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I find this advert ironic because the advert is clearly aimed at the Wilkos drivers who have recently lost their jobs. Although the Wilko drivers where employed by GXO and around 14 drivers where able to transfer to the new B&Q warehouse at Blyth, some of the drivers are out of work, and despite DHL laying off drivers they are now advertisingsupplychainjobs.dhl.com/jobs/va … scription/
HGV Class 1 Driver DHL Worksop
Salary:38,638
Region:Worksop
Job Type/Function:Transport
Contract Type:Permanent
Total number of weekly/annual hours:42
DHL, award winning leading supply chain business is seeking a HGV Class 1 Drivers to play a vital role in our distribution service.AVAILABLE SHIFTS AND SALARY:
4 on 4 off Days - £34,650
4 on 4 off Nights - £38,638
Any 5 from 7 Days - £34,650
Any 5 from 7 Nights - £38,638
The rates DHL are offering are £5K below what anywhere else locally is offering, but might be OK for anyone starting out or desperate to put food on the table
On another note the GXO trucks from Wilkos yard have just been moved to the B&Q yard up the road
Sorry I’m not seeing too much wrong with this advert. I’m just down the road in Nottingham and work 4 on 4 off days for DHL on one of their contracts near here. We get about £3000 more than those figures you quote but are in a slightly better catchment area pay wise.
People get too wrapped up in just the pay when it comes to a job, you have to look at the bigger picture, sure when it’s a really crap rate of pay then I get that but either £35,000 or £38,000 that’s quoted here I would class as a good earner for driving a lorry.
The same principle applies where I am, I could go and get a job that pays several thousand more if it was solely about money but I’d be hard pressed to find an easier and cushier number with the hours I actually work and company benefits we get.