kr79:
I drive a lorry it pays the bills it’s easy what else do I want people to clap and kneel down in praise when I turn up with there delivery.
Well Stobbies drivers get piped out of the gates on their Scotch deliveries, so why not?
I think we need to take a moment and think about these poor people who are driving the highways and by-ways of this great land while battling with conflicting thoughts such as, “If only these lorry drivers were hourly paid I would be able to think of them as valuable professionals.”
Unless there’s another reason the public don’t like us, not that I actually give a ■■■■ what they think as it really doesn’t affect my work or any other aspect of my life at all.
Hourly paid even as a full timer has to be better. 
Salaried=Steaming through the roadworks. Sooner or later you’ll get caught by an average speed camera that actually works!
Salaried=Steaming flat out past places like Elvedon (dead straight road, single carriageway, loads of artics coming the other way). Sooner or later you’ll hit another artic head on, or get pulled for speeding in a 40 zone.
Salaried=Cutting corners during self-load/unloads, likely to eventually cause an accident.
Salaried also means getting paid the same if I go and wash my truck,bugger off home for three hours, run back into the yard at 2 o’clock, mark my load up for tomorrow and go home, as I would for a normal day’s work.
It means not having to drag my day out to make my money up; yes I do get busy days including the occasional 15 hour spreadover but that’s offset by the quiet ones when I only do six; it’s called swings and roundabouts.
It also means working a 4-day week from October to April so you don’t go over the 48 hours; but being paid overtime if you do have to work your rest day, or occasionally a Saturday.
Just 'cos it don’t work for you doesn’t mean it don’t work for others. 
Coffeeholic:
kr79:
I drive a lorry it pays the bills it’s easy what else do I want people to clap and kneel down in praise when I turn up with there delivery.Apparently this is the desire of many.
And for Sir +
Apparently many desire this.
And not just when you turn up for deliveries. The roadway should be strewn with rose petals in front of your wheels and the Great British Public should be hailing you in the way Romans did to Caeser. Well at least until he was stabbed in the back, and considering it was one of his mates that did it I wonder if his chariot was actually a truck?
Vosa called me “Sir” when they pulled me up at Fleet Services. 
Winseer:
Coffeeholic:
kr79:
I drive a lorry it pays the bills it’s easy what else do I want people to clap and kneel down in praise when I turn up with there delivery.Apparently this is the desire of many.
And for Sir +
Apparently many desire this.
And not just when you turn up for deliveries. The roadway should be strewn with rose petals in front of your wheels and the Great British Public should be hailing you in the way Romans did to Caeser. Well at least until he was stabbed in the back, and considering it was one of his mates that did it I wonder if his chariot was actually a truck?
Vosa called me “Sir” when they pulled me up at Fleet Services.
You heard Sir but they meant Cur. 
Dictionary.com doesn’t mention anything about salaried or hourly paid professionals or professions, so am I a salaried professional?
MADBAZ:
Dictionary.com doesn’t mention anything about salaried or hourly paid professionals or professions, so am I a salaried professional?
anybody who gets paid for what they do is a professional if you don’t get paid you are either a volunteer or an amateur
i dont get this hourly vs salary paid thing, i drive and behave the same whether im paid a day rate or an hourly rate 
i really could not be bothered hanging about and driving at 50 mph just for £3.64 extra a week. pathetic.
when i was on salary i grafted hard and to max hours most of the time anyway i always did my best.
welshboyinspain:
MADBAZ:
Dictionary.com doesn’t mention anything about salaried or hourly paid professionals or professions, so am I a salaried professional?anybody who gets paid for what they do is a professional if you don’t get paid you are either a volunteer or an amateur
Dictionary definition is very loose about this.But where do the ‘so-called professionals’ fit in? Have we even considered them?? 
jessicas dad:
i dont get this hourly vs salary paid thing, i drive and behave the same whether im paid a day rate or an hourly ratewhen i was on salary i grafted hard and to max hours most of the time anyway i always did my best.
I’m hourly paid…infact it’s very well paid and the company I work for are very strict about speed limits…40 on a single and 50 on a duel no more,probably something to do with our TM being ex Tesco and if your caught speeding it’s a disciplinary,which can and has in the past ended up with dismissal…i cant find another job within 100 miles where i can earn this money so until I can i’m sticking to the speed limits,not to drag the job out but to keep my job 
Sir +:
welshboyinspain:
MADBAZ:
Dictionary.com doesn’t mention anything about salaried or hourly paid professionals or professions, so am I a salaried professional?anybody who gets paid for what they do is a professional if you don’t get paid you are either a volunteer or an amateur
Dictionary definition is very loose about this.But where do the ‘so-called professionals’ fit in? Have we even considered them??
They usually fit into the same group who frequently urge us to seriously ponder the next generation and constantly consider our feelings regarding anything affecting our loved ones.
Thankyou.
welshboyinspain:
MADBAZ:
Dictionary.com doesn’t mention anything about salaried or hourly paid professionals or professions, so am I a salaried professional?anybody who gets paid for what they do is a professional if you don’t get paid you are either a volunteer or an amateur
Professional is the paid work you do that supplies the majority of your income.
If you are a landlord with £5k a month coming in from rents, then doing the odd agency shift doesn’t make you a professional driver.
If you drive full time, but are a winning poker/snooker/sports player as well, then you are not a professional driver, as the income from wins should far outweigh anything you can earn in wages.
If you are on the dole, but keep going on unpaid assessments which leave you passed, but on the backburner of some agency somewhere, then you are not a professional - you are still on the dole because benefits still provide the majority of your income.
washy jnr:
jessicas dad:
i dont get this hourly vs salary paid thing, i drive and behave the same whether im paid a day rate or an hourly ratewhen i was on salary i grafted hard and to max hours most of the time anyway i always did my best.
I’m hourly paid…infact it’s very well paid and the company I work for are very strict about speed limits…40 on a single and 50 on a duel no more,probably something to do with our TM being ex Tesco and if your caught speeding it’s a disciplinary,which can and has in the past ended up with dismissal…i cant find another job within 100 miles where i can earn this money so until I can i’m sticking to the speed limits,not to drag the job out but to keep my job
I must off missed the bit where I said YOU string the job out. In case you misread it’s those who drive slower to get more overtime in 
Winseer:
Hourly paid even as a full timer has to be better.
No it doesn’t.
Winseer:
Salaried=Steaming through the roadworks.
Some trampers who are hourly paid are more than happy to run flat out because getting home a few hours earlier on Friday is of more importance than worrying about a few extra quid.
Winseer:
Sooner or later you’ll get caught by an average speed camera that actually works!
In 25 years driving I’ve never once been caught by a camera, but if it happens I’m sure I’ll survive.
Winseer:
Salaried=Steaming flat out past places like Elvedon (dead straight road, single carriageway, loads of artics coming the other way). Sooner or later you’ll hit another artic head on
Is that guaranteed to happen just because I’m not hourly paid. How on earth have I managed to last 22 years on trip money without having this disastrous accident?
Winseer:
or get pulled for speeding in a 40 zone.
9 years since my last ticket so it’s not the end of the world when it does happen again, which it probably will.
Winseer:
Salaried=Cutting corners during self-load/unloads, likely to eventually cause an accident.
Come on, enough of the drama queen ■■■■■■■■.
I know a guy who’s paid hourly.
He’s a British guy who investigates air craft collisions/crashes/malfunctions/dangerous occurences.
He gets over a thousand pounds AN HOUR for his services!
Right enough he only actually ‘works’ on 5-6 jobs a year, spends the rest of his time researching and lecturing at Munich University, a specialist in electro-digital control systems.
Fair to say he’s a professional.
maurice:
Winseer:
Salaried=Steaming through the roadworks.Some trampers who are hourly paid are more than happy to run flat out because getting home a few hours earlier on Friday is of more importance than worrying about a few extra quid.
Winseer:
Sooner or later you’ll get caught by an average speed camera that actually works!In 25 years driving I’ve never once been caught by a camera, but if it happens I’m sure I’ll survive.
Winseer:
or get pulled for speeding in a 40 zone.9 years since my last ticket so it’s not the end of the world when it does happen again, which it probably will.
Ok, you weren’t caught by a camera 9yrs ago then, you must’ve been blind then??
I’ve done the day rate and the hourly rate and the guarenteed hours rate (where I could finish earlier) with overtime after x hours and I still don’t speed…
im on a kilometre rate, as most of the long haulers are here in oz, it doesnt really lend itself towards safety first…
I don’t care if it’s hourly or salary, I will do the job as quick as possible! Its not all about money, time spent with my wife & daughter are more important than a couple of extra quid. When something serious happens to a family member it puts it all into perspective…Life’s too short! So if you are on a single track road doing 40mph just drop me the left indicator when its safe to pass and don’t judge for as you don’t know me.
Doesn’t matter if I’m salaried or hourly paid, I’ll still drive and behave as I should, dont have to rush and stress things as that rarely works so just crack on normal speed. No wonder you lot are on the limiter on Sc’s!!!