Hello All
I applied for a multi drop job driving a rigid (18 ton).
To be honest the add made it look appealing
What can you expect in return?
Excellent rates of pay
Health Cash Plan Insurance Cover
Bespoke training and development including licence upgrades
Long service rewards
Had a nice phone call from the lady today…
I have to say there view, and my view of Excellent rates of pay differ somewhat.
Just curious what others thought Excellent rates of pay would be?
What was the hourly rate ?
I’m on £8.51 48 hours garenteed. Time half o/t
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Generally it means well below what anyone who’s not the accountant would think is excellent. It’s a buzzword that doesn’t actually mean anything, except they copied the ad details from everyone else.
Think I’m on about the same as Blue Estate although the overtime isn’t quite that much. Depends a lot mind you where you are in the country too - round here that’s pretty much standard (East Midlands) for class 2 although in Kent I would imagine it’d be higher.
As with all things transport related you must take it with a pinch of salt, offering to pay for licence upgrades may suggest they have trouble recruiting and retaining drivers, excellent or competitive rates of pay usually mean the opposite.
Nothing to stop you going for the interview as asking plenty of questions, it all depends on how much you need the job and you’re personal situation and you’re own level of experience, you could take the job and hate it and they’re is nothing to stop you moving on, unless you are extremely lucky it takes many years to find the job you love and which suits you best.
trevHCS:
Generally it means well below what anyone who’s not the accountant would think is excellent. It’s a buzzword that doesn’t actually mean anything, except they copied the ad details from everyone else.Think I’m on about the same as Blue Estate although the overtime isn’t quite that much. Depends a lot mind you where you are in the country too - round here that’s pretty much standard (East Midlands) for class 2 although in Kent I would imagine it’d be higher.
Also the no weekend working and bank holidays off keep me in job as I’ve worked to many years on 7.5t home delivery working week ends and bank holidays
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I get 10.35 p/h. 38 hours. Time and half after 38.
blue estate:
What was the hourly rate ?
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£8.20 p/h. The job is in deepest darkest Suffolk 
In May I was driving 7.5 ton for £8.50 and April a 10 ton flatbed for £9.50 (just for local pay examples.)
I’m currently on £7.20 working in a factory, making Bus panels 
, no stress and easy.
But boring as hell
barber90:
I get 10.35 p/h. 38 hours. Time and half after 38.
Any vacancies? 
Any vacancies?
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Yes, actually
joe.ford:
blue estate:
What was the hourly rate ?
I’m on £8.51 48 hours garenteed. Time half o/tSent from my iPad using Tapatalk
£8.20 p/h. The job is in deepest darkest Suffolk
In May I was driving 7.5 ton for £8.50 and April a 10 ton flatbed for £9.50 (just for local pay examples.)
I’m currently on £7.20 working in a factory, making Bus panels
But boring as hell
Agency? As rates are higher but not secure job
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£100 for 11 hours guaranteed, so £9.09 per hour, £11 per hour overtime after that. Kent.