Col81:
I am in a sales job on £45k i have completely had enough of it.
I live in Warrington where there are lots of warehouses etc. i need to earn £36k as a minimum. Ideally £40k.
Is it worth me training on class 2 and working up. is it worth the investment.I am worried as a new driver i am maybe too old? I will certainly graft and i am fit and healthy.
I quite like the idea of multidrops etc. I just need to make sure i can earn the money. Ideally Monday to Friday.Any advice would be grateful and examples of wages etc in the area.
Given your current salary, no. It really isn’t worth going down this path. There are so many pitfalls nobody ever tells you about. It’s manual labour. It’s better than working in an Amazon warehouse…maybe?
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Class 2
It isn’t “driving” it’s manual labour combined with an element of driving and very early starts and late finishes. What’s early? Getting up at 4am to get to the yard by 5am then stand in a que like a slave to be issued keys through a hole in a brick wall and be dismissed like a thicko without even a thank you. The stuff that got loaded with a forklift you’re expected to unload on your own with a pump truck. If you’re lucky an electric pump truck. You won’t be able to park outside the drop, you’ll be ■■■■■■■ sh1!t hundreds of yards down the street. Your lovely employer will put you ‘on salary’ instead of hourly because he knows you’ll never complete the drops in the allocated time. Basically, you’re doing tens of hours for free every week. You would unironically make more money as a cleaner. Don’t believe me? Check the job sites for hourly pay. -
Class 1
£50,000 a year! The government said so. Hurrah!
Utter nonsense.
Can you make 50k, yeah you can. What are you willing to sacrifice for it? They never tell you that bit. You will sacrifice everything. And I mean everything for that money.
If you are willing to be away from your family from early hours (2am -4am) Sunday night/Monday morning and get home maybe Friday night or Saturday morning then yes, you’ll make a grand a week. You’ll be exhausted. You’ll sleep. You won’t see your family even on those precious down hours. You would unironically make more doing those hours at Asda on the tills. I’m not joking. Asda won’t let you do those hours because it’s illegal. Truckers hours stop when the tacho stops. You’ll be paid £25 to be a security guard for the load and fuel during the night. Anything and everything that goes wrong is your fault. Late delivery? Your fault. Late collection? Your fault. No matter that you informed them of the traffic or accident. Another better driver would have got it there on time. You are made to feel worthless. It’s like an abusive relationship where you just succumb to the mental beating and break the law in the hope they’ll be pleased but they never are.
Everyone, and I mean everyone treats you like dirt. -
Interesting fact - insurance
If you smack a truck, and you will, because we’ve all done it. You’ve got to declare it on your basic car insurance. Yeah, they never told you that did they. You’ll see your premiums jump at least 50% on your car and your wife’s car (if you’re a named driver) because you were “involved” in an accident. Didn’t say “your fault” merely “involved” check your policy.
In a nutshell, it’s a job for single guys or divorced guys living in a caravan.
Can you make 50k? Yes. Could you make 50k doing these hours stacking shelves? Yes, absolutely no question.