msgyorkie:
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Muddy K:
Long story short, shook hands with someone on a job offer. (…) Is this common in our industry?S.
There shows everything that is wrong with haulage in the UK today. You the employee are nothing but the crap of the bottom of a shoe to some of these 2 bit “logistic” firms. And they wonder why nobody wants to drive for a living anymore. Just a tool to be used and abused.
PS … I too applied for a 4 on 4 off job that was advertised only to be told it is actually Mon to Friday with every other Saturday. He got a flea in his ear by the time I finished with him for wasting my time with underhand recruiting tactics. (Well that was the polite version!)
Yup, avoid ‘‘2 bit logistic firms’’ whenever possible.
I’ve worked at logistics operations that have been well run with good management who knew their industry and who valued good staff, now increasingly rare.
The answer is whenever possible to find jobs in own account, where old fashioned values still apply to some extent, and look after the job so it lasts.