The minimum living wage is going up to £11.44 Does that mean we are all be working closer to the minimum living wage

kevmaze · Post by **kevmaze** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:39 pm

It means some companies will have to up the wage to 11.44

roffShroff · Post by **roffShroff** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:40 pm

All you ever see if drivers whinging about pay constantly……
How your manager ever puts up with you constantly mentioning to him about your wages il never know and I’m surprised they ever get anything done.
No ones got a gun to your head to work where you work!

miresec · Post by **miresec** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:40 pm

roffShroff wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:40 pm All you ever see if drivers whinging about pay constantly……
How your manager ever puts up with you constantly mentioning to him about your wages il never know and I’m surprised they ever get anything done.
No ones got a gun to your head to work where you work!

spot on there

Dacamd5 · Post by **Dacamd5** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:41 pm

roffShroff wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:40 pm All you ever see if drivers whinging about pay constantly……
How your manager ever puts up with you constantly mentioning to him about your wages il never know and I’m surprised they ever get anything done.
No ones got a gun to your head to work where you work!

I got fed up working 50+ hours and only getting salary on 40 hrs , now I work self employed for the same company doing 3-4 days a week 10,12 hours self employed on a lot more than some class 1 jobs and I’m In class 2 . To many companies want to keep the CEO’s & shareholders happy at the expense of drivers wages

Lena8rvic · Post by **Lena8rvic** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:43 pm

roffShroff wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:40 pm All you ever see if drivers whinging about pay constantly……
How your manager ever puts up with you constantly mentioning to him about your wages il never know and I’m surprised they ever get anything done.
No ones got a gun to your head to work where you work!

If there were no whining, nothing would ever change. Sh*t pays gotta go one way or another. There is one life only , and if somebody invested half life in a career because it was good back then, going forward everyone should just put up with the constant robbery thats going on cos nobody put gun to your head? Nah.

Simorrin · Post by **Simorrin** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:44 pm

Not a bad pay rise for the class 1 drivers

Luezap · Post by **Luezap** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:44 pm

Nope! Transport is a throw away industry, right now we can be replaced by the 3rd world and before you know it AI so unfortunately the case is get what your given or find a new trade!

poollBROS · Post by **poollBROS** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:46 pm

Luezap wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:44 pm Nope! Transport is a throw away industry, right now we can be replaced by the 3rd world and before you know it AI so unfortunately the case is get what your given or find a new trade!

had a driver come in our yard today couldn't read a 6 ft sign saying Artics straight ahead and the only word in English he could say was Splendid!!!
English company ,with a foreign driver nobody could work out what country he originated from as we have a few workers from overseas ourselves

Dee-Deanno · Post by **Dee-Deanno** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:47 pm

Just got £50 a week whacked off my wages starting next month due to "industry being in an unhealthy situation at present"

Are there any decent companies in essex? Might have to start looking at this rate lol

McKinn9th · Post by **McKinn9th** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:49 pm

Dee-Deanno wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:47 pm Just got £50 a week whacked off my wages starting next month due to "industry being in an unhealthy situation at present" Are there any decent companies in essex? Might have to start looking at this rate lol

Look for another job m8

McKinn9th · Post by **McKinn9th** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:49 pm

Dee-Deanno wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:47 pm Just got £50 a week whacked off my wages starting next month due to "industry being in an unhealthy situation at present" Are there any decent companies in essex? Might have to start looking at this rate lol

You all need to stand together and demand union status then you'll have half a chance unless you stand up for yourselves the company will trample all over you simples

Jeffy-Confident · Post by **Jeffy-Confident** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:50 pm

My boy is working at sainsburys at 17 years old and gets £11.10
An hour we getting mugged off

vigoric · Post by **vigoric** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:50 pm

I don't know, I am nowhere near £11.40 p/h

Steaddy · Post by **Steaddy** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:51 pm

Only if your f**king stupid

GGrattonx · Post by **GGrattonx** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:51 pm

Those on day rates will be hitting under minimum wage even earlier into their shifts now

1316_ionplex · Post by **1316_ionplex** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:57 pm

If you work close to £11.44 you should look for another part of the country to work or find something else. I am a little bit over this amount X2

Chasysto · Post by **Chasysto** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:58 pm

Chasysto · Post by **Chasysto** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:58 pm

And just think for some drivers this is a pay rise

Ell0sswo · Post by **Ell0sswo** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:00 pm

Chasysto wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:58 pm And just think for some drivers this is a pay rise

Ohh mate

Ell0sswo · Post by **Ell0sswo** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:00 pm

Chasysto wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:58 pm And just think for some drivers this is a pay rise

turners

Jamboc · Post by **Jamboc** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:01 pm

Ell0sswo wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:00 pm
Chasysto wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:58 pm And just think for some drivers this is a pay rise
turners

and all their other companies they own

£11.25/HR here so we're gonna finally get a pay rise

ferroArrow · Post by **ferroArrow** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:01 pm

House prices will go up

Fitinerco · Post by **Fitinerco** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:02 pm

Better pass this onto management at
Infinity Container Logistics Ltd them poor fuckers are on £9.66 an hour if they do a 15hr day and only £11.15 on a 13hr day....

cramarcom · Post by **cramarcom** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:02 pm

And here is me thinking of having a few months off as I'm on 44k at tax week 33

dam Scottish tax brackets

HarrHaji · Post by **HarrHaji** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:03 pm

cramarcom wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:02 pm And here is me thinking of having a few months off as I'm on 44k at tax week 33 dam Scottish tax brackets

cramarcom · Post by **cramarcom** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:03 pm

HarrHaji wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:03 pm
cramarcom wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:02 pm And here is me thinking of having a few months off as I'm on 44k at tax week 33 dam Scottish tax brackets

exactly what I will be doing. No point in paying 40% tax

Fien1279 · Post by **Fien1279** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:04 pm

brancom · Post by **brancom** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:04 pm

Watch even more small haulage firms go under when this happens

CHtapixion · Post by **CHtapixion** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:05 pm

Seen an advert for class 1 working out of Iceland in Warrington today claiming to be paying 10.50 per hour

TreMoto · Post by **TreMoto** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:05 pm

Means you can do any job you fancy, work the same hours and get the same money. Might even be in your own bed every night and say goodbye to crap gridlocked roads a mass of legislation and ignorant cretins in goods in. Still won't vote for the selfservative tossers.

ohallo · Post by **ohallo** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:07 pm

Not if you on £24ph

tobiiLentix · Post by **tobiiLentix** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:09 pm

Blame the government for giving free class 1 lessons away out of your tax money

also the desperate driver’s willing to work for this low wage

Maxi.Mckay · Post by **Maxi.Mckay** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:10 pm

Just means if you can’t be ars.ed you get a pay rise of government

GardOmmark · Post by **GardOmmark** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:10 pm

Laughing in 1k/week.
iT's AlL tHeSe FoReIgNeRs WoRkInG fOr PeAnUtS...

brosMARC · Post by **brosMARC** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:11 pm

Has an ex driver you really shouldn’t moan about your earnings, over the last 3/4 years you’ve had the opportunity to make a stand and get the money and standard of Living you all deserve , but no you wouldn’t stand together you all wanted to be heroes and now you are villains again poorly paid villains at that !
Most drivers care more about polishing your V8 badge than making it a better job

FARELLST · Post by **FARELLST** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:11 pm

£10.83 p/h before tax

Christ8Man · Post by **Christ8Man** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:12 pm

Means some drivers are getting a wage rise

geozaib · Post by **geozaib** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:13 pm

Half off the lot on ere ain’t worth minimum wage anyway

bedxonyse · Post by **bedxonyse** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:13 pm

geozaib wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:13 pm Half off the lot on ere ain’t worth minimum wage anyway

was just going to say the same thing.

LeecityXp · Post by **LeecityXp** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:14 pm

Good money for the i drive your truck with shiney wheels light bars and even V8,

Craigin · Post by **Craigin** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:14 pm

dunhampt_108 · Post by **dunhampt_108** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:15 pm

Goldstar transport Containers

kovs.1254 · Post by **kovs.1254** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:16 pm

Except pensioners, they're getting further away from a living wage.

BluBloomax · Post by **BluBloomax** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:16 pm

At least if you lose your licence

you can always stack shelves and the wages won’t be far off

grillStroon · Post by **grillStroon** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:17 pm

Yess matey

Donater · Post by **Donater** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:18 pm

https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=cdl+truck ... dr&sameL=1

Jamboc · Post by **Jamboc** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:18 pm

Nope, when it goes up our wages will have to

Danny_wiak · Post by **Danny_wiak** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:19 pm

If you work for pawsons yeah

ianetro.xmc · Post by **ianetro.xmc** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:19 pm

That's why i wont drive lorries anymore. The gap between a hgv wage and minimum wage gets less every year. Its no longer a career now but just another low paid job. Risking your life and getting stressed driving a 40ton truck for just over minimum wage, No thanks..

dincari · Post by **dincari** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:20 pm

ianetro.xmc wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:19 pm That's why i wont drive lorries anymore. The gap between a hgv wage and minimum wage gets less every year. Its no longer a career now but just another low paid job. Risking your life and getting stressed driving a 40ton truck for just over minimum wage, No thanks..

i'm on 57k a year tramping how is this a low paid job?

PacPaullce · Post by **PacPaullce** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:20 pm

dincari wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:20 pm
ianetro.xmc wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:19 pm That's why i wont drive lorries anymore. The gap between a hgv wage and minimum wage gets less every year. Its no longer a career now but just another low paid job. Risking your life and getting stressed driving a 40ton truck for just over minimum wage, No thanks..
i'm on 57k a year tramping how is this a low paid job?

and how is your work and home balance life working out ?

dincari · Post by **dincari** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:20 pm

PacPaullce wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:20 pm
dincari wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:20 pm
ianetro.xmc wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:19 pm That's why i wont drive lorries anymore. The gap between a hgv wage and minimum wage gets less every year. Its no longer a career now but just another low paid job. Risking your life and getting stressed driving a 40ton truck for just over minimum wage, No thanks..
i'm on 57k a year tramping how is this a low paid job?
and how is your work and home balance life working out ?

hgv driving was never a job made for work/life balance, I'm 25, no kids, I'm doing it till I'll have kids then out, it's a job for people without family or retired guys that are bored at home. It's not a job for a family man. Also in the uk you have the luxury to stay 5 days out and weekends home, try that in europe, you're away for minimum 7 days. Why do you think pilots have the salaries they have? You think they're everyday home?

PacPaullce · Post by **PacPaullce** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:21 pm

dincari wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:20 pm
PacPaullce wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:20 pm
dincari wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:20 pm

i'm on 57k a year tramping how is this a low paid job?
and how is your work and home balance life working out ?
hgv driving was never a job made for work/life balance, I'm 25, no kids, I'm doing it till I'll have kids then out, it's a job for people without family or retired guys that are bored at home. It's not a job for a family man. Also in the uk you have the luxury to stay 5 days out and weekends home, try that in europe, you're away for minimum 7 days. Why do you think pilots have the salaries they have? You think they're everyday home?

I do 4 on 4 off
My last 4 on 4 off paid me 42 grand a year and home every day
Yes I agree tramping is more suited to a single person cause I used to go away 3 weeks at a time to North Africa

roffShroff · Post by **roffShroff** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:21 pm

What’s the general consensus that a class1 driver should be paid?

bedxonyse · Post by **bedxonyse** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:22 pm

Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this an old problem, drivers have always wanted a grand a week to sit on their arse all day and polish their wheels. I drove for 27 years and never really understood why drivers expect so much…. It’s not exactly a difficult job anymore.

kelvinne · Post by **kelvinne** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:22 pm

bedxonyse wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:22 pm Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this an old problem, drivers have always wanted a grand a week to sit on their arse all day and polish their wheels. I drove for 27 years and never really understood why drivers expect so much…. It’s not exactly a difficult job anymore.

they won’t like that up ‘em!

bedxonyse · Post by **bedxonyse** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:22 pm

kelvinne wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:22 pm
bedxonyse wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:22 pm Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this an old problem, drivers have always wanted a grand a week to sit on their arse all day and polish their wheels. I drove for 27 years and never really understood why drivers expect so much…. It’s not exactly a difficult job anymore.
they won’t like that up ‘em!

wellllllll I’m right tho aren’t I

won’t drive a lorry if it’s manual, won’t drive a lorry if it hasn’t got a sat nav or the heater is broken or any other reason that would’ve had you taken behind the workshop and “talked to” when I started out

kelvinne · Post by **kelvinne** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:23 pm

bedxonyse wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:22 pm
kelvinne wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:22 pm
bedxonyse wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:22 pm Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this an old problem, drivers have always wanted a grand a week to sit on their arse all day and polish their wheels. I drove for 27 years and never really understood why drivers expect so much…. It’s not exactly a difficult job anymore.
they won’t like that up ‘em!
wellllllll I’m right tho aren’t I won’t drive a lorry if it’s manual, won’t drive a lorry if it hasn’t got a sat nav or the heater is broken or any other reason that would’ve had you taken behind the workshop and “talked to” when I started out

I agree, many on here do not agree with the sitting down looking out of a window thing though!

geozaib · Post by **geozaib** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:24 pm

bedxonyse wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:22 pm Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this an old problem, drivers have always wanted a grand a week to sit on their arse all day and polish their wheels. I drove for 27 years and never really understood why drivers expect so much…. It’s not exactly a difficult job anymore.

it is probably one off the easiest jobs out there now all those saying they mqke more stacking shelves that’s because it’s a harder job

get in a lorry press a peddle go have a sleep press a pedal again then finished

Mikeso80 · Post by **Mikeso80** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:24 pm

I get £15.50 a hour local scrap yard 2/3 says driving or down shed sorting metals in Gloucestershire

la_graham · Post by **la_graham** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:25 pm

Guy at work is on £12 an hour class2, his daughter age 16 has just started at sainsbury she's on £11 an hour. Becoming a socialist state now GB.

dalParis · Post by **dalParis** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:25 pm

No it means 100,000s will now be in a higher bracket to pay MORE tax....

. If ppl only wised up.

SPONGEREL · Post by **SPONGEREL** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:26 pm

All you employed drivers are just filling the bosses and shareholders pockets at the expense of crap wages . If some of you took the jump to self employment and made some effort to look for work. We would end up with more self employed over employed drivers and you’d be filling your pockets

Falkro · Post by **Falkro** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:26 pm

Class. I’ll be getting a pay rise. Wonder what I’ll do with all the extra money on my 90hrs a week

cliniha65 · Post by **cliniha65** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:27 pm

Their will be a get out clause somewhere

HARVECT · Post by **HARVECT** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:28 pm

Scania V8 with lots of lights 650 in the bank clear for working 70hrs and 4 N/O (then spend Saturday cleaning it) I think that's the going rate, so this wage will be mind-blowing..