Lug it into the shop then put it in piles.
dani1972:
Lug it into the shop then put it in piles.
■■■■ that for a game of soldiers, I much prefer Palletways way of doing things; “There’s your stuff, you deal with it.” 
Wardaddy:
dani1972:
Lug it into the shop then put it in piles.[zb] that for a game of soldiers, I much prefer Palletways way of doing things; "There’s your stuff, you deal with it." 8)
xoortes:
Try to avoid that place. Can’t write anything else because I signed a form.
Just make sure that your form isn’t this…
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Wardaddy:
dani1972:
Lug it into the shop then put it in piles.[zb] that for a game of soldiers, I much prefer Palletways way of doing things; “There’s your stuff, you deal with it.”
f— palletways for a game of soldiers. That Lichfield place gave me piles. 
Winseer:
Wardaddy:
dani1972:
Lug it into the shop then put it in piles.[zb] that for a game of soldiers, I much prefer Palletways way of doing things; “There’s your stuff, you deal with it.”
f— palletways for a game of soldiers. That Lichfield place gave me piles.
I meant any pallet firm really. As long as I don’t need to handball stuff. If I wanted to do things in the old fashioned way I’d work at the Black Country Museum.
It’s not the handball that bothered me - it was the constant stop-start tip queue taking 3-4 hours to negotiate - whilst the other drivers informed me that you’re expected to “steal 15 minutes” when appropriate, and “book the other 30 minutes whilst doing your curtains for the backload”.
A business with a law-breaking business model - can’t be good for it’s workforce in general.
The round trip to Lichfield from Kent had me doing 12-15 hour shifts every night as well. When I refused to work further that week by the end of Wednesday night’s shift (having nearly nodded off coming around the M25 heathrow stretch at 8am coming home) - I was told “don’t bother coming back then - that’s the job!” 18:30 start time, Heathrow is just over an hour out from base. Can’t very well stop and make an overnight of it on purpose can I?
Their own drivers get the 15 hours down to about 11-12 each night - I’m told. That’s still rush rush rush to get the working week down to a “mere” 55 hours, with dodgy illegal breaks taken, and I don’t accept that “using up all my less than 11 hours daily rests” is MY fault either.
I don’t mind doing 15 hour shifts on a “emergency once per week basis unplanned” - but planned and roads easily pushing it over 13 hours every night? - No thanks.
Worked at Haydock. Induction was “sign your name here” and sent out with a 2nd man who was experienced with the paperwork.
If you get a decent 2nd man (he/she changes day to day) then it makes it less ■■■■ but still crap.
On the positive side, I pit a tail lift back on wrong, couldn’t find the frozen products in the big freezer (another story) and locked the keys in the trailer with automatic locking door. Yet they still where happy to send me out the next day.
Saturdays are available but they won’t let you work 2 in a row. I did a grand total of none. Just worked Mon-Thurs and had fri/sat/sun to recoup.
Good luck!!
The only time I have quit without finishing the shift 
drove back after 6 hours dumped the truck and went home, avoid.