Agency drivers

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scanny77:
You do realise that we do exactly the same job as a full timer? Same units, same trailers, same deliveries! The deliveries still need delivering because some full timers think they are entitled to a day off once in a while :unamused:

I reckon we do a better job

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some of these full time drivers do talk crap at times when it comes to agency drivers,quite sad really

103

Contraflow:
I mean a proper job as in one that gives you a bit security. A job where you donā€™t have to sit by the phone waiting for it to ring in the hope that you might get offered a crap days work that nobody else is willing to do.

Iā€™ve got a proper job with an agency, I donā€™t have to wait for the phone to ring and I know well in advance which days Iā€™m working, in fact this Christmas Iā€™m only working Boxing day night, how many agency drivers can say they know that far in advance?

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wing-nut:

Contraflow:
I mean a proper job as in one that gives you a bit security. A job where you donā€™t have to sit by the phone waiting for it to ring in the hope that you might get offered a crap days work that nobody else is willing to do.

Iā€™ve got a proper job with an agency, I donā€™t have to wait for the phone to ring and I know well in advance which days Iā€™m working, in fact this Christmas Iā€™m only working Boxing day night, how many agency drivers can say they know that far in advance?

Donā€™t get too excited, itā€™ll probably get cancelled an hour before.

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truckman020:

scanny77:
You do realise that we do exactly the same job as a full timer? Same units, same trailers, same deliveries! The deliveries still need delivering because some full timers think they are entitled to a day off once in a while :unamused:

I reckon we do a better job

We have more to lose. Its far easier to get rid of us so we really have to raise the bar to keep in with a good client

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agency drivers have to be unless I set contracts more flexible than a full timer, as they can work at 1-2-3 different places in a week.

I would say that its as always unfortunate that a few bad ones give the rest a bad name. mind you look at some of the questions asked on here by full time company drivers and you wonder who is worst!

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scanny77:

truckman020:

scanny77:
You do realise that we do exactly the same job as a full timer? Same units, same trailers, same deliveries! The deliveries still need delivering because some full timers think they are entitled to a day off once in a while :unamused:

I reckon we do a better job

We have more to lose. Its far easier to get rid of us so we really have to raise the bar to keep in with a good client

agree with that,i reckon its just jealousy with the full timers,a lot of agency drivers can manage on 4 days a week so if we donā€™t want to work on a Friday we can look forward to a long weekend,regulars cant unless they book it as a days holiday

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truckman020:
allways said that if I won the big one I would do a couple of days a week with an agency just to see the look on the face of the boss of the company when they see an agency pull up in a Bentley,that would be a laugh

was a stobrat driver from stoke depot who won a few million pounds :laughing: held out for as long as he could :sunglasses: and told 'em to stick it where the sun donā€™t shine :grimacing: