rob22888:
Although i think its a tad naive to suggest that “the rest of the country” is on 40hr weeks
Far from it. The data is out there and in fact the average is actually under 40hrs.
The average hours of weekly work for fulltime employees before the pandemic according to ONS statistics was 37.3hrs.
In the last quarter, Jan-Mar 2021 it was 33.8hrs.
ons.gov.uk/employmentandlab … s/ybuy/lms
Given the average working week as a lorry driver is 55hrs, most lorry drivers are working over one and a half times the average working week for not that much above the national median average wage of about £585.50 per week, which works out at around £31,461 a year. And yet we still have many trying to justify being paid £10-£11/hr saying it’s OK because they’re tramping and can bang the hours in so “take home a good wage”. Nah mate, no you don’t when you’re working twice as long as other people to take home barely a couple of hundred quid more including your night out money.