Looking at jobs at indeed.com (mostly to entertain myself - some of them ads are pure comedy) some companies/agencies will offer a range of ‘benefits’ to substitute a decent pay rate or to avoid advertising the pay rate at all - some examples:
Class 1 Night Trunk Driver - £12.04 an hour (where that .04 came from…the ■■■■■■■ Free, full uniform & PPE
Unique online system, collating pay slips and other information
Refer a friend scheme: Earn £500 for referrals
Access to our Colleague Assistance Programme, where you can speak to a trained counsellor on any issues including, money troubles, alcohol and drug abuse, illness, relationship difficulties or bereavement which may be affecting you at home or work.
A range of employee benefits, such as Holiday Discounts, Sharesave Scheme & Pure Gym Discounts
Of course £12 an hour isn’t bad (just ok considering it’s night work and no OT/weekend rates) but they don’t specify whether it’s for PAYE or LTD but hey at least if you have drug and alcohol issues you will get free counseling … wtf
Competitive salary.
Bonus scheme.
Overtime at an enhanced rate.
Staff social fund (money for team building exercises etc.)
Health & Wellness (annual flu jab, free eyesight tests etc.)
Loyalty holidays.
Option to buy/sell holidays
22 days plus bank holidays.
Contributory pension
Progression due to the growth of our business (new divisions, depots etc.)
you’ll enjoy loads of benefits such as a staff social fund, child care voucher scheme and loyalty holidays. Our in-house Learning & Development Team are dedicated to giving you the skills you need to be your best and as a company we are always keen to promote internally.
Annual flu jab, lol. Childcare- what if you don’t have kids or they’ve grown up…team building? Uh…Progression - towards what? I’m applying to be a driver, where does this career path lead to? A…senior driver? A driver trainer/assessor? They just copy/pasted their standard ‘recruitment.doc’ with no regard to the position they’re recruiting for. And of course, competitive salary but then 'All you have to do is apply with your CV highlighting your current package and salary expectations and we can take it from there.’
On another note Stobbarts have stopped advertising for drivers on their website. Last Tuesdaythere were 12 openings for the Midlands, today there is a total of 1 driver position nationwide, it’s for a shunter
I applied for a job recently which was £13.50 days. My first question was, is this LTD or PAYE although deep down I already knew.
Astonishingly this rate also included your holiday pay. When you stripped everything back the actual rate wasn’t much over £10, a rate I was on many many years ago.
Needless to say they didn’t hear from me again. This is yet another sneaky way the advertised rates are being inflated. Indeed is a waste of time, I see the same jobs rehashed every day/week with the odd company offering direct work with them. Its these jobs you need to watch out for though none have really piqued my interest since I’ve been looking.
Might aswell add this full time job into the mix. At the bottom rate divided by 52 and again by 45 you’re on approx £8.63 an hour…, with 5 years experience preferred!!!
HGV Class 1 Driver
Harrison Bathrooms
Leeds
Job details
Job type
Full-time, Permanent
Qualifications
Experience:
driving, 1 year (Required)
Driving a Goods Vehicle, 5 years (Preferred)
Licence:
HGV (Required)
Driver CPC (Preferred)
Full Job Description
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES!!!
Due to expansion, we are looking to recruit an HGV driver to join our existing team that distribute throughout the UK.
This could be your opportunity to be part of one of the UK’s fastest growing bathroom distribution businesses based from our new Leeds site (LS12).
Working Monday - Friday ONLY (NO weekend work) 45hrs per week
Your role:
liaising with the Logistics team on a daily basis to obtain your route and returning all completed paperwork
conducting inspections of your vehicle before departing to deliver bathroom goods
ensuring all goods match your dispatch sheet
loading and unloading bathroom goods to customers (retailers/wholesalers) on assigned routes
reviewing deliveries and obtaining the necessary paperwork
from time to time overnight stays to cover for other drivers (expenses paid)
To qualify for this role:
HGV licence
excellent attention to detail
strong communication skills
ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
full UK driving licence
enjoy travelling
Job Type: Full-time
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £20,211.40 to £21,360.00 /year
Experience:
driving: 1 year (Required)
Driving a Goods Vehicle: 5 years (Preferred)
Licence:
Well-Jell:
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Class 1 night shift, £10 per hour through Logical PS (agency)
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No ‘benefits’ to compensate for the low rate? ■■■■. At least around here you can get childcare vouchers and free gym membership or free tea/coffee or ‘be a part of a fast growing international company’.
Heavy-metal-Hodge:
loading and unloading bathroom goods to customers (retailers/wholesalers) on assigned routes
You can bet that translates as manual handling loads of heavy awkward stuff from/to wherever the customer wants it put.Or to put it another way how to wreck your back and with it career and future job prospects in a matter of months.No surprise that there are numerous similar type jobs permanently advertised from light vans to class 1.The manual handling angle being more of an issue than the money.I’d happily accept minimum wage for a job that says no manual handling as opposed to anything paying more that requires it.
Well-Jell:
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Class 1 night shift, £10 per hour through Logical PS (agency)
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That job is a piece of cake, you’ll spend most of your shift asleep. They have parking slots for wagons so no free for all like Fradley Park and they have yard marshalls who will wake you up when you’re due to go in. Nice clean well lit place, somewhere warm to sit down, cooking facilities (microwave) available, decent toilets.
Might not be the best pay in the world but depending on what depot you’re from you could get 6/7hrs kip on pay between tipping and reloading.
Heavy-metal-Hodge:
loading and unloading bathroom goods to customers (retailers/wholesalers) on assigned routes
You can bet that translates as manual handling loads of heavy awkward stuff from/to wherever the customer wants it put.Or to put it another way how to wreck your back and with it career and future job prospects in a matter of months.No surprise that there are numerous similar type jobs permanently advertised from light vans to class 1.The manual handling angle being more of an issue than the money.I’d happily accept minimum wage for a job that says no manual handling as opposed to anything paying more that requires it.
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anything similary advertised usually equates to…labourer with the ability to occasionally drive .
Carryfast:
You can bet that translates as manual handling loads of heavy awkward stuff from/to wherever the customer wants it put.Or to put it another way how to wreck your back and with it career and future job prospects in a matter of months.No surprise that there are numerous similar type jobs permanently advertised from light vans to class 1.The manual handling angle being more of an issue than the money.I’d happily accept minimum wage for a job that says no manual handling as opposed to anything paying more that requires it.
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anything similary advertised usually equates to…labourer with the ability to occasionally drive .
That’s a much simpler and better way of putting it.
Half the agency jobs in my area are for Stobarts… not through Stobart’s agency (the logistics people) but through all kinds of different agencies… But if you go on their website they have absolutely 0 Class 1 driver jobs, which is weird, they always have jobs advertised… something fishy going on.
TommyT8:
Half the agency jobs in my area are for Stobarts… not through Stobart’s agency (the logistics people) but through all kinds of different agencies… But if you go on their website they have absolutely 0 Class 1 driver jobs, which is weird, they always have jobs advertised… something fishy going on.
Yeah I noticed last week. My guess is they know they’re going south so don’t want to hire as the more jobs that go BOOM when they do, the more vilified they will be by the media
Just found out that ‘free gym’ means ‘take these here cages and push/pull them from truck to store and then those other cages from the store to the truck’. Pretty good workout for legs (quads), upper and lower back, core strength, biceps/triceps, and forearms.
