Looks good, anyone know how competitive the salary is?
has reids opened up in birmingham as well now? 
im sure theres as many the job will suit as theres many it wont.
work where you fit,and let the rest get on with it…and stop being a fanny/drama queen. 
Captain Caveman 76:
Looks good, anyone know how competitive the salary is?
…so competitive that they dare not mention it as everyone will realise that “competetive” only needs to be £6.51ph to “beat those paying minimum wage”.
Add “only when wheels are turning” to do the rest of the damage.
You can’t do “Job & Knock” when planned for a 15 hour shift - not unless you are being paid 8 hours flat and 7 hours docket of course. 
Thanks Deck 21 for the warning.
Do not , even for one second , pay attention to all these trying to put you off, these ones are the ones running such companies posting on this board as “drivers”, or drivers earning just above minimum wage, and to make their pay look good, they max hours, knowingly breaking the law.
If you want to report the company to VOSA, go for it, and for extra protection write VOSA an email, from an email account opened in some internet cafe and used only from that internet cafe for replies and checking it, so no one can trace you who you are (I bet there are plenty drivers very unhappy with this company, as it is usually the case, they wouldn’t even know who reported them to VOSA), first ask VOSA if they would be willing to do not prosecute you, and possibly other drivers, as you were being forced to drive more hours against your will, if they agree, provide details and all you know about the company in question.
All the best to you , mate, you sound like a decent bloke, wish there more like you in this industry.
dieseldog999:
has reids opened up in birmingham as well now?
im sure theres as many the job will suit as theres many it wont.
work where you fit,and let the rest get on with it…and stop being a fanny/drama queen.
I was thinking Reid as I read that too! Also agree with drama queen comment.
anon84679660:
Thanks Deck 21 for the warning.Do not , even for one second , pay attention to all these trying to put you off, these ones are the ones running such companies posting on this board as “drivers”, or drivers earning just above minimum wage, and to make their pay look good, they max hours, knowingly breaking the law.
If you want to report the company to VOSA, go for it, and for extra protection write VOSA an email, from an email account opened in some internet cafe and used only from that internet cafe for replies and checking it, so no one can trace you who you are (I bet there are plenty drivers very unhappy with this company, as it is usually the case, they wouldn’t even know who reported them to VOSA), first ask VOSA if they would be willing to do not prosecute you, and possibly other drivers, as you were being forced to drive more hours against your will, if they agree, provide details and all you know about the company in question.
All the best to you , mate, you sound like a decent bloke, wish there more like you in this industry.
Nah, not dodgy or dangerous people. Just people who have been around the block a few times and aren’t wet behind the ears.
We’ve seen it all before and know how the world really works rather than the idealised view.
Dr David Kelly was an honourable man, who thought the most important thing was the truth being heard, didn’t pan out too well for him.
anon84679660:
Thanks Deck 21 for the warning.Do not , even for one second , pay attention to all these trying to put you off, these ones are the ones running such companies posting on this board as “drivers”, or drivers earning just above minimum wage, and to make their pay look good, they max hours, knowingly breaking the law.
If you want to report the company to VOSA, go for it, and for extra protection write VOSA an email, from an email account opened in some internet cafe and used only from that internet cafe for replies and checking it, so no one can trace you who you are (I bet there are plenty drivers very unhappy with this company, as it is usually the case, they wouldn’t even know who reported them to VOSA), first ask VOSA if they would be willing to do not prosecute you, and possibly other drivers, as you were being forced to drive more hours against your will, if they agree, provide details and all you know about the company in question.
All the best to you , mate, you sound like a decent bloke, wish there more like you in this industry.
I wouldn’t do this. I’ve seen just this happen, it didn’t work. They all were prosecuted. You can’t get out of offences just because you sing like a canary after you’ve left.
Just keep your mouth shut, stop posting about this company and raising the flag to DVSA and move on.
Think your letting this eat away at you far to much.
If your going to report em man up and make sure you have the facts at hand / proof to back up your claims. Do it in person dont hide behind anonimity in some tinternet cafe like a ■■■■■.
As stated some folks would love this job others not so much, right and wrong is a matter of perspective. Yes I hate the thought of drivers driving round tired but it happens, good things happen to bad people and vice versa. Grasp life by the ■■■■ and move on.
Professional help will be needed if you let this get to you.
the maoster:
You made your point on the other thread Deck, you’re starting to come across as slightly obsessed now mate tbh.
The point i am trying to make is yes i dont work there and have a job with what seems to be a straight company but the rules will still be broken by this firm and more people will be ripped off when it comes to collecting there wages. the ad seems good and it is a fair warning to good drivers that all is not what is seems.
Winseer:
Captain Caveman 76:
Looks good, anyone know how competitive the salary is?…so competitive that they dare not mention it as everyone will realise that “competetive” only needs to be £6.51ph to “beat those paying minimum wage”.
Add “only when wheels are turning” to do the rest of the damage.You can’t do “Job & Knock” when planned for a 15 hour shift - not unless you are being paid 8 hours flat and 7 hours docket of course.
Salary £1000 a month plus £600 a month night out money
Captain Caveman 76:
Looks good, anyone know how competitive the salary is?
£1000 MONTH PLUS £600 NIGHT OUT MONEY
happysack:
dieseldog999:
has reids opened up in birmingham as well now?
im sure theres as many the job will suit as theres many it wont.
work where you fit,and let the rest get on with it…and stop being a fanny/drama queen.
I was thinking Reid as I read that too! Also agree with drama queen comment.[/qu
Not Reids and not a drama queen i owed £600 in wages from these and most drivers pushed or who leave on there own accord dont get paid. It seems to me alot of drivers seem happy to walk away and put it down to experience. Not me i want whats owed and if someone gives me a hard time i,ll give it back. If every driver hit these with a CCJ when they did not get paid these two would not be in bussiness and that is a benefit to everyone else.
If they owe you money, send a few letters demanding it and threaten small claims court if they dont pay. Then if they dont pay follow through with your threat and start a small claims court action. It can be all done online now using money claim online (google should have the link).
One note off caution make sure you can prove they owe you money (on the balance of probabilities) as this will be critical to winning in court albeit more of a meeting room thingy than an actual court with gowns and wigs.
To be fair you are coming across as a drama-princess thats all ■■■■ and wind but thats just my trolly opinion.
Christ, 25 times round the mulberry bush.
If you’d said ‘‘don’t work for company X because they got shot of me for no good reason and haven’t paid me £600 they owe me and no i haven’t done £600 worth of deliberate damage’’ we’d have been grateful to have been given a heads up of an apparent bunch of shysters to avoid, you could have openly named them because you are in the right so no libel and no justifiable retaliation from the company…indeed doing so (assuming the mods didn’t delete) would have given the company the chance to give their version of events.
If you’d rather VOSA (whatever they happen to call themselves today) investigate then by all means do as some have encouraged and blow the whistle, but be prepared to be dragged in with the net when they go fishing, and to suffer the consequences to your future employment prospects when you being the whistleblower comes out, for IMO it will one way or another due to the info you’ve already put on open forum.
ie, got rid of in a certain time frame, now owed £600, they’ll work out who you are and if they’re as vindictive as you say at the very minimum will make sure you’re name one way or another is known as someone likely to go to officialdom should your services no longer be required.
In the world of transport your reputation can make you or break you, especially if you specialise, it can be the passport to the very best jobs and it can do entirely the opposite, i don’t know a single operator that would willingly recruit a known whistleblower not cos they run bent but what other business/company secrets would they trust someone like that not to blab about.
Honestly do as Dipper Dave suggests, take action to recover money owed and then move on, it isn’t worth the aggro.
Dipper_Dave:
Do it in person dont hide behind anonimity in some tinternet cafe like a ■■■■■.
+1
I cant see how if he reports to dvsa it will ‘follow’ him around, the only people who would be arsed are dodgy firms and if that is the case then your better off being a grass.
war1974:
I cant see how if he reports to dvsa it will ‘follow’ him around, the only people who would be arsed are dodgy firms and if that is the case then your better off being a grass.
Put yourself in a company owners/managing directors shoes.
Someone wants a job with you, and you find out through the grapevine that they blew the whistle on a previous employer for alleged illegal transport operations when said employer dispensed with them for some reason.
You probably run a fully legal ship, but during the course of an employment (unless your staff are on mindless trunking operations where all they do is drive then go home) the staff will find out things about customers, products, ambitions, expansion, other staff, you name it, would you trust a known whistleblower’s discretion when he leaves whatever the reason?
As for following him around, lorry drivers are the biggest gossips know to man, we all know who to and who not to speak to where we work.
yes I agree if he was selling or disclosing confidential information, but speaking to dvsa about being forced to break the law isn’t exactly the same thing.
yes if you run a dodgy outfit maybe it will put you off but I doubt anyone would hold it against someone as a one off? maybe if he has a history of calling dvsa etc but not as a one off.