scanny77:
I have applied for a job but there is a 10 hour night restriction in place. This is the only company I have come across who have opted into itIs there any way round it?
Do you know if the 10 hour limit causes any problems for the current drivers? If they arenāt having any problems, the fact they have opted in suggests they donāt, why worry about it?
I donāt know if their current drivers have faced a problem yet. They havenāt been doing it long. A month or so but I did the same job for a different company for 12 months up until 3 months ago. It was McBurneys doing it for them but they have brought it in house and are taking on drivers next month
Take the job, it may occasionally go a little wrong and you go over the 10 hour night limit, which isnāt a tacho offence and wouldnāt even be picked up in a roadside check as there would be no way of the enforcement official knowing if the company had an opt out in place or not. If you did go over then got a company infringement for it then you have a discussion with them. You could do the job for months and never have a problem, you canāt live life by what if. If my Auntie had balls sheād be my Uncle.
im lost for words,thers a agreement in place at this depot obviously agreed by the existing workforce and you want to change it so it suits you,what about the drivers who already work there ,donāt there thoughts ,feelings come into it ,I think your being really selfish here scanny .
dozy:
im lost for words,thers a agreement in place at this depot obviously agreed by the existing workforce and you want to change it so it suits you,what about the drivers who already work there ,donāt there thoughts ,feelings come into it ,I think your being really selfish here scanny .
And taking the already in place agreement into account that surely suggests this run is being done each time with little or no problem. I think heās worrying about nothing.
It would appear to be a whole lot of nothing considering he hasnāt even been for interview let alone been offered a job. If You worry this much about a āpossibleā situation in a " possible" job itās probably not the job for you. Stress is a killer you know.
As for breaking the 10 hr rules, Iāve yet to hear of anything happening to anyone that goes over it. I worked for a company doing night trunks, 1800 to 0600, for 13 months. Usually around 8 hrs driving, 2 hrs unload/load plus breaks. Plenty diversions off the A38, occasional flat tyre & the odd breakdown or accident to get through, in short the type of thing that could happen anytime, anywhere to anyone. We never had an opt out in place, when I once asked the TM about it, the bosses daughter, she didnāt have a clue about the opt out, I had to go online in the office to show her the rules.
dowahdiddyman:
Sorry but do you want the job or not, if the money is that good take the thing and cross the 10 hr rule IF something goes wrong.
Thatās exactly what I was thinking.
I can hardly believe what Iām reading from the OP. [Edit: Actually, yes I can]. Their job, their rules, so if you donāt like/agree with them, donāt work there. However if you go in with the attitude of being the new lad and then trying to tell them where theyāre going wrong and what they should do differently, things arenāt going to go well for you.
scanny77:
I know it is a management problem but it is my tacho and that is my responsibility
What on earth are you worrying about keeping the tacho right for on a job which may just go over nine hoursā driving and just over ten hoursā working time?!
Who said anything about changing anything? I am trying to keep myself right by planning ahead and it turns out that there have been problems from this 10 hour rule for the current drivers
I will merely remind you of the 7 Ps for those that know what it stands for. I am not stressing about anything but I am looking at a problem which is more when than if and executing the 7 Ps regarding a foreseeable problem instead of ignoring the inevitable
