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[nightline]

Seen this on another site


Well, our company is called Agri-Tel Transportation Ltd. and we are located in Lockport Manitoba (10 mins outside of Winnipeg) and we are a family owned, fast growing company. We have approx. 40 drivers and 12 office staff, and just moved into a new facility!

In November, we are heading on our 3rd international recruitment trip to Europe through the MPNP (Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program) which is a Government Program that tries to help local companies find solutions to Industry labour shortages. In return, the province gets new people into the province that will help contribute to economic growth. We've hired around 15 people each time we went. This year we are going to London England and will be interviewing drivers at the Canadian Embassy near Trafalgar square. We do a preliminary screening through a skype interview and then will set up a time/date to meet in London if the screening goes well. We are looking for candidates who like driving, want to move to Canada permanently and want to commit to at least 2 years driving for our team. We feel that in this competitive market, that 2 years is a fair commitment timeline.

In regards to our company, we hire true long-haul drivers. People who love being out on the open road and seeing the country. Our trips are between 15 and 25 days, so it's not really an ideal job for a family man. Our drivers avg. between $4,000 - $5,500/month (Gross pay) get full benefits (Vision, Dental, Health Care, Etc.) and we recognize their achievements through various programs like driver's appreciation meals, Driver of the month/year and other awards.

We have an old school mentality where a handshake means something, and communication is key to a good job being done. All in all, we just want to do a good job and have all involved enjoying the process.

Hope that helps. If there's any questions/comments on the info provided, please feel free to drop me an email anytime at billh@ Agritel.ca

[Franglais]

User "agritelbill" has a thread on the main site. 61 replies I think.


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[Reef]

User "agritelbill" has a thread on the main site. 61 replies I think.


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61 replies and locked you mean

[Franglais]

User "agritelbill" has a thread on the main site. 61 replies I think.


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61 replies and locked you mean

Ah ! Didn't notice that.

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[Pat Hasler]

At least they warn you of not being family orientated. If you have a wife she must be able to cope or you won't be married very long.

[neilg14]

At least they warn you of not being family orientated. If you have a wife she must be able to cope or you won't be married very long.

Or she can travel with you, as many do.

[Boatchaser]

Just seen this in Calgary Kijiji today 7 Feb, are they having trouble hiring . Also H & R Advertising for Canada Only , and then Alberta Only , are they having trouble


Description
Calgary/Regina Candidates - More Home-Time, New Pay!

Agri-Fresh from Lockport, Manitoba, has a great new opportunity available and we want Calgary Long-Haul Truck drivers to join our team! - With a new company initiative being put in place within the Calgary market, we are able to offer Calgary located candidates the opportunity for more home time! We will be coming out to conduct in-person interviews!

We are a mid-size company located in Lockport, Manitoba just 10 minutes North of Winnipeg who specialize in hauling Fresh and Healthy Produce from California into the Canadian Prairies!
A ton of our business is located in the Alberta/Saskatchewan Markets and we feel we can offer you the work/life balance you're wanting as our clients are in your home town!

Here's what we're looking for:
* Class 1A driver's license with one-two years of experience.
* Able for entry to the United States
* Ability to do trip lengths of 7-12 days
* Ability to operate and drive articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
* Ability to plan travel schedules and routes, use atlases and other trip planning aids such as GPS
* Mountain driving experience considered an asset
* Clear Criminal Record check
* Drivers Abstract with three or less violations
*Compensation:*
* NEW - Competitive 0.43 - 0.47 RPM with Yearly Retention Bonus and Quarterly Bonus as well as Paid for Picks/Drops, Detentions, Layovers, Boarder Crossings -
*11,000 Avg. monthly miles
* After three months employment we offer a health benefits package (medical, dental, disability & life insurance)
* Vacation pay of four percent, approximately two weeks of time after one year employment
Agri-Fresh is an equal opportunity employer, we invite all interested applicants to apply on line at www.agriteltransport.com, email recruiting@agrifresh.ca or call 204-289-3033 for details and ask for someone in our recruitment dept.

Job Type: Full-time

[flat to the mat]

Company I work for has 2 vacancies in Winnipeg MB , have been advertising for over a month and no takers yet .

[Kiowan]

Last time I asked you who that company is based on what you told me about them you never gave the name. I regularly check adverts in Winnipeg on indeed and Kijiji and haven't seen anything matching the job you described. So who is it?

[flat to the mat]

Last time I asked you who that company is based on what you told me about them you never gave the name. I regularly check adverts in Winnipeg on indeed and Kijiji and haven't seen anything matching the job you described. So who is it?

PM sent

[newmercman]

Company I work for has 2 vacancies in Winnipeg MB , have been advertising for over a month and no takers yet .

If the wages are as good as McNally told me, which I've no doubt they are, then there's two very good jobs there.

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[Pat Hasler]

Just seen this in Calgary Kijiji today 7 Feb, are they having trouble hiring . Also H & R Advertising for Canada Only , and then Alberta Only , are they having trouble


Description
Calgary/Regina Candidates - More Home-Time, New Pay!

Agri-Fresh from Lockport, Manitoba, has a great new opportunity available and we want Calgary Long-Haul Truck drivers to join our team! - With a new company initiative being put in place within the Calgary market, we are able to offer Calgary located candidates the opportunity for more home time! We will be coming out to conduct in-person interviews!

We are a mid-size company located in Lockport, Manitoba just 10 minutes North of Winnipeg who specialize in hauling Fresh and Healthy Produce from California into the Canadian Prairies!
A ton of our business is located in the Alberta/Saskatchewan Markets and we feel we can offer you the work/life balance you're wanting as our clients are in your home town!

Here's what we're looking for:
* Class 1A driver's license with one-two years of experience.
* Able for entry to the United States
* Ability to do trip lengths of 7-12 days
* Ability to operate and drive articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
* Ability to plan travel schedules and routes, use atlases and other trip planning aids such as GPS
* Mountain driving experience considered an asset
* Clear Criminal Record check
* Drivers Abstract with three or less violations
*Compensation:*
* NEW - Competitive 0.43 - 0.47 RPM with Yearly Retention Bonus and Quarterly Bonus as well as Paid for Picks/Drops, Detentions, Layovers, Boarder Crossings -
*11,000 Avg. monthly miles
* After three months employment we offer a health benefits package (medical, dental, disability & life insurance)
* Vacation pay of four percent, approximately two weeks of time after one year employment
Agri-Fresh is an equal opportunity employer, we invite all interested applicants to apply on line at http://www.agriteltransport.com, email recruiting@agrifresh.ca or call 204-289-3033 for details and ask for someone in our recruitment dept.

Job Type: Full-time

A couple of things I don't like about this ad ...
Must be able to use a GPS ? .... If you need one you shouldn't be driving, learn to read a map.
11,000 miles a month..... Pay by the mile should be outlawed.

[newmercman]

Don't apply then Pat.

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[nightline]

Just seen this in Calgary Kijiji today 7 Feb, are they having trouble hiring . Also H & R Advertising for Canada Only , and then Alberta Only , are they having trouble


Description
Calgary/Regina Candidates - More Home-Time, New Pay!

Agri-Fresh from Lockport, Manitoba, has a great new opportunity available and we want Calgary Long-Haul Truck drivers to join our team! - With a new company initiative being put in place within the Calgary market, we are able to offer Calgary located candidates the opportunity for more home time! We will be coming out to conduct in-person interviews!

We are a mid-size company located in Lockport, Manitoba just 10 minutes North of Winnipeg who specialize in hauling Fresh and Healthy Produce from California into the Canadian Prairies!
A ton of our business is located in the Alberta/Saskatchewan Markets and we feel we can offer you the work/life balance you're wanting as our clients are in your home town!

Here's what we're looking for:
* Class 1A driver's license with one-two years of experience.
* Able for entry to the United States
* Ability to do trip lengths of 7-12 days
* Ability to operate and drive articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
* Ability to plan travel schedules and routes, use atlases and other trip planning aids such as GPS
* Mountain driving experience considered an asset
* Clear Criminal Record check
* Drivers Abstract with three or less violations
*Compensation:*
* NEW - Competitive 0.43 - 0.47 RPM with Yearly Retention Bonus and Quarterly Bonus as well as Paid for Picks/Drops, Detentions, Layovers, Boarder Crossings -
*11,000 Avg. monthly miles
* After three months employment we offer a health benefits package (medical, dental, disability & life insurance)
* Vacation pay of four percent, approximately two weeks of time after one year employment
Agri-Fresh is an equal opportunity employer, we invite all interested applicants to apply on line at http://www.agriteltransport.com, email recruiting@agrifresh.ca or call 204-289-3033 for details and ask for someone in our recruitment dept.

Job Type: Full-time

A couple of things I don't like about this ad ...
Must be able to use a GPS ? .... If you need one you shouldn't be driving, learn to read a map.
11,000 miles a month..... Pay by the mile should be outlawed.

2 weeks pay after first year is there no employment laws in that country you would want your head tested to go there

[newmercman]

The holiday thing is weird here, at least it is in the prairies, it's almost taken as an insult If you want to take two weeks at some places.

My driver gets 5% of his gross added to each pay packet for holiday pay, plus I slip him a few quid out of my own pocket when he goes away and at Christmas. I have to be honest, I wish I earned what he did when I was a company driver!

I have looked into putting him on hourly pay, he already gets paid by the hour for city deliveries and waiting time, but it's not going to make any difference to how much he earns, because of the paid waiting time and city pay, all it will achieve is more paperwork really, he'll need to fill out a time sheet and hand in copies of his logs, that's the only difference really.

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[Pat Hasler]

2 weeks pay after first year is there no employment laws in that country you would want your head tested to go there

LOL, This is why I don't understand guys who want to leave the UK and drive over here and before anyone asks 'Why did you do it then Pat ?' I didn't, I moved here to marry my wife, I had no intention of driving trucks for a living, in fact originally I was going to be a cartoonist for a very big satirical magazine in NYC but I was cheated on by them, after 18 months I had to go back to truck driving, at least the two companies I have worked for are fair and pay more than most, my present company now gives me 3 weeks and 2 days vacation pay, nowhere near what I was used to in the UK but better than most, I also get much higher pay than most. On most companies you get paid for just the miles you do, when you break down you get sweet FA while sitting there. A couple of weeks ago I got a bow out on the NJ turnpike, I was stuck there for 3 hours and then once repaired got on my way and thought nothing of it, however in this weeks pay advice I noticed there was 3 hours extra pay, they monitored how long I was stopped for the incident and paid me without me even asking, not many companies will do that here I assure you.

[nightline]

The holiday thing is weird here, at least it is in the prairies, it's almost taken as an insult If you want to take two weeks at some places.

My driver gets 5% of his gross added to each pay packet for holiday pay, plus I slip him a few quid out of my own pocket when he goes away and at Christmas. I have to be honest, I wish I earned what he did when I was a company driver!

I have looked into putting him on hourly pay, he already gets paid by the hour for city deliveries and waiting time, but it's not going to make any difference to how much he earns, because of the paid waiting time and city pay, all it will achieve is more paperwork really, he'll need to fill out a time sheet and hand in copies of his logs, that's the only difference really.

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So who holds the holiday pay its reads like you pay him the 5% every pay packet

[nightline]

2 weeks pay after first year is there no employment laws in that country you would want your head tested to go there

LOL, This is why I don't understand guys who want to leave the UK and drive over here and before anyone asks 'Why did you do it then Pat ?' I didn't, I moved here to marry my wife, I had no intention of driving trucks for a living, in fact originally I was going to be a cartoonist for a very big satirical magazine in NYC but I was cheated on by them, after 18 months I had to go back to truck driving, at least the two companies I have worked for are fair and pay more than most, my present company now gives me 3 weeks and 2 days vacation pay, nowhere near what I was used to in the UK but better than most, I also get much higher pay than most. On most companies you get paid for just the miles you do, when you break down you get sweet FA while sitting there. A couple of weeks ago I got a bow out on the NJ turnpike, I was stuck there for 3 hours and then once repaired got on my way and thought nothing of it, however in this weeks pay advice I noticed there was 3 hours extra pay, they monitored how long I was stopped for the incident and paid me without me even asking, not many companies will do that here I assure you.

Sounds like a good company you work for but as you say not everyone looks after drivers like that
It would take a lot of getting use to only getting 2 weeks a year

[flat to the mat]

2 weeks pay after first year is there no employment laws in that country you would want your head tested to go there

LOL, This is why I don't understand guys who want to leave the UK and drive over here and before anyone asks 'Why did you do it then Pat ?' I didn't, I moved here to marry my wife, I had no intention of driving trucks for a living, in fact originally I was going to be a cartoonist for a very big satirical magazine in NYC but I was cheated on by them, after 18 months I had to go back to truck driving, at least the two companies I have worked for are fair and pay more than most, my present company now gives me 3 weeks and 2 days vacation pay, nowhere near what I was used to in the UK but better than most, I also get much higher pay than most. On most companies you get paid for just the miles you do, when you break down you get sweet FA while sitting there. A couple of weeks ago I got a bow out on the NJ turnpike, I was stuck there for 3 hours and then once repaired got on my way and thought nothing of it, however in this weeks pay advice I noticed there was 3 hours extra pay, they monitored how long I was stopped for the incident and paid me without me even asking, not many companies will do that here I assure you.

4 weeks fully paid , 4 on 4 off = 48 days here , not to mention pay for everything (pre trips , fuel , truck wash etc etc) . Night out money too Mr Hasler , not all North American trucking companies are slave drivers .

[newmercman]

The holiday thing is weird here, at least it is in the prairies, it's almost taken as an insult If you want to take two weeks at some places.

My driver gets 5% of his gross added to each pay packet for holiday pay, plus I slip him a few quid out of my own pocket when he goes away and at Christmas. I have to be honest, I wish I earned what he did when I was a company driver!

I have looked into putting him on hourly pay, he already gets paid by the hour for city deliveries and waiting time, but it's not going to make any difference to how much he earns, because of the paid waiting time and city pay, all it will achieve is more paperwork really, he'll need to fill out a time sheet and hand in copies of his logs, that's the only difference really.

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So who holds the holiday pay its reads like you pay him the 5% every pay packet

Yep that's exactly what I do.

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[flat to the mat]

NMM , spotted the QE2 on the service road in Virden on Thurs morning , still out ?

[wire]

Nearly all the British ex pats that I know (certainly here in Manitoba anyway) are now owner operator's and what's more most of us were able to start out by financing a brand new top of the range truck. Whichever way you look at it, that kind of opportunity is unlikely to occur in the UK no matter how hard you work so in the overall scheme of things the question of how many weeks holiday you might get with your first job is not that significant in the long term.

[newmercman]

NMM , spotted the QE2 on the service road in Virden on Thurs morning , still out ?

No I got back Saturday night, made it home with minutes to spare, hit my 70 and day 14 at midnight, been a busy couple of weeks.

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[kyk]

Nearly all the British ex pats that I know (certainly here in Manitoba anyway) are now owner operator's and what's more most of us were able to start out by financing a brand new top of the range truck. Whichever way you look at it, that kind of opportunity is unlikely to occur in the UK no matter how hard you work so in the overall scheme of things the question of how many weeks holiday you might get with your first job is not that significant in the long term.

Judging by the ones who post their truck photos on here...

They all have previous generations Cascadias...

For those who don't know 2017 Cascadia = 1995 Iveco

By the looks of timescale all of them left Europe many years ago... they left Europe when trucks were around 2000 at best... they never experienced modern European truck so they knew something in between of 1995 Iveco and 2000 Volvo, then they arrived in Canada lived there for many years and never saw the progress European truck manufacturers achieved... they knew only US trucks which by default are 10 - 15 years behing European trucks so yeah of course... if you put 2017 Cascadia in front of a old man who knew only 1995 ivecos he will be impressed and think that running at the age of before tacho on 1995+ truck is somewhat of achievement...


then we add 16h days that you do over there / here = canada
half a day drive to local shaity shtore passing cowboys and stuck in 70s small town inbreds alongside all sectants
sawdustplasterboard blow like snort houses
shaitersuicker waste disposal system
propanetank heating

+ all that chemical food with no option of healthy food and bunch of inbredsectandrednecks shouting fracking is good because govner would not do bad to us he knows everything better and you get old sick man who thinks cascadia is the height of the kings lair working 24/7 driving 13+h a day + fueling loading hooking anything else...

I'll carry on another day/...

been there done that frack that stay away...
cascadia nightmares to course me untill i die....godd damn...

EDIT: a message to the one who designed previous generation 2017 cascadias heat, sound insulation and electric - non apu heater... You [zb] deserve to die from bad disease in slow and painfull death...

[ChrisArbon]

Nearly all the British ex pats that I know (certainly here in Manitoba anyway) are now owner operator's and what's more most of us were able to start out by financing a brand new top of the range truck. Whichever way you look at it, that kind of opportunity is unlikely to occur in the UK no matter how hard you work so in the overall scheme of things the question of how many weeks holiday you might get with your first job is not that significant in the long term.

Judging by the ones who post their truck photos on here...

They all have previous generations Cascadias...

For those who don't know 2017 Cascadia = 1995 Iveco

By the looks of timescale all of them left Europe many years ago... they left Europe when trucks were around 2000 at best... they never experienced modern European truck so they knew something in between of 1995 Iveco and 2000 Volvo, then they arrived in Canada lived there for many years and never saw the progress European truck manufacturers achieved... they knew only US trucks which by default are 10 - 15 years behing European trucks so yeah of course... if you put 2017 Cascadia in front of a old man who knew only 1995 ivecos he will be impressed and think that running at the age of before tacho on 1995+ truck is somewhat of achievement...


then we add 16h days that you do over there / here = canada
half a day drive to local shaity shtore passing cowboys and stuck in 70s small town inbreds alongside all sectants
sawdustplasterboard blow like snort houses
shaitersuicker waste disposal system
propanetank heating

+ all that chemical food with no option of healthy food and bunch of inbredsectandrednecks shouting fracking is good because govner would not do bad to us he knows everything better and you get old sick man who thinks cascadia is the height of the kings lair working 24/7 driving 13+h a day + fueling loading hooking anything else...

I'll carry on another day/...

been there done that frack that stay away...
cascadia nightmares to course me untill i die....godd damn...

EDIT: a message to the one who designed previous generation 2017 cascadias heat, sound insulation and electric - non apu heater... You [zb] deserve to die from bad disease in slow and painfull death...

I thought most owner/operators drove Volvos.

[wire]

And of course mostly all the Brit ex pat owner drivers bought new Volvo' s except for a few who preferred to go with Peterbilts.

[newmercman]

Quite a few inaccuracies in that post, first of all the Cascadia, they used Mercedes Benz Actros MP2 switchgear and door handles, steering wheel etc and were available with a Mercedes Benz inline 6 engine as well as the Detroit and Cummins options. The only British O/O I personally know with a Cascadia has a Merc engine in his one. Nothing at all like a 1995 IVECO, I know this having owned a 1995 440E52 EuroStar, also interior specs differ greatly, a poverty spec Cascadia will of course be quite basic, but tick a few boxes on the options list and you can have an interior every bit as luxurious as anything else on the market.

Secondly, 16hr days and working for free for some of those 16hrs, that my friend is up to you, if you choose to work for a company that operates in this way, you have nobody to blame but yourself, there are plenty of well paid jobs about that don't require you to max out your hours every day, you cannot pass judgement on the whole industry because you couldn't find a decent job.

An expat I know of has recently decided to get out of long haul because he can't make a living anymore due to the introduction of elogs, another idiot I'm afraid, only able to earn a wage by working all the hours under the sun and he says he's sorry to leave as it was a good job! Seriously, he could only make it pay by working illegally and putting in 18hr days and he reckons it was a good job! Unbelievable! Idiots like that are the reason these crap jobs exist.

And here's the thing, who moved to Canada to work? I never, well actually I did as I only intended to come here for a couple of years, drive a big yank tank and see the sights, but I liked the life here and that's why I stayed. That's what emigration is about, a better life, if you base that on work alone and decide to mess that up even more by working a crappy job, it's hardly going to make a happy ending is it.

It does raise a good point though, if you're only thinking of moving to Canada, or anywhere else for that matter, to get a better job, you'll be disappointed, even if you get the best job in the country, there's far more to it than work.

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[hutpik]

I Think that applies to almost any country.One of the biggest problems is a lack of forward planning and research,then upon arrival nothing is as expected.
Up here it is,to a degree,the same.They have a chronic shortage of people here in all sectors of employment and it is possible to earn very good Money,BUT,if you are only coming here to earn Money you will be dissapointed as it is also a big mentality and Lifestyle change which you have to accept[just as Canada].To make something of it you HAVE to WANT to be here.

[newmercman]

That's it Mike, whilst our job does give us a certain amount of freedom with the many different types of work under the umbrella of lorry driving, if you base your whole life on your job, I doubt you'll ever find happiness.

The reason I came to Canada was to scratch an itch, I was at a crossroads in life and fancied driving a big rig around, the reason I stayed here has SFA to do with trucks. It was the lifestyle, the lack of traffic, no car alarms and police sirens going off 24/7, no gangs of chavs kicking off etc, the job, well that's only to pay the bills and buy stuff I want or need, there's far more to life than going to work, although it doesn't always feel that way when you're a thousand miles from home on a Friday evening as I am right now lol

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[flat to the mat]

Nearly all the British ex pats that I know (certainly here in Manitoba anyway) are now owner operator's and what's more most of us were able to start out by financing a brand new top of the range truck. Whichever way you look at it, that kind of opportunity is unlikely to occur in the UK no matter how hard you work so in the overall scheme of things the question of how many weeks holiday you might get with your first job is not that significant in the long term.

Judging by the ones who post their truck photos on here...

They all have previous generations Cascadias...

For those who don't know 2017 Cascadia = 1995 Iveco

By the looks of timescale all of them left Europe many years ago... they left Europe when trucks were around 2000 at best... they never experienced modern European truck so they knew something in between of 1995 Iveco and 2000 Volvo, then they arrived in Canada lived there for many years and never saw the progress European truck manufacturers achieved... they knew only US trucks which by default are 10 - 15 years behing European trucks so yeah of course... if you put 2017 Cascadia in front of a old man who knew only 1995 ivecos he will be impressed and think that running at the age of before tacho on 1995+ truck is somewhat of achievement...


then we add 16h days that you do over there / here = canada
half a day drive to local shaity shtore passing cowboys and stuck in 70s small town inbreds alongside all sectants
sawdustplasterboard blow like snort houses
shaitersuicker waste disposal system
propanetank heating

+ all that chemical food with no option of healthy food and bunch of inbredsectandrednecks shouting fracking is good because govner would not do bad to us he knows everything better and you get old sick man who thinks cascadia is the height of the kings lair working 24/7 driving 13+h a day + fueling loading hooking anything else...

I'll carry on another day/...

been there done that frack that stay away...
cascadia nightmares to course me untill i die....godd damn...

EDIT: a message to the one who designed previous generation 2017 cascadias heat, sound insulation and electric - non apu heater... You [zb] deserve to die from bad disease in slow and painfull death...

You sound like a pissed off H&R returnee/failure . Looking forward to your next post , always like a good laugh