Thanks for the replies lads and i shall keep you informed of what the company is really like come next wednesday.The guys in the office seem ok im sure i will find out more about them when i get out on the open road, and just hope everything goes well.They said they do all sorts of work, ie flatbed,containers,curtainside and they also collect from palletforce hub in burton.Also i will be glad and not have to go in the jobcentre every 2 weeks to sign on,“OH WHAT A LOVELY PLACE”. They also pay for the CPC but you have to do it in your own time so im sure i can cope with that. So all keep safe out on them roads and i will join you all soon. 
del trotter:
mac12:
ady1:
24caratplonker:
Hi All went for interview this morning at Langdon Transport and have to go back next wednesday for induction and driving assessment then start there and then. Oh happy days.
They now pay £360 basic £23.46 nights out and extra for going away sat/sun.
well done,forget the basic[360],once youre up to speed and doing 70/80 hrs p.w,5/6 nights out p.w the money will be good
Another one who wants low wages but loads of hours,how daft can you be
Why don’t you ■■■■ on his chips while you’re at it.
He’s got a job,paying more than the dole and something which is worth more than any wage, self respect.
Good luck, hope it works out for you.
There might not be any chips to ■■■■ on…
He’ll not be affording many fish suppers out of £360pw gross!
All in all, I’m reminded of that old poker adage:
“Being a good player brings much respect, but little money. Being a good earner brings much money but little respect!”
Part-Time job @ minimum £10ph plus tax rebates, credits, write-downs, expenses = takehome of more than £18k - Nationwide!
My point being that earning less money out of pride for not claiming what you’re entitled to has got to be mis-placed objectives. No one congratulates those with less, especially when they’ve chosen less out of “Pride” which is one of the seven deadly sins rather than a virtue - a simple oversight by many it seems! 
Self-Respect doesn’t pay the mortgage. Maximised income for optimum hours does - as I’ve found from my own experience.
Milk Man:
Winseer:
Is there anywhere in the southwest you can pay a mortgage on a bog standard 3 bedroomed semi with those wages?£360 a week (around 18k) is pretty much the worst possible wage - too low to do anything with, but too high in that it prices one out of tax credits, rebates, and just about everything else the guy with a young family needs. Since these things are on a national scale, it is irrelevent where one earns the 18k.
Are we talking the Bridgewater head depot here?
I suppose it’s not a bad job for someone who intends living with their mum, never being able to afford to get married or have kids perhaps…
Your thinking of Langdons in Bridgwater. I think 24caratplonker has got a job with Langdon Transport LTD which is Plymouth. I imagine its tough to get a job that far south west so well done.
Yes, indeed I was thinking of the langdons I used to work for in Dover, with head office in Bridgewater… I stand corrected.
Winseer:
del trotter:
mac12:
ady1:
24caratplonker:
Hi All went for interview this morning at Langdon Transport and have to go back next wednesday for induction and driving assessment then start there and then. Oh happy days.
They now pay £360 basic £23.46 nights out and extra for going away sat/sun.well done,forget the basic[360],once youre up to speed and doing 70/80 hrs p.w,5/6 nights out p.w the money will be good
Another one who wants low wages but loads of hours,how daft can you be
Why don’t you ■■■■ on his chips while you’re at it.
He’s got a job,paying more than the dole and something which is worth more than any wage, self respect.
Good luck, hope it works out for you.There might not be any chips to ■■■■ on…
He’ll not be affording many fish suppers out of £360pw gross!
All in all, I’m reminded of that old poker adage:
“Being a good player brings much respect, but little money. Being a good earner brings much money but little respect!”
Part-Time job @ minimum £10ph plus tax rebates, credits, write-downs, expenses = takehome of more than £18k - Nationwide!My point being that earning less money out of pride for not claiming what you’re entitled to has got to be mis-placed objectives. No one congratulates those with less, especially when they’ve chosen less out of “Pride” which is one of the seven deadly sins rather than a virtue - a simple oversight by many it seems!
Self-Respect doesn’t pay the mortgage. Maximised income for optimum hours does - as I’ve found from my own experience.
Don’t know about anybody else but I’m sick ov hearing this guy and his state
handouts.
Why dont you give the lad a break he’s trying ffs.
Not everyone wants to play the system like you do.
Cant you economise and have your internet turned off.
Obviously your kids haven’t started asking for designer labels like all the other kids are wearing, or maybe you would get off your flabby arse and do a few extra shifts.
Looks like your just happy to get by.
Mind you what you’ve never had , you’ve never missed.
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24caratplonker:
Hi All went for interview this morning at Langdon Transport and have to go back next wednesday for induction and driving assessment then start there and then. Oh happy days.
They now pay £360 basic £23.46 nights out and extra for going away sat/sun.
Congratulations on your job and ignore everyone who slags off the money, you’ve got a job and its making you feel good about yourself. I’ll always remember my Grandad being unemployed for quite a while and taking a low paid job but it made him feel good, he could go down the club on a Friday night head held and talk about his weeks work as same as the rest of his old cronies.
Well done for getting the job But jesus christ there is so many “i wouldn’t get out of bed for that sort of money” whingers on here!!!.If you are like me and many others on here,i would get out of bed if it keeps the roof over my familys head,food in my familys bellys,and my self repect!!!.
Stop putting people down for WANTING to work!!!.
Its a ■■■■ site better than sitting on your fat arses sponging of the state.
Rant over.
Knowing the wages in the area , that is not competetive. So i suspect there will be overtime after a certain amount of hrs. Let us all know. And well done on getting a start.
schrodingers cat:
Nice one and dont let the negative aholes we get on here get you down, they are the ones that if they lost their jobs would be taking tax money for the rest of their lives(cos they’ve got standards, well [zb] em.).
The mantra above is why most drivers earn ■■■■■ money and always will…and the reason why some drivers will always earn bugger all.
£350/week before tax, for the kind of hours you work and responsibility you have as an HGV driver is absolutely ■■■■■■■ awful money…Try applying to Tesco or Asda etc - the kid working their holidays will be earning nearly as much as a driving job like that…all that ■■■■■■■■ about self respect…if you have any self respect you wouldn’t work for ■■■■■ money!!!
24caratplonker:
Yes wildfire that’s £360 before tax but seen as I’ve been out of work for the last 5 months its a ■■■■ sight better than £67.50 a week don’t you think.
tell you what chap it might not be the best pay but like you say if you have been out of work for 5 months its better than a poke in the eye with a sharpe stick. i hope you enjoy it and i will try and keep a look out for you trundeling up from plymouth 
Truckulent:
schrodingers cat:
Nice one and dont let the negative aholes we get on here get you down, they are the ones that if they lost their jobs would be taking tax money for the rest of their lives(cos they’ve got standards, well [zb] em.).The mantra above is why most drivers earn [zb] money and always will…and the reason why some drivers will always earn bugger all.
£350/week before tax, for the kind of hours you work and responsibility you have as an HGV driver is absolutely [zb] awful money…Try applying to Tesco or Asda etc - the kid working their holidays will be earning nearly as much as a driving job like that…all that ■■■■■■■■ about self respect…if you have any self respect you wouldn’t work for [zb] money!!!
I think him and like many of us are glad to be working at all and earning money instead of sitting at home earning no money and living off the state. If he’s happy with it what business of it is yours? Read the other thread on the ‘low paid’ hgv work, I’ve stated what I’m on, does that mean I’ve no self respect because I’d rather be earning money than sitting at home doing ■■■■ all sponging off of people?
At the end of the day, he’s doing a job, he’s earning more money than he would on the dole and like many when they come out of unemployment they feel a hell of a lot better for it because it’s money they’ve earned. I for one am glad I can go into the pub with my head held high knowing the money I spend is money I’ve earned.
Cheers
Jonny
I’m going to open a bank account for 24CaratPlonker. Then everybody who doesn’t want him to work for the derisory wages he’s agreed to can set up a standing order and give him some of theirs every week.
I mean, we’ve all got to stick together right? Look at the tanker drivers, they’re really sticking it to the man. Wobbling over Easter in case they missed out on a bit of overtime, sock it to 'em brothers! 
So, which one of the knockers (take that how you like) is going to be the first to sign up for my scheme?
I think this could really be the start of something, 24CaratPlonker will be just the first in a long line of proudly “assisted drivers” if my idea takes off. Then when the "driver shortage " REALLY starts to bite, the big bad bosses will be FORCED TO PUT THE WAGES UP INNIT!
Because as everybody knows, when there’s fog in the Channel, it’s the CONTINENT (more specifically Eastern Europe) that’s isolated, not us. No, we don’t have immigration or foreign competition because fifty odd years of strict border controls have put a stop to it.
24CaratPlonker, I wish you all the best mate. Good on you and safe driving.
As my old boss would say “f… the begrudgers, just you keep 'er lit”
24caratplonker:
Yes wildfire that’s £360 before tax but seen as I’ve been out of work for the last 5 months its a ■■■■ sight better than £67.50 a week don’t you think.
Good for you mate,ignore the usual negative crap they are always there just waiting to shoot someone down in flames,keep positive enjoy your job take the money you,re right it’s a lot better than what you,ve been drawing,good on ya!,keep positive and ■■■■ the rest of em!
FFS I do wish people would stop calling tax credits “state handouts”. 
Benefits that you don’t pay into are the state handouts - not the pots you’ve built up yourself from previous year’s labour! There are people who work filling shelves the same age and kids as me who don’t get anywhere near what I put in for BECAUSE they don’t work 50+ hour weeks when they are in, and BECAUSE they have not grossed over 40k during their last year on full time. I’m USED to working the long hours - but refuse to do it full time anymore because I’m now worse off if I do! As there are no actual part time official driving jobs, I find myself working 4 week rolling averages of around 100 hours instead - I have to be available when the work is. If that means 50+ hours one week, and naff all the next, then I’m happy to grab the 50 hours because I’ll still make the 25 hour average as long as I get it at least every other week on average right?
If you are all serious about “I like to lose money to retain my self-respect” then have a bloody whip round for me, and I’ll take all that cash you clearly all don’t want! I’m just out to fair-and-square earn as much as possible for as many hours as it takes. I get heavily deducted on taxable earnings over £18k, so I’ll earn £13k instead, and get topped up with the free money available for such a low income. It IS NOT SCROUNGING - I have paid enough into the damned system over 22 years to hold my head up high, whilst the rest of the universe it seems cannot even count their own chickens!
I’ve never claimed “SSP” or “Income Support” or “Housing Benefit” or “Incapacity Benefit” in my entire life!
THESE are the scrounger benefits that I call “state handouts” because the recipients paid NOWT in the first place to get them - and pretty much forever as well! It’s the ‘Frank Ghallagers’ of this world I’m talking about here right?! The ■■■■■■■■■ who’ll shag our lass when we’re on nights because we’re not there and they are huh?
The present and previous governments have conspired over more than a decade to reduce the wages of the working man by flooding the labour market with mickey mouse labour by comparison. Tanker drivers are in the gunsights currently as everyone knows. Voting doesn’t make a difference. Working more for less pay just makes business bosses laugh themselves all the way to their foreign holidays. The one ■■■■■ in the armour is that damned tax credit system they put in place (and didn’t revoke after a change in government!) that was designed to subsidise foreign labour who otherwise would not be able to afford to live here, let alone work for low pay here! 
You can’t beat that system, not if a change in government didn’t remove it. Foreign labour, tax credits, and joker employers are all here to stay. If you can’t beat the system, then USE it I say - because if you don’t profit from the system you’ll ultimately be destroyed by it! Have you not heard that pensions get taxed now? We’ll all have to work to 67 and beyond as standard? Pension pots themselves are already depleted?
You didn’t object when the firm bent you over that proverbial bollard, so now they’ll try it without the vaseline! - to keep the costs ever down right?! 
There’s even the view that excessive red tape in the transport industry nowdays is all a conspiracy to get as many to hang up their keys as possible - thus making way for the next wave of immigrant labour!
No one is going to look after worker interests if we all go cap in hand for any old crap job - just because we’re told that they are hard to come by. They are not!! It is the DECENT jobs that are hard to come by, but crap jobs are ten a penny and have been for some time!
That was a public information rant-post on behalf of the sensible party.
Is winseer for real,bloke new job well happy is winseer for real?
Who you asking?
Winseer it’s simple if you don’t want to work long hours, that’s your choice. But if the guy wants to work the long hours for his money whats it to you? If you think you’re having a ball and gaining from that good for you, I for one am happy with the money I earn and I couldn’t give a crap what people think of it. After all they don’t pay my rent or pay for the night out with my mates do they? If the man is happy with what he earns so be it, if it doesn’t affect you than laugh and move on? Lifes too short to be worrying about what other people are earning. I personally aren’t too bothered if they’re happy with it good for them, having a job is better than having no job. At least it’s easier to move onto another job when already in a job.
Cheers
Jonny
I don’t object to anyone working any hours they see fit for any amount of money.
I only object to being critisised because I do things differently, and get negatively compared to the Frank Gallagers of this world when I do.
Is it really like the 1980’s outside the home counties?? The entire work culture seems somewhat different to these parts where earning the biggest wad for the smallest number of hours is as natural to us southeasterners as not paying for anything you can get for free (without breaking any enforced laws of course…)
Winseer:
Who you asking?
Typical southerner,and I live amongst them,up north tonight with northern blokes,well chilled not a pot to ■■■■ in probably but no airs and graces,excellent!
has the op actually stated how many hours he has to work for his basic £360 