Do class 1 drivers seriously drive their ass off for £13-14ph? that's absolutely ridiculous there is warehouse

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Jedmiye
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Re: Do class 1 drivers seriously drive their ass off for £13-14ph? that's absolutely ridiculous there is warehouse

Post by Jedmiye »

Worked in steel manufacturing for about 15 years give or take, company put me through my class 2 and next month my class 1,money won't change from when I was on the shop floor but these days I don't fall asleep soon as I've got home. i actually enjoy my job now, you can keep your shop floor jobs ill drive for whatever money I can make, id be happy on 14 p/h 👍
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I don't work for any less than 15... Not worth me getting up doing a job I hate
Damoner
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Post by Damoner »

It’s pretty clear truckers need to be paid minimum £20 p/h, given the huge responsibilities that are constantly placed on your shoulders each year with ever increasing restrictions on roads, cyclists having more rights than anyone else now, and nothing being done to help us, tacho card restrictions that should just be a flat 5 hours of driving and work combined, cause Idk about you, but after pulling 5 one tonne pallets up a slope I’m wheezing 🤣 but would only constitute a 15 min break ??? So pretty much agree it should be way more than what it is. But will have to see if companies willing to pay the wages we’ve been owed for years now
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It's ridiculous the training you go through cpc training every five years to get a crap wage that's why I don't drive them anymore
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karlee wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:36 am It's ridiculous the training you go through cpc training every five years to get a crap wage that's why I don't drive them anymore
cpc hardly an effort sit in a room and. Listen to some old bell end chat shit for 7 hours hardly a killer especially when boss is paying for it and paying me to be sat there
karlee
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daaspa wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:37 am
karlee wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:36 am It's ridiculous the training you go through cpc training every five years to get a crap wage that's why I don't drive them anymore
cpc hardly an effort sit in a room and. Listen to some old bell end chat shit for 7 hours hardly a killer especially when boss is paying for it and paying me to be sat there
been drive hgv class 1 for 18 years and I've never been payed to sit there no wages at all and had to pay for training my self expect universal credit pay for training because I resigned from the job to get it
karlee
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daaspa wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:37 am
karlee wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:36 am It's ridiculous the training you go through cpc training every five years to get a crap wage that's why I don't drive them anymore
cpc hardly an effort sit in a room and. Listen to some old bell end chat shit for 7 hours hardly a killer especially when boss is paying for it and paying me to be sat there
3 times I have had to do cpc training
daaspa
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karlee wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:38 am
daaspa wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:37 am
karlee wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:36 am It's ridiculous the training you go through cpc training every five years to get a crap wage that's why I don't drive them anymore
cpc hardly an effort sit in a room and. Listen to some old bell end chat shit for 7 hours hardly a killer especially when boss is paying for it and paying me to be sat there
3 times I have had to do cpc training
in the wrong job then we get paid for the day and cost of training covered
karlee
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Post by karlee »

daaspa wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:38 am
karlee wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:38 am
daaspa wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:37 am

cpc hardly an effort sit in a room and. Listen to some old bell end chat shit for 7 hours hardly a killer especially when boss is paying for it and paying me to be sat there
3 times I have had to do cpc training
in the wrong job then we get paid for the day and cost of training covered
well that one of the reasons I resigned it's always cost me by universal credit payed me back for 4 training courses once
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Drive their ass off??? You've never seen any of our lads, the lazy 🤣🤣🤣
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