a ticket. If you've done a few festivals before for Oxfam then it's half. Expand When it comes to Glasto, peeps will happily sacrifice the deposit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipsteak Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/31/2025 at 9:43 PM, balti-pie said: This. Glastonbury necessitates six days AL, and pretty much every other festival needs at least four - so that’s 14 out of the statutory legal min of 20, for the year. Plus they’re pretty much all between late May and August. If this is what they do, then that’s their decision, but they’ll lose a fair few experienced and dedicated stewards as a result. Expand Retired people and students who can afford not to work in the summer basically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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