It’s not just being agency that dish out the lies. It’s the entire modern management style it seems.
Everyone’s a politician now, and a Labour politician at that.
To them, If you tell the truth, all too many people will just walk away - so they lie to get you to do the job, confident that the next mug to be used (up) will be straight in the door to take your place, when you walk out that same door for the very first and last time.
I’m in favour of the British labour Market returning to the days of “Guild-like” behaviour. Some criticize this, as being a world of being charged the Earth by tradespeople everywhere.
WTF? - When we are supposed to be among those tradespeople…!!
What’s not-to-like about the Guilds system?
If you’ve got a talent - get bloody well paid the proper going rate for it!
Yeah, as most of the other post have said. They lie or make assumptions that they don’t fact check.
I worked a mixture of companies and agency. Some agencies are terrible, mainly the guys organising the jobs for you, they are simply not aware of what goes into driving, and the variety of work and equipment, just your typical office types who recruit for a job they know ■■■■ all about, luckily (for them) I’m up for learning and challenge.
I have a decent agency, the guys running the driving work are on top of it. But on occasion they pull some sneaky ■■■■. Was once doing a ‘favour’ job out of the regular stuff on a day I was due off, but thought fair one, help them out. Told long trunk! Get my podcast ready, don’t bother bringing my outdoor working jacket. Turned out it was collections, a lot of them, with a old ■■■ tautliner with ■■■■■■ straps, 2 bulbs went on the unit half way, went out scavving from other drivers, and it heavy rained all night.
When they called me back few days later, it was essentially “Greg you pull that ■■■■ again I’m finding a new agency, be honest, I’d have done it anyway”. But you take a bite of a snickers expecting a delicious nutty treat and it’s actually ■■■■, you ain’t gonna be happy.
Also drug test? In all my years (not all that many honestly) have I ever stumbled upon a drug test? Never so much seen anyone being breathalysed.
‘Favours’ in transport. Just jobs, altered plans or helping someone who has got themselves into the brown stuff, out of the brown stuff for nothing back in return.
‘Favours’ involve you doing your job or more of your job for the same amount of dosh.
fivetide:
Signed up with a very well know driver agency last Friday.
The girl asked me to a do the whole week class 1 at A
I told her I could do until weds as I needed to catch up with stuff for Christmas
That’s fine she said
Sunday night
Agency Girl: Need to change plans you need to go to X instead.
Me: But they are a pallet firm doing multi drop’s?
(if you have read my first thread then you will know I only do Class 1 and no multi drops – nights out)
Agency Girl: This a switch load at Glasgow and return.
Fair enough
So I turns up at X
X TM: So you’re here for the driving assessment ?
Me : Err no, I’m here for a load to Glasgow and back.
X TM: Come through the back door and we will set things up.
As I approach the back door and let myself in, I see (btw it’s raining) a pile of soaked night out gear, on the floor outside.
The door buzzes and I let myself in.
To cut a long story short, they want me to do an assessment, if I fail either the assessment or drugs test I won’t be paid for my time. Then back door gets a really big kicking, some shouting and swearing.
X TM: Ok let’s do the drugs test.
Me: Just had a ■■■■, you know at our age first thing that happens when you get out of bed, is you need the toilet. (I was grinning because at this point I was going to refuse it anyway. I’ve never got the argument “if you’ve nothing to hide”, my response is always “I also have nothing to prove to you”.)
X TM: ok then, assessment first then pee in the cup.
Now that surprised me! If the whole point of a drugs and alcohol test is to not have drivers in charge of a truck under the influence, then why do an assessment first? BTW besides vaping I’m T-total, been sober nearly 12 years.
So I casually asked him what the job for the day was.
X TM: We asked your agency for a rigid driver to do some drops around Liverpool.
ME: How many drops?
X TM: 12 so far.
ME: Handball?
X TM: Some, some tail lift and truck.
ME: Excellent … looking forward to it, I just need to pop to my car and get my phone charger cable, be back in 5.
I stopped at the Mc Dee’s drive through on the way home and cashed in my free coffee with a breakfast muffin coupon.
The agency girl didn’t contact me until after 12 o’clock, it was a text.
TXT Agency Girl: Why did you leave X without telling them?
TXT ME: I’d wasted enough of my own time.
Anyway it goes on, she apologises, I accept her excuse, I agree to do “A”, tomorrow at 5:00 am for a early finish. Should have binned them off there and then , but I’m naïve at this.
“A” client – turned into a 15-hour shift, head to foot in mud. That’s ok wasn’t bothered, did next day, another 14 hour shift, fine that’s the nature of things it was good fun not complaining. Thought great, wash the work kit put it away until the new year, sleep in till 9:00 o’clock if the gf will let me.
Phone call Wed’s night 19:00.
Agency Girl: Can you see the rest of the week out at “A” ?
Me: no, I’m busy and the 15-hour shifts means I can’t get my stuff sorted for the family.
Agency Girl: oh please we are absolutely desperate and so is the client, can you do anything?
Me: well I could do a single trip on Friday if that would help, normally 7 and a bit hours.
Agency Girl: I’ll call the TM
She calls back
Agency Girl: I’ve talked to TM and that’s fine, thanks for your help.
I turns up at “A”, into the transport office,
A TM: The load will be ready in about an hour.
ME: Where to?
A TM: Bristol XY superstore.
ME: I’d have to run a 10 to do that.
A TM: I know you have one left so it’s all good.
Me: you talked to my agency last night?
A TM: Yep she said you would be in.
ME: she didn’t mention I wanted a short shift then?
A TM: No, did you want one?
ME: Yes please (did say please).
A TM: Don’t have any, so you might as well go home, and don’t charge us for this as well.
I’ve just emailed my timesheets, no call from the agency or text.
So from a short week, this is how I think the agency operates:
They don’t listen to a word you say.
They lie through their teeth, just to get you to a job, and hope you will do it anyway even though its not what they had promised.
They lie to their clients.
They lie to themselves
They lie in their sleep.
The End
No offence,but you sound like a nightmare to work with.
UKtramp:
Agencies lie in the hope that you will be one of the countless drivers who have no brain and will simply go along with it. If you do go along with it, no matter how much you complain about it, they will do it again and again. Best walking away and show them you won’t stand for it.
Dunno about no brain. More likely the driver turns up to the job. Realises he’s been lied to but figures he or she needs the money so does the job anyway.
dieseldog999:
the o/p slabber gives me the mental image of what would have come out of that teleporter machine thingy from the film “the fly” if you shoved uk tramp/doz/and co into in and hit the starter.all that was missing was a …ta at the end…ta
the o/p slabber ? that sounds like an insult ? This is the problem I’m having , I’ve been around various forums for many years, however this one has to be the most offensive, negative, nasty, demeaning and derogatory by far I’ve seen. Why ?
I know the majority of troll’s like dieseldogg999 have never ridden anything bigger than their grandma’s invalid carriage, so why do they post on here ?
dieseldog999:
the o/p slabber gives me the mental image of what would have come out of that teleporter machine thingy from the film “the fly” if you shoved uk tramp/doz/and co into in and hit the starter.all that was missing was a …ta at the end…ta
the o/p slabber ? that sounds like an insult ? This is the problem I’m having , I’ve been around various forums for many years, however this one has to be the most offensive, negative, nasty, demeaning and derogatory by far I’ve seen. Why ?
I know the majority of troll’s like dieseldogg999 have never ridden anything bigger than their grandma’s invalid carriage, so why do they post on here ?
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its a forum…we all have our own opinion.
apparently all the others who have commented to your entire posting history on here as the newly generated fivetide has been classed and dismissed by you as trolls,and idiots ( sound familier)?
my opinion of your obvious troling post under the guise of fivetide is that its just standard obvious trolling pish again.
if this reply your 24 post history is so " offenisve,negative,nasty,demeaning and derogatory so far that youve seen" then if that was my opinion,i wouldnt be continuing to be insulted.
but as usual you will,till your put on premod for spouting pish ( again).
the most amazing thing that never ceases to bemuse me is that others just seem to take the last post as serious without reading the entire topic…
each to their own.troll away for as long as you last this time…ta
