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Afternoon, well seems near enough impossible get a job on half decent money starting to wish I’d not bothered.
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Just take what ever you can if your a new pass get experienced then you get the big money
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I’ve just got one after 5 months lol £11.50 and hour so don’t rush over 😂 but I’m going to do it for some experience but hopefully I can get more later on
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Experience is the key take the low ones and then once your experience has increased look for better payed ones (that sounds like a mmo tutorial)
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I’m on £11.29, but I’ll do it for a year to get the experience and move on
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picBuzzo wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:28 pm I’m on £11.29, but I’ll do it for a year to get the experience and move on
well after a year what would u hope to be on?
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GreaWaves wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:28 pm
picBuzzo wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:28 pm I’m on £11.29, but I’ll do it for a year to get the experience and move on
well after a year what would u hope to be on?
hopefully something nearer to £12.50 and closer to home
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picBuzzo wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:28 pm
GreaWaves wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:28 pm
picBuzzo wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:28 pm I’m on £11.29, but I’ll do it for a year to get the experience and move on
well after a year what would u hope to be on?
hopefully something nearer to £12.50 and closer to home
bud that’s less than posties get paid u need more than that
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GreaWaves wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:29 pm
picBuzzo wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:28 pm
GreaWaves wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:28 pm

well after a year what would u hope to be on?
hopefully something nearer to £12.50 and closer to home
bud that’s less than posties get paid u need more than that
cheers, I’ll bare that in mind when I start looking
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I only passed january and nearly instantly landed a job at 14.8ph which is not bad but still get messages from agencies around my area paying 16ph offering 4 days a week. Id recommend signing up to as many agencies as you can, or try to find friends in companies that can recommend you
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crayalix10 wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:30 pm I only passed january and nearly instantly landed a job at 14.8ph which is not bad but still get messages from agencies around my area paying 16ph offering 4 days a week. Id recommend signing up to as many agencies as you can, or try to find friends in companies that can recommend you
handed out a few cvs to friends in work
Only worry with agency is I’ve not driven since my test in February
Imagine agencies don’t give any training or show how to use taco properly etc
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bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:30 pm
crayalix10 wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:30 pm I only passed january and nearly instantly landed a job at 14.8ph which is not bad but still get messages from agencies around my area paying 16ph offering 4 days a week. Id recommend signing up to as many agencies as you can, or try to find friends in companies that can recommend you
handed out a few cvs to friends in work
Only worry with agency is I’ve not driven since my test in February
Imagine agencies don’t give any training or show how to use taco properly etc
yeah in my case I didn’t drive 2 weeks so not bad, they only asked me to go to a local school and do an assessment which costed 75 quid, training I didn’t receive only a quick show around the truck but most things I learnt from experience and YouTube as it goes, pretty happy with this job I get atleast 5 days a week and job is piss easy.
But even being under 25 and no experience still managed to get a job so jobs are definitely out there, if you are not desperate you can always wait till summer or after when more jobs pick up
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Did you do it just for the money I passed in jan not got a job yet but leaving a 50k a year job just for an easier life
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ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:31 pm Did you do it just for the money I passed in jan not got a job yet but leaving a 50k a year job just for an easier life
no not greedy amounts I’m
Not interested in weekends etc but I could do with 30k min ideally 32
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bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:31 pm
ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:31 pm Did you do it just for the money I passed in jan not got a job yet but leaving a 50k a year job just for an easier life
no not greedy amounts I’m
Not interested in weekends etc but I could do with 30k min ideally 32
👍 I’m looking for 4 on 4 off and wages happy with 32k
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ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:32 pm
bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:31 pm
ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:31 pm Did you do it just for the money I passed in jan not got a job yet but leaving a 50k a year job just for an easier life
no not greedy amounts I’m
Not interested in weekends etc but I could do with 30k min ideally 32
👍 I’m looking for 4 on 4 off and wages happy with 32k
a friend of mine left work during end of covid he got job after job weekly !!
I don’t understand what’s changed so much
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bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:40 pm
ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:32 pm
bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:31 pm

no not greedy amounts I’m
Not interested in weekends etc but I could do with 30k min ideally 32
👍 I’m looking for 4 on 4 off and wages happy with 32k
a friend of mine left work during end of covid he got job after job weekly !!
I don’t understand what’s changed so much
no idea I think area helps
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ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:45 pm
bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:40 pm
ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:32 pm

👍 I’m looking for 4 on 4 off and wages happy with 32k
a friend of mine left work during end of covid he got job after job weekly !!
I don’t understand what’s changed so much
no idea I think area helps
stoke ok treNt here
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bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:48 pm
ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:45 pm
bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:40 pm

a friend of mine left work during end of covid he got job after job weekly !!
I don’t understand what’s changed so much
no idea I think area helps
stoke ok treNt here
I’m Gloucestershire Worcestershire border
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ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:48 pm
bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:48 pm
ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:45 pm

no idea I think area helps
stoke ok treNt here
I’m Gloucestershire Worcestershire border
good luck mate
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bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:51 pm
ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:48 pm
bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:48 pm

stoke ok treNt here
I’m Gloucestershire Worcestershire border
good luck mate
you too
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bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:51 pm
ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:48 pm
bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:48 pm

stoke ok treNt here
I’m Gloucestershire Worcestershire border
good luck mate
you tried the Sainsburys depot in Stoke?
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timcquest55 wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:53 pm
bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:51 pm
ManGrand wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:48 pm

I’m Gloucestershire Worcestershire border
good luck mate
you tried the Sainsburys depot in Stoke?
no mate not seen that advertise ?
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bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:53 pm
timcquest55 wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:53 pm
bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:51 pm

good luck mate
you tried the Sainsburys depot in Stoke?
no mate not seen that advertise ?
it's a busy depot and usually a high turnover rate of drivers in the supermarket depots so one to keep an eye out for
No idea if any of these are local at all either
https://fa-eqfz-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.orac ... ord=driver
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AntDaily wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:55 pm I have been offered 10.50
joke I’m on 13.30 as a courier
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bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:55 pm
AntDaily wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:55 pm I have been offered 10.50
joke I’m on 13.30 as a courier
I'm starting next week on £11.50. But if I include bonuses it works out the equivalent to £14.80 an hour. Monday-Fri 45hrs a week contract.
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mitShcam wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:56 pm
bootLink wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:55 pm
AntDaily wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:55 pm I have been offered 10.50
joke I’m on 13.30 as a courier
I'm starting next week on £11.50. But if I include bonuses it works out the equivalent to £14.80 an hour. Monday-Fri 45hrs a week contract.
I’d be more than happy with that mate like I say I just don’t wanna take a pay cut from a courier that seems insane
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The best option is to get your experience and also maybe your ADR to open up your opinions in a few years time.
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Guys don't accept less than £17 , You drive 44 tons and have a great responsibility, the less you accept the more this industry will decline , and you better earn more in warehouse than to accept to drive for £10-£15
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alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm Guys don't accept less than £17 , You drive 44 tons and have a great responsibility, the less you accept the more this industry will decline , and you better earn more in warehouse than to accept to drive for £10-£15
so what can you bring to the industry to expect £17 an hour. Yes I know they're out there but far and very few between
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CharScree wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm Guys don't accept less than £17 , You drive 44 tons and have a great responsibility, the less you accept the more this industry will decline , and you better earn more in warehouse than to accept to drive for £10-£15
so what can you bring to the industry to expect £17 an hour. Yes I know they're out there but far and very few between
we are a lot of hgv drivers here , We could all protest and I think that's the only way to get results, these things are done in education, can't we?
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alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:58 pm
CharScree wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm Guys don't accept less than £17 , You drive 44 tons and have a great responsibility, the less you accept the more this industry will decline , and you better earn more in warehouse than to accept to drive for £10-£15
so what can you bring to the industry to expect £17 an hour. Yes I know they're out there but far and very few between
we are a lot of hgv drivers here , We could all protest and I think that's the only way to get results, these things are done in education, can't we?
and here we go with the bullshit 'we can protest' comment. Drivers have been chatting this shit for years, won't happen.
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CharScree wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:58 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:58 pm
CharScree wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm

so what can you bring to the industry to expect £17 an hour. Yes I know they're out there but far and very few between
we are a lot of hgv drivers here , We could all protest and I think that's the only way to get results, these things are done in education, can't we?
and here we go with the bullshit 'we can protest' comment. Drivers have been chatting this shit for years, won't happen.
won't happen because everyone accepts what is happening now , many of us are beginners and that's why
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alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:58 pm
CharScree wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:58 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:58 pm

we are a lot of hgv drivers here , We could all protest and I think that's the only way to get results, these things are done in education, can't we?
and here we go with the bullshit 'we can protest' comment. Drivers have been chatting this shit for years, won't happen.
won't happen because everyone accepts what is happening now , many of us are beginners and that's why
can't compare hgv driving to the recent strikes that are all backed by unions and all in the public sector.......
Private sector will never be able to strike simples
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alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm Guys don't accept less than £17 , You drive 44 tons and have a great responsibility, the less you accept the more this industry will decline , and you better earn more in warehouse than to accept to drive for £10-£15
where can you get £17 ph from 🤣
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KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:59 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm Guys don't accept less than £17 , You drive 44 tons and have a great responsibility, the less you accept the more this industry will decline , and you better earn more in warehouse than to accept to drive for £10-£15
where can you get £17 ph from 🤣
so mate I have one year and 2 months on class 1 and all this time I was working with a good agency , they paid me with 18,75, for coop ,is a little bit difficult to delivery at some stores but you get a lot of experience
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KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:59 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm Guys don't accept less than £17 , You drive 44 tons and have a great responsibility, the less you accept the more this industry will decline , and you better earn more in warehouse than to accept to drive for £10-£15
where can you get £17 ph from 🤣
and some good overtime pay 😉
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alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:02 pm
KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:59 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm Guys don't accept less than £17 , You drive 44 tons and have a great responsibility, the less you accept the more this industry will decline , and you better earn more in warehouse than to accept to drive for £10-£15
where can you get £17 ph from 🤣
and some good overtime pay 😉
so agency only, I've been driving 9 years it took me 5 years to get decent money where I am now I can earn up to 60k + if I put the hours in but I don't and still earn 50k it takes time to get good money like any job you can't just get your qualifications and walk into 45k+
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KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:03 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:02 pm
KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:59 pm

where can you get £17 ph from 🤣
and some good overtime pay 😉
so agency only, I've been driving 9 years it took me 5 years to get decent money where I am now I can earn up to 60k + if I put the hours in but I don't and still earn 50k it takes time to get good money like any job you can't just get your qualifications and walk into 45k+
that s right , that's why I chose to work with agencies ,and you can deal with some of them ,till you find a good one
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KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:03 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:02 pm
KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:59 pm

where can you get £17 ph from 🤣
and some good overtime pay 😉
so agency only, I've been driving 9 years it took me 5 years to get decent money where I am now I can earn up to 60k + if I put the hours in but I don't and still earn 50k it takes time to get good money like any job you can't just get your qualifications and walk into 45k+
I was very lucky and got accepted on the wincanton apprenticeship scheme, went from warehouse to the road, been out since November and earn what you put
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timcquest55 wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:04 pm
KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:03 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:02 pm

and some good overtime pay 😉
so agency only, I've been driving 9 years it took me 5 years to get decent money where I am now I can earn up to 60k + if I put the hours in but I don't and still earn 50k it takes time to get good money like any job you can't just get your qualifications and walk into 45k+
I was very lucky and got accepted on the wincanton apprenticeship scheme, went from warehouse to the road, been out since November and earn what you put
you got in at the right time since January insurance went up and a lot of companies stopped taking new passes due to the cost
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KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:05 pm
timcquest55 wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:04 pm
KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:03 pm

so agency only, I've been driving 9 years it took me 5 years to get decent money where I am now I can earn up to 60k + if I put the hours in but I don't and still earn 50k it takes time to get good money like any job you can't just get your qualifications and walk into 45k+
I was very lucky and got accepted on the wincanton apprenticeship scheme, went from warehouse to the road, been out since November and earn what you put
you got in at the right time since January insurance went up and a lot of companies stopped taking new passes due to the cost
ye there was around 15 or so of us at our depot, dropped on really lucky, especially considering our depot doesn't usually take on without 2 years experience
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KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:05 pm
timcquest55 wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:04 pm
KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:03 pm

so agency only, I've been driving 9 years it took me 5 years to get decent money where I am now I can earn up to 60k + if I put the hours in but I don't and still earn 50k it takes time to get good money like any job you can't just get your qualifications and walk into 45k+
I was very lucky and got accepted on the wincanton apprenticeship scheme, went from warehouse to the road, been out since November and earn what you put
you got in at the right time since January insurance went up and a lot of companies stopped taking new passes due to the cost
I've been driving for 2 months for a company and I start at a new one on Tuesday the salary is 45k plus so you can walk into it just have to be patient!. Maybe I'm just very lucky who knows lol
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peteChatty wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:08 pm
KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:05 pm
timcquest55 wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:04 pm

I was very lucky and got accepted on the wincanton apprenticeship scheme, went from warehouse to the road, been out since November and earn what you put
you got in at the right time since January insurance went up and a lot of companies stopped taking new passes due to the cost
I've been driving for 2 months for a company and I start at a new one on Tuesday the salary is 45k plus so you can walk into it just have to be patient!. Maybe I'm just very lucky who knows lol
these are few and far between though, it'll be a blue chip company not a family one
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KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:08 pm
peteChatty wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:08 pm
KrisSupreme wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:05 pm

you got in at the right time since January insurance went up and a lot of companies stopped taking new passes due to the cost
I've been driving for 2 months for a company and I start at a new one on Tuesday the salary is 45k plus so you can walk into it just have to be patient!. Maybe I'm just very lucky who knows lol
these are few and far between though, it'll be a blue chip company not a family one
no it's a family run firm, bulk haulage. They do alot of work for a few places I used to work for which would definitely have gone in my favour.
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alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm Guys don't accept less than £17 , You drive 44 tons and have a great responsibility, the less you accept the more this industry will decline , and you better earn more in warehouse than to accept to drive for £10-£15
any agencies you can suggest?
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MichPlay wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:09 pm
alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:57 pm Guys don't accept less than £17 , You drive 44 tons and have a great responsibility, the less you accept the more this industry will decline , and you better earn more in warehouse than to accept to drive for £10-£15
any agencies you can suggest?
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Unfortunately all the new drivers were lied to. The rates in the industry have plummeted and insurers are rarely willing to insure new drivers any more.
I was made redundant 2 weeks ago and still out of work now, been offered several runs here and there but for less money than a kid taking orders at McDonald’s. I’d rather not bother for now. Stick at it though hopefully the rates will start to increase eventually when they realise they need the workforce.
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findMon wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:10 pm Unfortunately all the new drivers were lied to. The rates in the industry have plummeted and insurers are rarely willing to insure new drivers any more.
I was made redundant 2 weeks ago and still out of work now, been offered several runs here and there but for less money than a kid taking orders at McDonald’s. I’d rather not bother for now. Stick at it though hopefully the rates will start to increase eventually when they realise they need the workforce.
better you try with agencies, and I know is very stressful but you will found something , the thing is ,I think is because they changed the rules , now everyone can get class 1 without to get first class 2 , when you do class 2 first you have time to get a little bit experience ,and that s why all insurers get very expensive , something is when you do class 2 first and something is when you get class 1 without to much experience
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alanNotice wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:11 pm
findMon wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:10 pm Unfortunately all the new drivers were lied to. The rates in the industry have plummeted and insurers are rarely willing to insure new drivers any more.
I was made redundant 2 weeks ago and still out of work now, been offered several runs here and there but for less money than a kid taking orders at McDonald’s. I’d rather not bother for now. Stick at it though hopefully the rates will start to increase eventually when they realise they need the workforce.
better you try with agencies, and I know is very stressful but you will found something , the thing is ,I think is because they changed the rules , now everyone can get class 1 without to get first class 2 , when you do class 2 first you have time to get a little bit experience ,and that s why all insurers get very expensive , something is when you do class 2 first and something is when you get class 1 without to much experience
that is why agencies mate, a fair few of them, but they are just using drivers for the crap shifts they need covering and paying peanuts because they can atm. I have a fair few years under my belt and refuse to work for a wage that is just bluntly taking the mick.
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findMon wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:10 pm Unfortunately all the new drivers were lied to. The rates in the industry have plummeted and insurers are rarely willing to insure new drivers any more.
I was made redundant 2 weeks ago and still out of work now, been offered several runs here and there but for less money than a kid taking orders at McDonald’s. I’d rather not bother for now. Stick at it though hopefully the rates will start to increase eventually when they realise they need the workforce.
don't hold ya breath
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findMon wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:10 pm Unfortunately all the new drivers were lied to. The rates in the industry have plummeted and insurers are rarely willing to insure new drivers any more.
I was made redundant 2 weeks ago and still out of work now, been offered several runs here and there but for less money than a kid taking orders at McDonald’s. I’d rather not bother for now. Stick at it though hopefully the rates will start to increase eventually when they realise they need the workforce.
never been the best paid job for what you have to learn and do when you see an advert of a smiling faced driver ready to start there shift it makes me laugh. It's not all about driving a flash wagon. Think very carefully before you spend out all that money. It's a good job for some. ‼‼‼
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woodiner30 wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:12 pm
findMon wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:10 pm Unfortunately all the new drivers were lied to. The rates in the industry have plummeted and insurers are rarely willing to insure new drivers any more.
I was made redundant 2 weeks ago and still out of work now, been offered several runs here and there but for less money than a kid taking orders at McDonald’s. I’d rather not bother for now. Stick at it though hopefully the rates will start to increase eventually when they realise they need the workforce.
never been the best paid job for what you have to learn and do when you see an advert of a smiling faced driver ready to start there shift it makes me laugh. It's not all about driving a flash wagon. Think very carefully before you spend out all that money. It's a good job for some. ‼‼‼
I agree for what it costs for your licences and things you have to learn that comes with years of experience, The pay is embarrassing. Only way to earn a decent screw is sacrificing your home life and putting in the hours.
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I took a job on £13 on tankers 4 on 4 off. Only doing 10-11 hour days due to no work. Found a farm willing to take me on and it’s great £16 a hour. All about getting that experience in first hand.
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Post by geelton89 »

I've 24 years experience and went from supermarket work doing 5 and 6 night shifts each week. Yes I was on about 58k but now do 4on4 off tramping 170 to 200 per day 25 night out so around 35k but I love the workload balance and as a tiny bonus I've a top spec truck. This job suits me and my family at this time.
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I wouldny take any less then 30 pounds an hour im on 40 an hour
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£3,000 spent, I now think this was wasted.
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I like how contained work is less too just because there is no manual handling. You know how tiring it is getting in n out of a truck... even to get a pen that don't work to have to climb back in again...
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Ya don’t see joiners and sparkies getting decent money in their apprenticeship. Get a few years experience under ya belt and build value on the cv
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Passed 2 weeks ago and just got a job on class 1 day shift not brilliant money at 35k but experience is priceless i have been driving coaches for last 3 years so they went on that experience
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Look to see if you’ve got a Co-op/GXO depot near you, they take new passes and pay £44k. Good way to gain experience quickly.
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Iam not fussy about pay i just want a job driving any class iam doing security at the moment on 4 nights 3 off take home 1,650 a month so crap pay dont bother me
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Post by MicJiggy »

It will almost always start off on lower pay until you've got the experience. A small bit of research before starting your journey would have identified that.
You have to ideally usually start off at the bottom and work ya experience up, once you've 12 months ish, companies / insurance start to trust these drivers more, so it's easier to move to better paid jobs
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It is not a get rich quick scheme. I had to work at least 2 years before getting a decent live on wage. Need the experience first.
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