Well-Jell:
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Forgive me if am wrong, but you appear to be interested / talking only about wages, the most you can earn in a shorter time after passing your / their test ( facebook friend ).For me and a lot of other people it’s about a lot more than that.
Definitely for me it’s about having to do less drops, less manual work while enjoying your day at work.
I can tell you that it’s no fun been given the keys to your class 2 lorry and been expected to do 34 drops per day in 3 different regions, the word stress doesn’t even come close.
Now lest compare that to been given the keys to your C+E lorry and been sent on your trunk run with 1 drop then straight back to the depot and finish, i know whitch one I’d choose.
I currently only have class 2 by the way but am DESPERATE to get my C+E as soon as humanly possible.
Good luck with what ever you end up doing.
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I wouldn’t say it’s only about that but I suppose you can say at the end of the day wages are a large factor in any career decision. I would say at the moment I’m basing decisions on about 50-60% of that criteria here.
Of course, I do enjoy driving. One of the other deciding factors for me personally is the various shift patterns. Multi-drop, or more manual labour doesn’t bother me too much, I suppose you could put that down to my past experience of being a courier with Amazon where we arrived at 8am and I didn’t get home some nights til 9.30pm, had to pack and organize the van with 180-200 parcels regularly, and then expected to deliver them all the same day - double parking with the hazards on in city centre because you couldn’t get a space and bolting up a close to the very top landing.
During the Christmas period you had the luxury of your toilet break consisting of ■■■■■■■ in a bottle. To top that off any hope of finishing early was swiftly swiped away by being continually asked to go and help someone else and take parcels from them.
My mate gave it a whirl and lasted one week, parked his van up near his house and told them to come and get it. Looking back I don’t know why I put up with it.
Have you even looked at other class 2 work which is maybe less drops or less hand ball? And are you agency just now?