Beetlejuice:
ROG:
Beetlejuice:
For the first year you will feel completely deflated .Why?Well you read that the UK has a driver shortage? ,And here you are.It is not true about a shortage of drivers .it is hogwash,Good companies are the rarety believe me …You will pass the tests then face many many rejections .No two years blah blah .no experience blah blah .I’m sure it is all designed to get you down and belittle you into the minimum wages joke that is Trucking.
Good luck pal ,You will need rhinos skin aswellThat is not the experience for all especially for those that are more pro-active in finding work such as going to companies early in the morning and giving CVs by hand to the TMs along with work gear in the boot of the car just in case they say we need you now !
Sorry but this is 2017 ,Do you mean more proactice in taking minimum wages ? And that is my experience having had a lot of jobs in my first twelve months .And I am 150% pro active pal.Haulage is a minefield full of tossers
So are you saying that you were a new pass who expected to walk straight into one of the better jobs right off? It seems to sound like that to me.
I have been driving for 6 weeks. I applied for 5 jobs and got offered 3! So there are firms that will take new passes. I am salaried for the day so I will admit that if I do 15 hours its roughly £8.50. If I do 10 (like the last couple of days) its around £12.50. My employer does not push to breaking point or ask me to break laws. From what I understand I am more likely to be sacked for breaking them than not. The 48 hour average is followed as well so if you do some longer weeks there will also be some short ones to balance those off.
I do a permanent Sunday to Thursday shift,early starts and top line is about £33500 plus a driving style bonus and nights out if done. I am not going to say its a great job compared to what some of the guys on here might have but for me (as a new pass especially) I am happy with it. If nothing else it is experience. As others have said you cant start a new career and expect to walk into one of the better work/money jobs out there without some serious luck. Do your 2 years then go to the goo jobs if not. You might even find 1 year would be enough for some if you have a good record.
For the OP, I havn’t done it but do agree you might be best looking at food service work. Hard graft but good money and social hours compared to many jobs out there