Havent been in the game long enough to know if this is considered a good rate for they type of worknor not but heres the ad!
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SOCÂ Code:
8211
Wage
£31,546.32 PER ANNUM
Hours
60 PER WEEK,THURS-SUN 18.00 TO 06.00
Location
COLNBROOK, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE SL3
Duration
Permanent
Date posted
17 September 2012
Pension details
No details held
Description
Must have previous experience and a digital tacho card. Duties will be collecting goods; loading vehicle; planning and driving the route to make sure deliveries are made on time; unloading goods; collecting signatures on delivery, updating delivery records. CRB check will be carried out, expense met by employer. Must have 5 year checkable work or back toschool history. Good communication skills required as will need to be able to understand instructions and complete 8 hours training course. APPLICANT SHOULD BE AWARE THIS WILL INVOLVE NIGHTS OUT. Only successful applicants will be contacted.This vacancy is covered by the Working Time Regulations. For advice on this regulation you should see the www.businesslink.gov.ukOpens new window (unless JavaScript disabled) website or contact the Pay and Work Rights helpline.
How to apply
You can apply for this job by sending a CV/written application to Karen Williams at Saints Transport Ltd, hr@saints.co.uk.
It seems good money until you look at it, long nights all over a weekend and that’ll be every weekend too. Ok if you’re a family man I suppose but social life will go out the window.
bald bloke:
It seems good money until you look at it, long nights all over a weekend and that’ll be every weekend too. Ok if you’re a family man I suppose but social life will go out the window.
I would love that job just a shame how far away it is, four nights at work would be blissssss…
Wage £31,546.32 PER ANNUM Hours 60 PER WEEK,THURS-SUN 18.00 TO 06.00 Location COLNBROOK, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE SL3
Let’s cast a critical eye over it.
(1) Slough is a prosperous area.(in sight of Windsor Castle FFS!) Wages should be over £40k there for this many hours, even at places in the general area, like RM Langley.
(2) It should be based on 40ish hours (RM 41.5) not 60, which I keep thumping on is WTD illegal if done week in, week out. If you don’t thump on about it being illegal, then such behaviour becomes the “legal norm” and then expected of you. In reality, it’s a grey area, deliberately made so to get firms to err on the side of “more hours and less pay”.
(3) Saints are paying a lot more than this already at their Heathrow branch, so why would they be paying less just a few miles away? If course, they could be struggling so much, that they’ve decided to cut about 6-8k off the same job description of late, but that’s pretty scary if it’s true isn’t it?
(4) The work includes across weekends, which implies the job is attractiing a premium payment. Barely £630 gross for a 60 hour week doesn’t seem to be that does it? Self-load & plan is no skin off my nose personally, and even the occasional night out.
60 hours at many firms would be getting some overtime, and push that overall average hourly rate up. Having a start week of the 60 means essentially “no overtime” and in effect this is a salary. You’re only better off on such an arrangement for the period each year you are on holiday, as opposed to the bod who does a 40 hour week, and books a regular 20 hours overtime, but doesn’t get the overtime when on holiday. Work it out.
How do you get 60 hours in 4 shifts? Surely the maximum is 57. It says the hours are 1800-0600 so I would say that the job is 5 shifts? 5x12 hours is 60 hours!
skids:
How do you get 60 hours in 4 shifts? Surely the maximum is 57. It says the hours are 1800-0600 so I would say that the job is 5 shifts? 5x12 hours is 60 hours!
Ummm! kind of brings things into perspective a bit.
£31,500 per annum is about half the salary and double the hours the likes of…ie… ESL’s corporate lawyers and accountants are paid to put drivers on the dole.
Solly:
Ummm! kind of brings things into perspective a bit.
£31,500 per annum is about half the salary and double the hours the likes of…ie… ESL’s corporate lawyers and accountants are paid to put drivers on the dole.
skids:
How do you get 60 hours in 4 shifts? Surely the maximum is 58. It says the hours are 1800-0600 so I would say that the job is 5 shifts? 5x12 hours is 60 hours!
It’s 4 shifts Thursday to Sunday.
So its only 48 hours a week then? The ad needs clarifying I would say as it says Thursday to Sunday, !800-0600 and its 60 hours a week. The sums don’t add up. The maximum you can do in 4 shifts is 58 hours (3x15 and 1x13).
Grumpygraeme:
I bet is thats a typo and should read Sun to Thurs, 5x12hr shifts. No mention of a collective opt out for the WTD 10 hr maximum night work rule.
I hear Stobarts are looking for International Trampers out of Purfleet at the moment on a mon to fri basis if anyones interested.
Nothing on stobbie website about Purfleet International jobs. Go onto www.stobartgroup.com and click on the contact section. Scroll down to either of the following and Email or ring Andy Scott(International) or Neale Burdon(jobs/training) they maybe able to help on the International front.
