Harry Monk:
The trouble is that as we’ve seen on this forum so many times, any suggestion that working hours be reduced is met with howls of anguish from other truck drivers who are convinced that long hours on a low hourly rate is the only way to earn a reasonable wage.
Yep. And it’s the majority, not the minority. Just try to find any piece of 60ft long tarmac on a night without a truck parked on it with its driver ‘living the dream’ in his tin box with no wash or toilet facilities, having his 9 hours off before cracking on with another 15 hour shift all for £600 take home.
As Conor notes, the establishments who offer decent terms and decent equipment have no issues with recruitment and retention. It’s always the logistics companies crying about driver shortages, whilst completely ignoring the simple fix to their woes which is staring them right in the face. Bring it on I say. The country would be a far better place without the likes of Stobart, Wincanton and all the other ‘race-to-the-bottom’ logistics companies.