Hi, I am looking at getting into the industry and am researching loads right now.
I am interested in Peter’s training on here, it looks great, but my concern is getting a job once I have passed…there seems to be very few openings for brand new drivers.
So a mate is just about to start with a company down south, he pays £3k for training up to Class 1, they then guarantee you a job.
But once you start the job…the pay is £8.68 an hour on starting with them. They want a driver to commit to working a minimum 62 hrs, but they pay meal allowance and Saturday overtime. But when you add all the figures up, excluding meal allowance the pay is less than £1hr more than the minimum wage.
Please tell me this isn’t the norm in the industry, because seriously the more researching I am doing the more dissolusuioned I am becoming.
No it’s not the norm.
Average rates vary from £10 to £20 an hour for none specialised stuff. How much you get in that spectrum depends on where you are based and how much they need drivers.
New pass in a crap area - rubbish money.
HarryMonk or some of the older timers on here in a good area - top money.
I’m a new pass in a good area - and I get close to the top of the range I suggested. But I am Ltd and they do knock my breaks.
Look at supermarkets and agencies. Ignore most of the waffle you read on here about agencies. They serve a purpose and will get your bum on a seat earning reasonable money without too much stress.
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Right what firm is that ■■?
I work for a Southampton haulier class 1 £9.36hr gtd 48hours OT after @ 11/2 and Sundays and BH double bubble 5 day week Monday to Friday
My class 2 rate at same firm was £8.85 and all the same ot etc
My average working hours a week 55ish to 60 most
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I get that new drivers are more of a risk, but I giarantee the job will either be agency or will end in a few months. Its even nuttier as hes having to pay full wack for the training. I have heard plenty of stories where the guaranteed job doesn’t exist too and the company folds.
Best not signing up to that and going agency or trying local companies. It is true that a lot of companies aren’t too keen to give you £100K worth of unit, trailer and load but that’s the money I’d expect for class 2 pallets.
Class 1 absolute min would be £9 and with a few months experience I’d expect £10 and maybe more if tramping even for a new driver. Ideally starting at 10 quid without any extras added on. Meal allowance sounds like tramping but are they going to pay for parking? Or its a tax fiddle.
One thing i would say is dont turn down class 2 work as its all experience and theres a lot more to sriving than sitting behind the wheel.
Its not always easy to get a first step and you wont get rich off it, but theres much better than that out there.
There are plenty who pay that but also plenty who don’t. Getting the initial experience is what counts.
I agree that pay is low but if he is coughing up 3k for your training that is being recouped from your wages. 60 hours a week across 50 weeks a year is a quid an hour he isn’t paying.
If you have the money I would pay yourself as avoids tie ins etc. I trained at PSTT and highly recommend it, as will many others.
However for those that don’t have the cash to pay for training it’s a option for them
It’s a location/availablity thing, I think.
I was out last week for 13ph. And all I have is a car licence
Ok, it’s usually 11ph, but that one job at 13 was a good un