truckman020:
why don’t companies recruit themselves anymore,why is it allways through an agency,could it be that they want to see what the drivers are made of first before taking them on full time,or is it because they don’t want the hassle
So they can increase and reduce their workforce as and when they feel like it. No commitments to anyone and no rights because you’re no their employee.
yeah,see what you mean,same as companies leasing vehicles now,one payment each month and everything handled by the lease company
Which might be fine if all they need is a chauffeur’s arse to plonk on the seat.
Doesn’t work out that way when the job entails a bit of specialist knowledge.
Hence why always better for driver’s to specialise if they can, makes you a sight more difficult to replace at a moments notice.
Juddian:
I did say proper jobs. Proper jobs pay the right rate.
And how much is that?
Harry
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I would like to request general information regarding one of your earlier comment. I need some help but I can not find your comment even when I used the search engine. Maybe I used the wrong word.
Juddian:
I did say proper jobs. Proper jobs pay the right rate.
And how much is that?
Harry
Is there any way to contact with you?
I would like to request general information regarding one of your earlier comment. I need some help but I can not find your comment even when I used the search engine. Maybe I used the wrong word.
Another good job gone to the dogs by the sound of it, the moment an “employment” agency is mentioned the alarm bells ring.
The job was dead mans shoes, i’ll bet a £ to a pinch of S*** if you do manage to get a full time position you won’t be on the same T+C’s as the incumbent drivers as we all know the best jobs are never advertised, in the past the agency route was the way in to lots of the cream own account jobs, they had you in had a look at you over a period of months and if you were good enough with the right attitude the job was yours.
However the agency is now used as a pool of disposable labour to with as the employer wishes, the cream jobs are still around maybe not paying like they once did but they are out there ,are no mistake.
I don’t know if Ford is similar, but years ago when I worked for BT (another heavily unionised company) on agency, the temps were on the same hourly rate as their own drivers.
Admittedly there were none of the perks, but the rate was good; £9.25 per hour, overtime after 8 hours per shift, and that was 22 years ago.
When I was on the fleet they only recruited new drivers from the plant ,and then trained them up,they had their own training school with their own instructors,thats how I got the job in the 70s.
It will probably be under a new contract,gone are the days when job’s paid really well,like the old Tate and Lyle, the petrol companies,nowadays these big companies are also looking to save money,ford won’t be any different,probably be around £28,000 per year or less
AndrewG:
Do they still run the old Ford Cargo’s? The last one Ford made must be getting a bit old in the tooth now, unless they have some old TransCons still floating about…
Think there using fh700s but no ones seems to have seen them yet !
truckman020:
It will probably be under a new contract,gone are the days when job’s paid really well,like the old Tate and Lyle, the petrol companies,nowadays these big companies are also looking to save money,ford won’t be any different,probably be around £28,000 per year or less
In an industry that’s still heavily unionised I doubt that very much! The lads on the production lines will be earning loads more than that and I doubt they’d take I pay cut to drive one of the wagons round instead.
HGV vacancies - position now closed.
Position: Driver Specialist, Dagenham Inbound Fleet
Salary: £14.53 per hour + shift allowance
Location: Dagenham based, although travel UK wide
Hours: Varying shift pattern over 24 hours, to include start times varying between early mornings, late afternoons and throughout the night, including staying out (if required).
Blunder Man:
HGV vacancies - position now closed.
Position: Driver Specialist, Dagenham Inbound Fleet
Salary: £14.53 per hour + shift allowance
Location: Dagenham based, although travel UK wide
Hours: Varying shift pattern over 24 hours, to include start times varying between early mornings, late afternoons and throughout the night, including staying out (if required).
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O/T @ time and half, night out money when I applied 16-17 years ago was £78.
AndrewG:
Do they still run the old Ford Cargo’s? The last one Ford made must be getting a bit old in the tooth now, unless they have some old TransCons still floating about…
Think there using fh700s but no ones seems to have seen them yet !
There are, reportedly, some immaculate Transcontis doing internal jobs at some Ford facilities.
IIRC Ford Mo Co used Iveco Fords while there was still the tie-up between Ford and Iveco in the UK, then switched to MAN (seemingly not put off by MAN being part of the rival VW Group). They may have used Volvos in between, because Ford owned Volvo’s car division for a while, then sold it to the Chinese Geeley concern. Geeley is now the biggest shareholder in Volvo Group (Volvo trucks, buses, diesel engines and plant) and in Daimler (Mercedes-Benz), too!
I wonder how much longer Ford will need a truck fleet in the UK?
Dagenham builds light-duty diesel engines, which are currently as welcome as a ■■■■ in a space-suit, Bridgend lost most of the work it used to do (building petrol engines for JLR, which JLR now makes in-house at Wolverhampton) and that leaves the Ford-Gertrag JV transmission plant near Liverpool, which will probably shut when the UK leaves the EU.
