Just rang bowkers in Preston I got an email saying they was after a wagon and drag driver.
I asked him what the pay was and couldn’t believe my ears £7.55 ph unbelievable.
Why are are drivers working for them.anyway I just laughed and put the phone down.
I got a start for Martin browsers in heywood pain in the arse job but £12.50 ph.
Bowkers should be ashamed of themselves.
Carpo:
Just rang bowkers in Preston I got an email saying they was after a wagon and drag driver.
I asked him what the pay was and couldn’t believe my ears £7.55 ph unbelievable.
Why are are drivers working for them.anyway I just laughed and put the phone down.
I got a start for Martin browsers in heywood pain in the arse job but £12.50 ph.
Bowkers should be ashamed of themselves.
Could pain in arse job be why it pays more maybe nobody else will do it
Why do you think Bowkers have survived as long as they have in the industry instead of some of the flashy fly-by-night operators who are around , just wait until the first signs of a recession and which driver is out the door with his P45 first
Martin browers is delivering to macdonalds so lot of early starts but that’s besides the point why would anyone with enough self respect drive a class 1 vehicle for £7.55 ph if you like driving work you can get more driving a transit why don’t you give them a ring if you think that is a good wage.
And that’s why we’re all being ■■■■ on from a great height because of people with an attitude that you’ll work for peanuts go get it fill your boots
All depends on the work,and your outlook.
£12.50 p/h is’nt enough for me to work in the food service industry.
I’d want double that.
commonrail:
All depends on the work,and your outlook.
£12.50 p/h is’nt enough for me to work in the food service industry.
I’d want double that.
Exactly, blindside reversing in a tiny loading bay whilst some chav in a Corsa cuts you up and a spotty teenager talks to you like you are ■■■■ because he is the branch manager, no thanks.
This is about bowkers paying £7.55ph not Martin browers at what a ■■■■ job that is we now that.
Why should you be paid more?
Not a lot of “skill” involved is there
Somehow the idea that a truck or bus licence makes you into a “skilled” worker has given some folk ideas above their station.Maybe they should remember that 2 weeks"training" should not be confused with a real trade.Or that they can be replaced by a Polish or Lithuanian driver who will work for less than the minimum wage.
If they had any sense they would have built a strong union instead of working for peanuts because the likes of Montgomery,Woodsides,Harry Parkinson,Bowker and the rest of the robbing shysters “give” them a nice shiny piece of tin to ride round in.
Anybody can work for nothing but the “truck driving” fraternity seem to be on a race to the bottom.
Probably the most powerful industrial group in the country but its only as strong as its individual members.And there lies the problem.
Bking:
Why should you be paid more?
Not a lot of “skill” involved is there
Somehow the idea that a truck or bus licence makes you into a “skilled” worker has given some folk ideas above their station.Maybe they should remember that 2 weeks"training" should not be confused with a real trade.Or that they can be replaced by a Polish or Lithuanian driver who will work for less than the minimum wage.
If they had any sense they would have built a strong union instead of working for peanuts because the likes of Montgomery,Woodsides,Harry Parkinson,Bowker and the rest of the robbing shysters “give” them a nice shiny piece of tin to ride round in.
Anybody can work for nothing but the “truck driving” fraternity seem to be on a race to the bottom.
Probably the most powerful industrial group in the country but its only as strong as its individual members.And there lies the problem.
I would urge you and others to look at the hit on this page titled Total Bitumen Hoyer Contract , says it all about high pay rates , I personally was on rates like this for a number of years and now work for a container haulier who pays a great deal less . At the same time I`ve gone from the constant hassle of phone call from people who don’t know the difference between a calm sea or a cambshaft nearly every hour to nearly no phone calls all week , I leave you draw your own concussions as to which I prefer .
Doesn’t matter if it’s the best truck driving job in the world,
£7.55hr is PISH!!![emoji6]
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Thanks for that big truck I thought I was missing something,bking seems to think are job is so easy we should be on less than the minimum wage I was on more than that 28 years ago.so yes bking we should be paid more,no it’s not a 5 year apprenticeship but if you think it’s not a skill your on a different planet.what you should do is pack your paid job in and do voluntary work for nowt if you don’t need a living wage.i take it you work for bowkers bking that’s the only reason I can think why your Defending there slave labour.
Carpo:
Thanks for that big truck I thought I was missing something,bking seems to think are job is so easy we should be on less than the minimum wage I was on more than that 28 years ago.so yes bking we should be paid more,no it’s not a 5 year apprenticeship but if you think it’s not a skill your on a different planet.what you should do is pack your paid job in and do voluntary work for nowt if you don’t need a living wage.i take it you work for bowkers bking that’s the only reason I can think why your Defending there slave labour.
I got the same licence as you monkey but lets see you repair a shagged gearbox.
Not a bloody chance.Took me 30 years to get to know what I know not five bloody minutes.
About time you clowns got in touch with reality.
Bking:
Carpo:
Thanks for that big truck I thought I was missing something,bking seems to think are job is so easy we should be on less than the minimum wage I was on more than that 28 years ago.so yes bking we should be paid more,no it’s not a 5 year apprenticeship but if you think it’s not a skill your on a different planet.what you should do is pack your paid job in and do voluntary work for nowt if you don’t need a living wage.i take it you work for bowkers bking that’s the only reason I can think why your Defending there slave labour.I got the same licence as you monkey but lets see you repair a shagged gearbox.
Not a bloody chance.Took me 30 years to get to know what I know not five bloody minutes.
About time you clowns got in touch with reality.
Hey I think you mean grease monkey as for clowns cocoa I’m an auto electrician by trade not a shagged gearbox repairer d—head if you don’t support drivers why be on this website cocoa
Bking ,your one of the main reasons this industries renumeration is forked.
Albert1:
Bking ,your one of the main reasons this industries renumeration is forked.
Never liked the truth myself dear boy
Leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
Carry on for 7 pounds an hour
your doing night out you hero !!! Works out at 2.30 an hour
You sad ■■■■■■■■ I earn more than you every day and I only work 16 days a month
Bking, take a chill pill please, you’ve already had a thread removed, if you carry on with the personal attacks (a clear breach of forum rules) you’re going to end up on the naughty step.
Bking:
Albert1:
Bking ,your one of the main reasons this industries renumeration is forked.Never liked the truth myself dear boy
Leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
Carry on for 7 pounds an hour
your doing night out you hero !!! Works out at 2.30 an hour
You sad [zb] I earn more than you every day and I only work 16 days a month
Aren’t you the forum’s joke mechanic who think he knows something about trucks?
Looks like burgers can’t handle his beer!!
newmercman:
Bking, take a chill pill please, you’ve already had a thread removed, if you carry on with the personal attacks (a clear breach of forum rules) you’re going to end up on the naughty step.
For speaking the truth?