I had an offer a few months back,£12 an hour ,dpd Hinckley which I refused.
Now they sent me an e mail saying they put the rates up to 45k average earnings,but not telling me tge hourly rate.
Anyone know the new hourly rate?
Sploom:
I had an offer a few months back,£12 an hour ,dpd Hinckley which I refused.
Now they sent me an e mail saying they put the rates up to 45k average earnings,but not telling me tge hourly rate.
Anyone know the new hourly rate?
Going on where I am for a 54hr week for about the same that would work out around £16/hr. As a former Linehaul driver being the only one at the depot I was based at I wasn’t doing 54hrs a week, more like 48-50 and during the run up to Xmas less than that because the busier it was the quicker my trailer would get loaded and me be on my way so often I’d be leaving an hour after I arrived, doing maybe 9hrs a night tops, with them sending more trailers up from the hub after mine. When it was quiet I’d be waiting til the end of sort.
Sploom:
I had an offer a few months back,£12 an hour ,dpd Hinckley which I refused.
Now they sent me an e mail saying they put the rates up to 45k average earnings,but not telling me tge hourly rate.
Anyone know the new hourly rate?
You need to ring them and ask one question - what’s the hourly rate
I’ve seen loads of jobs moving away from stating an hourly rate to quoting a yearly salary rate. When you ring them and ask what the hourly rate is, it’s normally pretty dire £10-£12 an hour range. When you ask how they’re getting to 50k a year it normally includes tramping all week, night out allowance, a few quid food, a few quid phone allowance and some mystical ‘bonus’ which is never fully explained and is discretionary. And the final kicker… it’s not guaranteed - it’s only an ‘indication’ of what you could earn.
Not saying all firms do this, but a hell of a lot do judging by jobs I’ve rang.
Yes,very true
Build5:
Sploom:
I had an offer a few months back,£12 an hour ,dpd Hinckley which I refused.
Now they sent me an e mail saying they put the rates up to 45k average earnings,but not telling me tge hourly rate.
Anyone know the new hourly rate?You need to ring them and ask one question - what’s the hourly rate
I’ve seen loads of jobs moving away from stating an hourly rate to quoting a yearly salary rate. When you ring them and ask what the hourly rate is, it’s normally pretty dire £10-£12 an hour range. When you ask how they’re getting to 50k a year it normally includes tramping all week, night out allowance, a few quid food, a few quid phone allowance and some mystical ‘bonus’ which is never fully explained and is discretionary. And the final kicker… it’s not guaranteed - it’s only an ‘indication’ of what you could earn.
Not saying all firms do this, but a hell of a lot do judging by jobs I’ve rang.
^^^^ This all day.
If they’re not quoting the hourly rate, it’s because the basic hourly is ■■■■■■
I work p/t and only ever would take a job that I knew the hourly rate. Anything else leaves the door wide open for uncertainty.
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Salary can be ok, but without knowing the hours its based on, and whether working under those stated hours they may require you to make up the shortfall or whether excess hours will be paid extra or paid back, you can’t work out a rate.
I was getting £18 an hour and guaranteed 10 a few months ago, got a text last week off same agency,saying rates have gone up.Christmas week and build up was £35 per hour!
we just had a pay rise.
On our hourly rate…permanent.
I was happy before. This is icing on the cake.
If you can put up with doing everything properly and by the book, best place ive worked for, ever…
before i worked here I always classed Royal Mail as the Holy Grail…
No thanks 
Swordsy:
we just had a pay rise.On our hourly rate…permanent.
I was happy before. This is icing on the cake.
If you can put up with doing everything properly and by the book, best place ive worked for, ever…
before i worked here I always classed Royal Mail as the Holy Grail…
No thanks
with the retention and peak bonuses still being paid. and another pay review in january
Don’t forget the other perks, myshopping, free meals occasionally
good times…
Swordsy:
we just had a pay rise.On our hourly rate…permanent.
I was happy before. This is icing on the cake.
If you can put up with doing everything properly and by the book, best place ive worked for, ever…
before i worked here I always classed Royal Mail as the Holy Grail…
No thanks
come on don’t keep me hanging big man
what’s the basic hourly and over time in the holy grail
Juddian:
Salary can be ok, but without knowing the hours its based on, and whether working under those stated hours they may require you to make up the shortfall or whether excess hours will be paid extra or paid back, you can’t work out a rate.
Very true ^^^^ the problem now seems to be some topline figure based upon that one driver who’s so greedy that he will work the two minute silence (we all know one such individual) and then the company quote his last years wages as what is achievable for every driver.
Bring back hourly rates on your adverts you shysters, we weren’t born yesterday 
I had a text from an agency I’ve worked for previously a couple of months back, stating DPD new hourly rate £20 weekdays £21 & £22 w/e guaranteed 10 hrs. I’d imagine seeing another increase for Christmas.
I’m in the job market at the moment. I know I can go agency doing supermarkets for mega bucks but it’s just not my cup of tea.
All the stuff I think might be of interest is still paying what’s always been payed. God knows how they’re getting drivers. One place I contacted is a very large well established general haulier.
£500 for 55 hours because they take an hour a day off you each day. Overtime rate between 11 and 13 hours is £10 per hour and after that it goes up to a heady £12.■■ An hour [emoji23]
£26,000 a year for 55 hour weeks!
Needless to say I didn’t take the job [emoji57]
I too am intrigued as to what this new hourly rate is as I’m close to the Hinckley hubs and am now wondering if it could be worth firing over a cv.
nomiS36:
I’m in the job market at the moment. I know I can go agency doing supermarkets for mega bucks but it’s just not my cup of tea.
All the stuff I think might be of interest is still paying what’s always been payed. God knows how they’re getting drivers. One place I contacted is a very large well established general haulier.
£500 for 55 hours because they take an hour a day off you each day. Overtime rate between 11 and 13 hours is £10 per hour and after that it goes up to a heady £12.■■ An hour [emoji23]
£26,000 a year for 55 hour weeks!
Needless to say I didn’t take the job [emoji57]
General Haulier is the problem, with sadly few exceptions.
Get away from them and find something else (specialised is good), preferably where the distribution dept isn’t a business in itself, this could indeed be a supermarket but thinking more of the remaining own account operations.
Yeah that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 5 years, own account.
CallumB:
I too am intrigued as to what this new hourly rate is as I’m close to the Hinckley hubs and am now wondering if it could be worth firing over a cv.
Themoocher:
come on don’t keep me hanging big man
what’s the basic hourly and over time in the holy grail
From October 25 £14.46 p/h. ot after 40 x1.5, extra shift x1.75
andy187:
CallumB:
I too am intrigued as to what this new hourly rate is as I’m close to the Hinckley hubs and am now wondering if it could be worth firing over a cv.Themoocher:
come on don’t keep me hanging big man
what’s the basic hourly and over time in the holy grailFrom October 25 £14.46 p/h. ot after 40 x1.5, extra shift x1.75
Is that with paid breaks?