I assume you voted for the £10 per hour minimum wage party last time out then yeah?
Germany has about half the shortage of the UK, about 14M more people to fill the void and the benefit of FOM from to make up short term gaps. No one is in more shit than us.
most Eu workers in rather low skilled vocations don’t get the minimum wage which is why they are employed
Well it's a factor because when you've already got severe shortages and you remove thousands of drivers from an already decreasing pool its going to have an affect.
Of course it is, if you're that bothered about it, shop at places that pay their staff proper wages.
There's a big testing back log now due to covid as well.
Takes a week to train as a HGV driver (assuming you pass first time). 100 new drivers a week would take 100 years to train enough drivers to make up our shortcomings. It’s not a case of if we offer visas to foreign drivers it’s a case of how long it takes the government to backtrack.
Supporting local businesses or mutli-nationals who under pay workers. By shopping at those stores you're only supporting low wages.
They could also get some former drivers back into work by scrapping the ridiculously pointless CPC training required every 5 years .. which costs a pretty penny and quite literally teaches you to suck eggs
Passing the test used to be the first hurdle, getting someone to give you a chance was the next, and bigger one.
They'll be giving people starts as soon as they leave the testing centre at this rate.
Retail only pays low wages. The only high ground you can take is that supporting local business over corporate multinationals is that local business probably isn’t involved in tax avoidance.
Still doesn’t answer the original question. Where can you shop that pays more than £10 an hour? You can’t. Simple as. Probably why I voted for raising the minimum wage above £10.
100% correct. I only got in because I was already working for them on a different contract. All the other HGV companies I spoke to beforehand really didn’t want a new young driver.
Yeah, agree100% with that.
When I worked in the building trade I used to have to keep my CITB card up to date and take a regular test. It was pointless, got asked to show it once in the ten years after they became compulsory and the test was random questions covering all trades and every time I took the test I never got asked anything relevant to my trade or the environment I worked in. It was bollocks, pointless and a license to print money.
I have it , I just don't wanna do it ..
Long unsociable hours , love my job now and the work/ life balance that 4 days a week gives..
Where you at now ?
Given the current position maybe now would be a good time to look elsewhere at what other people will offer you if your current employer is lagging behind. Drivers should have a pretty strong hand at the moment.
I did some ADR training a few years ago for my current job, it was basically teaching you how to read the books. So much info, so many UN codes, fortunately I only work with a handful of codes and all the same class. Much more difficult for a driver so I assume as well as the training you get more money for being ADR?They are even including ADR training in the jobs too ...unheard of
(Dangerous goods basically )
Based up near the Cov airport mate. I’d prefer to clear my license first, but as you’ve pointed out the cons of having Class 1, it really doesn’t appeal. It never really has either. All of them I speak to seem naturally pissed off. Living temporarily in a cab (not in all cases, granted). Nah. Just no.
Tbf, as much as my current job winds me right up, I think I’d look at a different industry if this work was to dry up. This used to be my fallback, if the last job I had went tits up I’d use this license as a lifeline and that’s exactly what happened. I’ve got my bus license too, did that for about 14 months a few years back. Hated it. But I guess that’s another fallback.
Agree about drivers having a strong hand. I don’t think enough of us act like it though.
Fair enough. Just thought if it's not a job you're enjoying at least get paid more and get better conditions for doing it.
Is a real shame there are certain people who seem to undervalue themselves, whereas others who do stuff that isn't particularly important seem to think what they do is vital and unbelievably difficult and they should be paid a fortune for doing it.
Some jobs you do some don't.. driving is weird like that ..such a huge fluctuation In what one company pays to the next
Get on the bins mate if you ever fancy change
easy as shit , guaranteed finish times but mostly finish earlier and 4 days a week .. just have to go through the agency first sadly.. and it's a good laugh Great pension too
Always hiring , best driving job I've ever had
Get on the bins mate
Always hiring , best driving job I've ever had
You know what, that has passed through my mind a few times recently. Some gobshite who recently jumped before he was pushed from where I am now, told me it was the worst. I can’t imagine it being as tough as he made out.
Where I am now isn’t terrible. You just always wonder if you’re truly being mugged off.
Do you not realise how difficult management consultancy is?
And we have to survive on a mere £3K a week.
