the maoster:
Issues? You could say that! Afaik the payroll was outsourced to “save money”. What happened after that was that anybody who took a holiday in the next four weeks was paid at a flat rate, no average etc. It has since been rectified, however the money owed since May has not been paid back. Our union is now taking XPO to court for back payment plus interest for it’s members. Oh, non union members will have to sort it out themselves.
How does “outsourcing” save any money, unless it is by some creative accounting process that pushes down actual driver wages?
…If you’re an XPO driver, then it might be time to start looking for another job… XPO is a yank outfit, and it seems they are into a rather lot of the “re-organization bug” at present. It might be their bigger plan to deal with the post-Brexit ■■■-WTO UK…?
…I can’t see how the American outfits are going to save money though, if they lay off all their £9-£14ph full timer drivers and end up paying £15ph plus via agency - because they can’t get the drivers when demand picks up? 
I’m wondering if it is high time the moderators did a proper study of WHO pays WHAT (Pay range Lowest (Monday-Friday Early Doors) to Highest (Weekend Nights and Bank Holidays) of various fleet operators around the country - on both Full Time and Agency.
FFS This is the Internet - and we still can’t get any USEFUL INFORMATION that we actually WANT it seems! 